Mixed race: The identity crisis 27 Articles

by Sana Fatima

The division of Pakistan in 1971, the war in Afghanistan in the 1980s, the deteriorating standoff with the Indian backed regime in Kabul, the abandonment of Kashmir, the so-called war on terror, the pressures of an entrenc...read more

by Dr Tanvir Hussain Bhatti

What Plagues Pakistan? Pakistan is at the crossroads of grave challenges that have plagued the social, political and economic fabric of the country. Its economy is in a shambles; its politics is based on fragile democrati...read more

by Erin Sule-Kubiak

Race politics are a tricky thing. This is one thing that I have learned, growing up in a predominantly white "city". As a mixed-race female, who looks primarily Caucasian, it throws an interesting spin on it. While I ma...read more

by Zuzie

Personal Culture Cultural identity is not always guaranteed at birth. I represent those people who assimilate into a culture very different from their own biological creation. In this cultural background summary, I w...read more

by Hoc Trinh

My Identity Crisis - I didnt like myself! Living in the western society, eveyrone comes from everywhere in Europe. Almost every white person has a mixed race... but atleast you guys are all the same colour! I am 1 si...read more

by Shannon Hilson

Speaking as a woman of mixed racial background myself, I personally feel that the real identity crisis is not to be found within my own psyche or background. It's in society's perception of me and others like me. I myself ...read more

by Ajani Mgo

What in the world is a pure race? Race is but a majority of bloodline percentages. Who today can claim himself to have only Chinese, British or Pakistani blood? In fact, one can say that he is of any race, but ultimately w...read more

by Angela S. Young

The problem with this could be easily settled if people would understand that there are not many races, there is one: the human race. We all come from the same ancestors, but due to genetics and location, some people deve...read more

by Adam Abd-Rabbou

This article is written based on my own personal views and experiences as a mixed race man, however it is a view shared by many of my friends who are also mixed race. I strongly believe that it is a theory that could be co...read more

by Vanessa Williams

As a woman of Asian and English decent, I have seen both sides of these cultures, and there is a definate division in their values, and morals. I still find it hard to define my identity- I am a proud Australian, with a mi...read more

by Sandra Ewers

My son once said to me "Mummy am I mixed race?". My reply to this was son your dad is a white British male and I am black British. "But what does this mean mummy?", he said. I carefully explained to him how lucky he was ...read more

by L Wilkins

How many times have I had to stop and figure which race I should check in that little box? To me that little box is representative of an old way of thinking in generations past. Mixed race Americans (particularly black/whi...read more

by Naiya Johnson

I am mixed. Every day i wonder if i will be judged as black or white or be looked down upon for being both. Don't get me wrong i love being both black and white but i also live in a mostly all white community.I can ha...read more

by jenette kamimmula sandoval

So I once had the opportunity to get out and spread my wings. I took a trip to the North. Minnesota was our destination. We went to the Mall of America. Cool place. We went to a popular hotel and ended up staying down st...read more

by Valerie Edwards

America is getting darker..What does that mean? It means, to put it boldly that white people are steadily losing their hold on being the majority. Take a look at a census sometime. I grew up in New Jersey 44 years ago. ...read more

by Shawn Lockard

I can't remember now which class I was taking in college when the professor posed this question to the class: How many "races" are there?" Well, of course everyone in the class starts trying to count on their fingers or ...read more

by empress

I am a mixed race woman im english my father is a black man on the outside and a white English man on the inside. I am not criticizing my father in any way i have a deep bond and love for my father because for many things ...read more

by SweetChoc

Well, I am asian, married to a white american, we are pregnant and I wonder how our children will deal with being two identities. I was born in the UK, but if I told a Brit I am British, I would wonder what he/she would th...read more

by Carolyn Lanier

Personally I don't think there is an Identity crisis when it comes to what race you are anymore then there is an identity crisis with identical twins. of course there's always someone that will ask which one is which and t...read more

by Ed Finn

Cultural Composite: D625: Perspectives on Diversity in Adult Education Ed Finn August 26, 2007 I find that classifications tend to bother me in general. Perhaps that is my cultural composite more than anything else...read more