{"id":59571,"date":"2020-02-27T02:34:27","date_gmt":"2020-02-27T02:34:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=59571"},"modified":"2020-03-10T18:53:30","modified_gmt":"2020-03-10T18:53:30","slug":"im-100-black-and-100-japanese-and-i-found-my-true-self-at-howard-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=59571","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019m 100% black and 100% Japanese and I found my true self at Howard University"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m 100% black and 100% Japanese and I found my true self at Howard University<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The Undefeated<\/a>
\n2020-02-25<\/p>\n

Arthur Cribbs<\/strong><\/a>, ESPN Rhoden Fellow
\nLos Angeles, California<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\nArthur Cribbs<\/a> (center) with father and mother at his high school graduation in Los Angeles<\/a> in 2017. Arthur Cribbs<\/em><\/a><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Arthur Cribbs<\/a> is a junior at Howard University<\/a> and one of six Rhoden Fellows from historically black colleges and universities participating in a yearlong internship with<\/em> The Undefeated<\/a>.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I wouldn\u2019t have it any other way<\/em><\/p>\n

All I had been searching for in a college was a place that I could call home. So when my junior year of high school came around and my guidance counselors began asking me which schools I was considering, my mind was set on one place: Occidental College<\/a>.<\/p>\n

At that point in my life, it checked all the boxes. It was a four-year college with proven success; even President Barack Obama<\/a> attended the school. It was also close to my home in Los Angeles<\/a>, about a mile away from my family. I was familiar with the campus and since my two sisters attended the school, I\u2019d spent many nights at the college already. Occidental looked like a place, outside of my home, where I could be comfortable.<\/p>\n

Growing up, comfort was something I had constantly been searching for. Whenever I was away from my family, I often felt out of place.<\/p>\n

For starters, I am black and Japanese. While my parents raised me to embrace both parts of my heritage, there were not many people with my combination…<\/p>\n

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

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