{"id":56722,"date":"2018-08-10T02:16:01","date_gmt":"2018-08-10T02:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=56722"},"modified":"2018-08-10T02:16:01","modified_gmt":"2018-08-10T02:16:01","slug":"meet-the-woman-whos-finally-getting-us-talking-about-mixed-race-identity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=56722","title":{"rendered":"Meet the woman who\u2019s finally getting us talking about mixed race identity"},"content":{"rendered":"

Meet the woman who\u2019s finally getting us talking about mixed race identity<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

METRO.co.uk<\/a>
\n2018-01-31<\/p>\n

Miranda Larbi<\/strong><\/a>, Senior lifestyle reporter<\/p>\n

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Mixed race identity is complicated, to say the least.<\/p>\n

You\u2019re neither one thing or the other while simultaneously being both. Try speaking about your identity (online at least) and you inevitably met with criticism \u2013 whether it\u2019s from \u2018colour-blind\u2019 types dismissing the need to talk about race at all, or from people accusing you of choosing a side to identify more with.<\/p>\n

According to National Statistics<\/a>, mixed race people will be the largest minority group in the UK<\/a> by 2020\u2026and while it might still be in vogue to favour racially ambiguous beauty (literally in the case of Adua Aboa<\/a>), very little attention is paid to the experience behind the curly hair and tanned skin.<\/p>\n

Being mixed race is far more than simply being half black and white. It\u2019s an identity that covers all fractions, and all kinds of mixes.<\/p>\n

Which is why Susan Dale<\/a> has set up the Haluhalo Project<\/a>…<\/p>\n

Read the entire article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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