{"id":57136,"date":"2018-12-19T00:39:25","date_gmt":"2018-12-19T00:39:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=57136"},"modified":"2018-12-19T00:39:25","modified_gmt":"2018-12-19T00:39:25","slug":"mixed-up-there-are-certain-elements-of-english-life-that-iranian-culture-would-deem-totally-disgusting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=57136","title":{"rendered":"Mixed Up: \u2018There are certain elements of English life that Iranian culture would deem totally disgusting\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mixed Up: \u2018There are certain elements of English life that Iranian culture would deem totally disgusting\u2019<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Metro UK<\/a>
\n2018-12-12<\/p>\n

Natalie Morris<\/strong><\/a>, Senior Lifestyle Writer<\/p>\n

<\/a>
\nAriana Alexander-Sefre<\/small><\/a><\/p>\n

Welcome to Mixed Up, a series looking at the highs, lows and unique experiences of being mixed-race.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mixed-race is the fastest-growing ethnic group in the UK<\/a>. It means your parents hail from two (or more) different ethnicities, leaving you somewhere in the middle.<\/p>\n

In 2001, when the \u2018mixed\u2019 categories were first introduced to the national census, mixed-race people made up 1.3% of the population. Fast-forward 10 years, and that figure almost doubles to 2.3%.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a trajectory that\u2019s unlikely to slow down.<\/p>\n

Alongside the unique pleasures and benefits of being exposed to multiple cultures, being mixed comes with complexities, conflicts and innate contradictions.<\/p>\n

Ariana<\/a>, founder of Sweat & Sound<\/a>, is half Persian and half British. The Persians are an Iranian ethnic group that make up half of the population of Iran<\/a> \u2013 they have their own language, Farsi<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Some schools of thinking class Persians as technically Caucasian, but recent census categorisation changes<\/a> in the US<\/a> have definied Iranian and Middle-Eastern heritage as different to white…<\/p>\n

…Ariana identifies as mixed. She says her family is made up of a combination of intensely different cultural traditions.<\/p>\n

But because of her appearance, her light skin and European features, she says she\u2019s often assumed to be white by both English and Iranian people.<\/p>\n

\u2018I actually find it really frustrating to be honest,\u2019 Ariana tells Metro.co.uk<\/em>…<\/p>\n

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

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