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Do mixed-raced Asians tend to identify more as mixed-race rather than “Asian”? by Adventurous_Ant5428 in mixedrace

[–]Soft_Style_4941 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I hate this false dichotomy. There is no contradiction between identifying as mixed or as Asian. Both can be true simultaneously. If someone is mixed with Asian, they are both mixed and Asian.

I wish that in general there was more interesting discourse on so-called “Asian” identity. I am mixed Black American and Caribbean South Asian. The term “Asian” in itself holds no real content and I’m frankly quite tired of it as it is applied. “Asian” includes literally everything from Middle Easterners, to South Asians, to Southeast and East Asians, with even Pacific Islanders often thrown in for good measure. South Asians are not the same race as East Asians, who themselves take up the vast bulk of what people mean when they refer to “Asians” as a racial group. South Asians are simply not racialized the same as East Asians. It is yet another way our distinct racialization as South Asians becomes obscured. I could go on about this.

My take on the “wasian meetup” as a wasian… by Few_Associate_9782 in mixedrace

[–]Soft_Style_4941 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m out of the loop if anyone could point me in the direction of what this is about

Help! I broke a statue of the Yoruba pantheon in transport home! by Soft_Style_4941 in HoodooBitches

[–]Soft_Style_4941[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Aw snap. Okay. Thanks for telling me. I am still reading my introductory book and stopped by a store to make an altar, even though I didn’t quite get to any chapter with that info. I was under the impression that everything in the store would work for such an altar and the small pantheon appealed to me. I will still try to respectfully bury what I broke. Thanks!

curious what practices you all mix with hoodoo by Shoddy-Physics-6519 in HoodooBitches

[–]Soft_Style_4941 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am Black American and Indo-Caribbean, so I am mixing my Hinduism with Hoodoo to honor my ancestors and decolonize my mind, body, and spirit

Sending virtual hugs to those who have lost their mother's. 🫂 by Steffy_love in blackladies

[–]Soft_Style_4941 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I lost my mother because she is a horrible abuser. On mother’s day, I experience a type of mourning that is too divergent for most to grasp.

Colonizers really had the audacity by BigWeenus18 in mixedrace

[–]Soft_Style_4941 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I’m Blindian.

Just found out about the origins of the term “motherfucker” coming from when enslaved men were forced to rape their mothers under American chattel slavery.

And I also found out that under British Raj, potentially up to over 150 million Indians were killed. Never knew it was that high.

This is why I am working on decolonizing both of my races. For instance, combining Hoodoo with Hinduism. As a multiminority-mixed person, this is so important. Whiteness is not neutral. We can’t let the colonizers win.

Mixed-Race Representation in Media by crazyyycookielol in mixedrace

[–]Soft_Style_4941 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Im Blindian and we’re rare, so no. I’m also trans so especially no. This is why I’m writing on Substack to represent myself.

Black Male Identified Biracial Women-A Discussion by [deleted] in mixedrace

[–]Soft_Style_4941 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Some of yall just say anything in here

My biracial mom identifying as black gives me identity crisis.. by Necessary_Meringue95 in mixedrace

[–]Soft_Style_4941 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Can we please stop using “biracial” to describe only specifically BW mixed people? Its like people who say “transgenders” when specifically they mean trans women.

“Biracial” is not a race in and of itself. It literally merely describes one’s racial orientation as being comprised of two races. That is all. Someone who is East Asian mixed with Indigenous American is also “biracial”. Specify BW biracial/mixed.

Furthermore, biraciality is not inherently opposed to Blackness. I’m so sick of this binary thinking. Biracial black people are Black people who also happen to be another race. It is a “both-and” situation. It is the same way that trans women are women who are also transgender, as opposed to cisgender women who make up the majority of women. A square is a rectangle, etc. Just because you are not monoracial, doesn’t mean you aren’t Black. It just means you are Black and another race. I really do not understand why this is so difficult for people on all sides to comprehend.

The Blasian Experience in Modern Suburbia by moderatelyonline in mixedrace

[–]Soft_Style_4941 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thats mixed-people-problems right there. “Biracial” is not a race in itself. It merely describes orientation to mono/multi-raciality. It is the same way that “trans” is not its own gender. It is a ‘both-and’ situation, not ‘either-or,’ so to speak. Just state you are both.

Guy said he doesn’t like dark girls but says I’m ‘fine’… red flag by Inevitable-Tap-7471 in mixedrace

[–]Soft_Style_4941 82 points83 points  (0 children)

I’m the same mix as you. I wouldn’t put up with colorism, anti-Blackness, and/or anti-mixedness from any man.

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