{"id":42278,"date":"2015-08-18T01:01:45","date_gmt":"2015-08-18T01:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=42278"},"modified":"2018-05-04T14:15:42","modified_gmt":"2018-05-04T14:15:42","slug":"im-more-than-an-other","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=42278","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019m More Than An \u2018Other\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m More Than An \u2018Other\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Elle UK<\/a>
\n2015-08-17<\/p>\n

Meghan Markle<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nMeghan Markle (Source: ELLE UK)<\/small><\/p>\n

Meghan Markle, star of the hit show <\/em>Suits<\/a>, opens up about creating her identity and finding her voice as a mixed race woman<\/em><\/p>\n

What are you?\u2019 A question I get asked every week of my life, often every day. \u2018Well,\u2019 I say, as I begin the verbal dance I know all too well. \u2018I\u2019m an actress, a writer, the Editor-in-Chief of my lifestyle brand The Tig, a pretty good cook and a firm believer in handwritten notes.\u2019 A mouthful, yes, but one that I feel paints a pretty solid picture of who I am. But here\u2019s what happens: they smile and nod politely, maybe even chuckle, before getting to their point, \u2018Right, but what are you? Where are your parents from?\u2019 I knew it was coming, I always do. While I could say Pennsylvania<\/a> and Ohio<\/a>, and continue this proverbial two-step, I instead give them what they\u2019re after: \u2018My dad is Caucasian and my mom is African American. I\u2019m half black and half white.\u2019<\/p>\n

To describe something as being black and white means it is clearly defined. Yet when your ethnicity is black and white, the dichotomy is not that clear. In fact, it creates a grey area. Being biracial paints a blurred line that is equal parts staggering and illuminating. When I was asked by ELLE<\/em> to share my story, I\u2019ll be honest, I was scared. It\u2019s easy to talk about which make-up I prefer, my favourite scene I\u2019ve filmed, the rigmarole of \u2018a day in the life\u2019 and how much green juice I consume before a requisite Pilates class. And while I have dipped my toes into this on thetig.com, sharing small vignettes of my experiences as a biracial woman, today I am choosing to be braver, to go a bit deeper, and to share a much larger picture of that with you…<\/p>\n

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