{"id":37785,"date":"2014-10-17T19:01:13","date_gmt":"2014-10-17T19:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/wordpress\/?p=37785"},"modified":"2014-10-17T19:01:13","modified_gmt":"2014-10-17T19:01:13","slug":"im-more-than-someone-whos-of-mixed-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=37785","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019m more than someone who\u2019s of mixed race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.postcrescent.com\/story\/opinion\/columnists\/2014\/10\/08\/someone-mixed-race\/16855849\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>I\u2019m more than someone who\u2019s of mixed race<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.postcrescent.com\" target=\"_blank\">The Appleton Post-Crescent<\/a><br \/>\nAppleton, Wisconsin<br \/>\n2014-10-08<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:pcletters@postcrescent.com\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Mia Sato<\/strong><\/a>, Post-Crescent Community Columnist<\/p>\n<p><em>Identity can be tough to sort out sometimes, but it doesn\u2019t change some things about me<\/em><\/p>\n<p>My life is defined by numerical classifications. I\u2019m 19 years old, a second-year college student, the eldest of four children. I have a zip code, a <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/GPA\" target=\"_blank\">GPA<\/a>, 16 credits on my fall semester schedule, with 60 more to complete before I graduate. Each of these numbers reflects some aspect of my existence, and each number is grounds for people to make a judgment.<\/p>\n<p>For as long as I can remember, I have been identified as \u201chalf\u201d Japanese and \u201chalf\u201d white American. On government forms, my pen would meander, hovering over the White and Asian boxes equally, unsure of which to check. Sometimes, I\u2019d check both and was asked to pick one. Sometimes, I\u2019d check one or the other and consider if it was the correct choice. Sometimes, I\u2019d check neither and let my mother complete the rest for me.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve learned that racial identity is more than a choice between clear-cut, straightforward options for children with parents of mixed heritage. It\u2019s at times alienating, divisive and difficult to make sense of&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Read the entire article <a href=\"http:\/\/www.postcrescent.com\/story\/opinion\/columnists\/2014\/10\/08\/someone-mixed-race\/16855849\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m more than someone who\u2019s of mixed race The Appleton Post-Crescent Appleton, Wisconsin 2014-10-08 Mia Sato, Post-Crescent Community Columnist Identity can be tough to sort out sometimes, but it doesn\u2019t change some things about me My life is defined by numerical classifications. I\u2019m 19 years old, a second-year college student, the eldest of four children. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,16,125,8,20],"tags":[18176,18177,18175],"class_list":["post-37785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-asia","category-identitydevelopment","category-media-archive","category-usa","tag-appleton-post-crescent","tag-mia-sato","tag-the-appleton-post-crescent"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37785\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}