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If you're mixed, we're willing to bet you've heard a few of these more than once...

When was the last time you felt truly heard? Being biracial is like having a moth fluttering in my mind and learning to train that moth. The United States may not feel so united right now because, in the righteous night before dawn, perhaps we are learning to tame countless moths who want to be free from the systems and the labels and the bubbles that shackle our spirits. Our binary society of right and wrong, of good and evil, craves certainty and ease. Collectively, we are fighting erasure and fractured identity. We have been for a long time. It’s...

Is it cultural appropriation if you are mixed? Where is the line?

Growing up interracial was not easy. Sometimes I think I would give anything, ANYTHING to have just one family member who gets it.