{"id":56839,"date":"2018-08-26T23:34:38","date_gmt":"2018-08-26T23:34:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=56839"},"modified":"2018-08-26T23:34:38","modified_gmt":"2018-08-26T23:34:38","slug":"the-mixed-race-experience-there-are-times-i-feel-like-the-odd-one-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=56839","title":{"rendered":"The mixed-race experience: ‘There are times I feel like the odd one out’"},"content":{"rendered":"

The mixed-race experience: ‘There are times I feel like the odd one out’<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The Guardian<\/a>
\n2018-08-26<\/p>\n

Alex Moshakis<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\n \u2018It has given people a sense of belonging\u2019: photographer Tenee Attoh<\/a> on her photography project. Composite: Tenee Attoh<\/em><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

A series of portraits of mixed-race people from around the world has cast new light on how we see ourselves<\/em><\/p>\n

Last year the photographer Tenee Attoh<\/a> began taking portraits of multiracial friends and acquaintances against a mottled black background at the Bussey Building<\/a> in Peckham<\/a>, southeast London<\/a>. Attoh is half-Dutch on her mother\u2019s side, half-Ghanaian on her father\u2019s, and identifies as mixed-race. Born in the UK<\/a>, she spent most of the first 23 years of her life in Accra<\/a> and Amsterdam<\/a>, shuttling between cities and cultures, an experience she found enlightening but problematic. \u201cOn the one hand it allows you to develop a different understanding of the world,\u201d she says of her duality. \u201cBut there\u2019s still a lot of ignorance in society. People perceive you as either black or white, and you\u2019re not \u2013 you\u2019re mixed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Working in London, Attoh heard similar stories from other mixed-race people, and soon she began publishing her images online (at mixedracefaces.com<\/a> and on Instagram) alongside small texts that allowed her subjects to share personal thoughts on identity, race and self, something they couldn\u2019t do elsewhere. Following the death of her mother, to whom the series is dedicated, the project helped Attoh dissect her own multiracial experience \u2013 what it means to be connected to two worlds at once, and how society perceives that condition \u2013 but it has also sparked an open forum on diversity. \u201cIt\u2019s not a topic people usually talk about,\u201d Attoh says. \u201cSo the website has become a platform for people with mixed heritage. It\u2019s given a lot of them a sense of belonging.\u201d…<\/p>\n

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