I won’t get into how I learned how not to identify as “mixed,”…

I won’t get into how I learned how not to identify as “mixed,” how I began to understand that “mixed-race” in my generation was predicated on racial essentialism, false notions of purity, historical inaccuracies and worst of all, a sense of superiority over those who were only Black. Soon, I understood “mixed” as an intermediary between Black and White, a cushion almost, between racism and progress.

Tiana Reid, “crossings: undone presents, pyrrhic futures,” The State (March 30, 2013). http://www.thestate.ae/crossings-undone-presents-pyrrhic-futures/

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