#beingbiracial

#throw post from @art_teacher_life: “I just wanted to let you know that I have been learning a lot about some of the issues I’ve been experiencing my whole life as #beingbiracial. I am originally from a small town in where there were no other #biracialfamilies. I struggled a lot with identity as I was not #White enough and not Asian enough. When I began travelling was the only time I felt like myself. Because everywhere I went people said I belonged to them and I fit in every where I went. I now understand that I have been experiencing Racial Imposter Syndrome. I think many #biracialpeople feel the same.

What is #RacialimposterSyndrome?
I am a #biracial child, born in Australia. My mother is #French and my father is #Chinese #Malayian. Like many #biracialchildren I was a minority, the smallest minority. The only other children I knew until I was 13 who were also biracial were my siblings, and when I did finally meet another biracial, we clung together because we were the only two in a school of 1000 kids. There was a small group of #Asian kids at my school and every now and then we would hang out with them, but were never ‘Asian’ enough. The 'white’ kids at our school bullied me with racist slurs I didnt understand and forced me to hate looking 'ethnic.’

Racial Imposter Syndrome is a condition when biracial people feel as though they do not belong to their parents or grandparents race due to being #mixedrace. Biracial individuals, including myself, often experience severe #mentalhealth issues due to a lack of belonging and isolation. As our minority is becoming the fastest growing minority this is an issue that needs to be addressed. #Biracialpeople are a #POC minority who deserve to belong.”
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