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The identity my passport won’t show you

The identity my passport won’t show you

I have been moving countries since I am four years old. My first memory takes place the night of my first move, I was in my oldest…
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analana
What Are You?

What Are You?

On Being Racially Ambiguous In America.
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Allison Smith
The Half Series — When Black People Look White (1 of 3)

The Half Series — When Black People Look White (1 of 3)

This is a three part series about colorism.
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Dangerous Lee
Moses, Korean-Americans and Identity Crisis

Moses, Korean-Americans and Identity Crisis

Moses was born a Hebrew but raised an Egyptian.
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Justin Yang
for colored boys who consider queer/ when gay ain’t enuf

for colored boys who consider queer/ when gay ain’t enuf

“Black men were straight, Gay boys were white and I was in the way.”
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jayy dodd.
For Colored Girls Who’ve Considered Apologizing (When Being Yourself Was Enough)

For Colored Girls Who’ve Considered Apologizing (When Being Yoursel...

Fellow introverts, let me tell you a story you might find familiar.
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Aubrie Johnson
Hair, etc.

Hair, etc.

For colored girls and boys who have considered shaving, when the rainbow is enough
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Jonathan Leibovic
Dread-locked! : Hair and Identity

Dread-locked! : Hair and Identity

Have you read Zitkala-Sa’s account of the cutting of her long hair? As a Native American, she was raised to believe that her long, thick…
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Tejaswi Subramanian
The Half Series — When Black People Look White (2 of 3)

The Half Series — When Black People Look White (2 of 3)

PART TWO
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Dangerous Lee
The Half Series — When Black People Look White (3 of 3)

The Half Series — When Black People Look White (3 of 3)

The Finale
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Dangerous Lee
My Sons Are Biracial, Not Black OR White {And so is President Obama}

My Sons Are Biracial, Not Black OR White {And so is President Obama}

When this story from Global Grind appeared all throughout my Facebook feed, “Taye Diggs Fears People Will See His Son as Black Rather Than…
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Britney F.
1915: Thoughts on Armenian Identity from a 4th-Generation Outsider

1915: Thoughts on Armenian Identity from a 4th-Generation Outsider

The following post is about ambivalence and remembrance. It is comprised of unstructured vignettes, loosely tied with my thoughts on…
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Rachel S. Reed
On Being a Biracial Comedy Nerd

On Being a Biracial Comedy Nerd

Like thousands of kids since the 1970s, staying up late on Saturday nights to watch Saturday Night Live was a tenant of my childhood. For a…
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Erica West
Five Potential Side Effects of Transracial Adoption

Five Potential Side Effects of Transracial Adoption

Because families aren’t born from rainbows and unicorn sh*t
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Sunny J Reed
7 thoughts on being more than one race

7 thoughts on being more than one race

I’ve been reading articles like this one from the NY Times: America’s ‘Postracial’ Fantasy on and off my whole adult life. More often they…
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Granate Sosnoff
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