Growing Up in a Family With Multiple Ethnicities Was Both Lonely and BeautifulPosted in Articles, Asian Diaspora, Autobiography, Family/Parenting, Media Archive on 2022-05-05 15:39Z by Steven |
Growing Up in a Family With Multiple Ethnicities Was Both Lonely and Beautiful
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2022-04-19
I always felt like an outsider, but being mixed is filled with beauty and complexity.
Growing up I always felt like an outsider. My name, my skin, my hair all tells the story of where my parents and my parent’s parents come from. It all marks me as a bit different. I’m mixed Okinawan, Black, and Mexican, and there aren’t a lot of people out there like me. I consider myself lucky to have grown up in a household with mixed parents and siblings because my parents made sure to teach us about our heritage, and about cultures all over the world.
This gave me respect for all sorts of different types of people, and instilled pride in my identity. I am also grateful that they encouraged curiosity about the world, and created an atmosphere where we all “got” each other…
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