{"id":57926,"date":"2019-04-18T00:51:39","date_gmt":"2019-04-18T00:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=57926"},"modified":"2019-04-29T16:25:28","modified_gmt":"2019-04-29T16:25:28","slug":"mixed-up-being-white-passing-has-definitely-entitled-me-to-privileges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=57926","title":{"rendered":"Mixed Up: \u2018Being white-passing has definitely entitled me to privileges\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mixed Up: \u2018Being white-passing has definitely entitled me to privileges\u2019<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

METRO.co.uk<\/a>
\n2019-04-17<\/p>\n

Natalie Morris<\/strong><\/a>, Senior lifestyle Writer<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"Siobhan<\/a>
\n(Picture by Jerry Syder for Metro.co.uk<\/em>)<\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Siobhan Lawless<\/strong><\/a> is a writer. She is Jamaican and Irish, with east and south Asian elements thrown in for good measure.<\/p>\n

\u2018My mum is second generation Jamaican and my dad second generation Irish \u2013 although my great grandparents on my mum\u2019s side are also part Indian and Chinese,\u2019 Siobhan tells Metro.co.uk<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u2018On dad\u2019s side, nana<\/a> is from Longford<\/a> and grandpa was from County Galway<\/a> in Ireland<\/a>. On mum\u2019s, grandma and grandad are from St Catherine\u2019s<\/a> and St Elizabeth<\/a>, parish towns in Jamaica<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2018Both sides of my family came from large households and farming backgrounds. They came to England<\/a> as immigrants in their teens and early twenties, hoping Britain<\/a> would open up more opportunities for their children \u2013 even though this move came with its own challenges.\u2019…<\/p>\n

…For so many mixed-race people, where you fit in the world depends on how other people perceive you. For Siobhan, her lighter skin places her closer to whiteness, but there are complications alongside the privilege….<\/p>\n

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

For so many mixed-race people, where you fit in the world depends on how other people perceive you. For Siobhan, her lighter skin places her closer to whiteness, but there are complications alongside the privilege.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,395,8,6462,10],"tags":[28887,27733,29709],"class_list":["post-57926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-autobiography","category-media-archive","category-passing-2","category-uk","tag-metro-co-uk","tag-natalie-morris","tag-siobhan-lawless"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57926","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=57926"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57926\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57992,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57926\/revisions\/57992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=57926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=57926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=57926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}