{"id":60991,"date":"2018-01-09T12:15:34","date_gmt":"2018-01-09T17:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/mixed-race-and-other-a-crisis-of-colour\/"},"modified":"2018-01-09T12:15:34","modified_gmt":"2018-01-09T17:15:34","slug":"mixed-race-and-other-a-crisis-of-colour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/mixed-race-and-other-a-crisis-of-colour\/","title":{"rendered":"Mixed Race And ‘Other’: A Crisis Of Colour"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mixed Race And ‘Other’: A Crisis Of Colour<\/b>
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It\u2019s a funny thing being brown. It\u2019s a word that isn\u2019t completely accepted as a descriptor of an individual\u2019s colour.\u00a0If I shouted\u00a0\u201cI\u2019M A STRONG, BROWN, INDEPENDENT WOMAN!\u201d; it certainly doesn\u2019t feel convincing. Saying \u2018I\u2019m brown\u2019 in the past has often received some laughs. Even I find it a bit comical, because I\u2019m also not ready to take \u2018brown\u2019 as seriously as I would white or black, or give it the narrative and story it deserves.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is what it\u2019s like to be brown\u2026\u201d doesn\u2019t feel like t<\/p>\n

he start of a compelling tale about race. Why? Well, for me, pre-today\u2019s society where we can self-define and own what we are, it had always really been three things growing up; white, black and mixed race. If you grew up mixed race, you often felt colourless. You felt colourless, while also being taught to be flexible to colour, both when it helped you fit in, and when dictated by others.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re basically white Roxy\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cRoxy, as a black woman<\/a>\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

But simultaneously, if someone asked \u201cIs Roxy black?\u201d, I know people would respond with \u201cNo, she\u2019s mixed race\u201d. And like that my colour is taken away, because \u2018No she\u2019s brown\u2019 was not a valid response. And that\u2019s the thing about being brown and mixed race, people tell you what you are, while everyone else gets to just be what they are, no questions asked.<\/p>\n

After years of confusion, today I\u2019m more accepting that brown is<\/em> the most accurate way to describe my colour. But after growing in confidence to say it, it can also feel like society can swing towards telling me I\u2019m black. It now feels like it\u2019s acceptable to say I\u2019m black because I\u2019m a \u2018person of colour\u2019. We see society labelling people as black when it suits our goal of becoming a more inclusive society. Meghan Markle, Barack Obama. Neither black, both making headlines as \u2018our first black\u2026\u2019, both mixed race. Or are they brown? Starting to empathise with the dilemma?<\/p>\n

As well as facing an ethnicity crisis, I am in a colour crisis. Take forms, for instance. Here\u2019s what they look like:<\/p>\n

White British | Black British<\/p>\n

*multiple other options*<\/p>\n

Mixed Race \u2013 Black African\/White | Mixed Race \u2013 Black Caribbean\/White<\/p>\n

Then me\u2026<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n

Mixed Race \u2013 Other (any other background)<\/p>\n

Note, mixed race is also rarely followed by \u2018British\u2019<\/u>. Forms throw me, a weird combination of colour, ethnicity and nationality, and then there I am, meeting none; an \u2018other\u2019<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

If we were to add me up, what am I? I only have a quarter of white in me; does that make me black by majority? Am I what I present externally or what I am made up of internally? How brown do you have to be before you\u2019re black? I\u2019ve seen lighter skinned black people the same colour as me, but they\u2019re black because both their parents are black. That\u2019s not the case for me, so I\u2019m mixed race, an \u2018other\u2019.<\/p>\n

I want a colour, and in the same way \u2018mixed race\u2019 holds so much ambiguity, not having a colour does too. I have to connect with others on the \u2018mixed race experience\u2019, while many get to connect on their black or white identity. It is rare that brown people sit down and talk about being brown people. Being expected to connect on being \u2018mixed race\u2019 can also be hard, because it\u2019s very unlikely I will ever meet a fellow half Mauritian, quarter Iraqi, quarter English person to connect with, as say a Nigerian person may connect with a Nigerian person.<\/p>\n

White was not previously seen as a colour or race because white people deemed themselves the norm, the default, therefore black people were \u2018coloured\u2019. But now white identity gets more prominence in discussion, partly through fear of loss, partly through acceptance of wrongs. As the far right try to \u2018reclaim\u2019 Britishness and fight for white rights, and the left start owning up to their white privilege; both are further up the agenda in conversations society wants to have (the second being ironic), and we recognise white as a colour and identity. \u2018Brown\u2019 remains allusive and uncertain, I remain confused.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t believe all black and white people connect because they have the same experience, that\u2019s not true, every experience is individual, like mine. But there is common ground to be shared, and part of that comes from being under the banner of a colour, that colour being recognised, and that colour influential in how others see you.<\/p>\n

The problem is, brown mixed race people\u2019s time is spent shifting between colours in response to how others want us.\u00a0When white mixed race people can still join the identity of white, who am I connecting with? As a brown person, I don\u2019t feel like I meet either end. But here\u2019s the thing, people are mixing. Mixed race people are the FASTEST growing ethnic group in the UK. At some point, we will all be mixed race, that will span across colours, and \u2018mixed race\u2019 may be even more unclear than it is now.<\/p>\n

So as much as I love talking about my mixed race experience, given society is not yet colour-blind, I think I\u2019d quite like to be seen as brown too, if that\u2019s okay? Is it? Someone tell me, let\u2019s face it, you always have.<\/p>\n

(View more of my blogs on mixed race identity <\/em>here<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\nwww.huffingtonpost.co.uk\/entry\/mixed-race-and-other-a-crisis-of-colour_uk_5a53eebee4b0cd114bdb35ca<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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