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Being mixed
What y’all think about being mixed?
One of my closest girl friends proudly says that she’s racist, like: “our country was so nice before other races came here.” The thing is, I’m mixed — my father is West Asian, and we naturally have thinner eyes and tanned skin.
She reposted some corny TikTok video that said something like “don’t mix your snow with dirt,” and I reached out to her saying likeee that’s not very nice.
She was like, “Oh no, I don’t mean YOU and your ethnicity, it’s about Arabs and Indians. Why are you offended?”
Growing up, I always felt awkward for not fitting in. My last name is long, my name isn’t local, but I’m very proud of my father and I don’t think it’s something I should be ashamed of.
Indians are still Asian.. that’s colorist af which is already a very big problem in the Asian community with SEA and East Asians. Ain’t nobody more racist to each other more then other Asians from my experience.
I can’t say very much since I’m not mixed myself, so I won’t fully understand what you’re going through. As an outsider who�...... reply
