For me, identifying as Black has nothing to do with distancing myself from my mom, her whiteness, her family, heritage, or culture.

Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.

I enjoy a lot of privileges. I’m middle class and I go to a good school. On top of that Asian Americans just seem to fare better in terms of bias and racism — at least these days.

I think it’s important to acknowledge that privilege exists. We don’t have to become defensive, and we don’t have to feel guilty for it, but we do have to know when it’s there.

Sierra Fang-Horvath, “Mixed Race Privilege?” KQED Radio, March 9, 2017. https://ww2.kqed.org/perspectives/2017/03/08/mixed-race-privilege/.

For me, identifying as Black has nothing to do with distancing myself from my mom, her whiteness, her family, heritage, or culture.

For me, identifying as Black has nothing to do with distancing myself from my mom, her whiteness, her family, heritage, or culture. Rather, it is one way I resist racism every day. By claiming and embracing my Blackness, I push back on the messages within me and around me that would have us believing that being Black is anything I wouldn’t want to be.

Megan Madison, “Yes, I’m Black! Here’s why.” Medium, June 16, 2016. https://medium.com/embrace-race/yes-im-black-here-s-why-482640e6ed4a.

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