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Amanza Smith: “I feel like I’m still catching up to being Black”
The Selling Sunset star on finding her identity, her heritage and her voice
Isabella Silvers
Dec 14, 2020
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Jasmine Muller: “I don’t want to detract from fully brown women”
The presenter on learning to love her heritage
Isabella Silvers
Oct 26, 2020
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Tony Wright: “I don’t know where my community is”
The comedian on box-ticking, the different forms of representation and The Rock
Isabella Silvers
Dec 21, 2020
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Soraya Abdel-Hadi: “People think I’m exotic - I’m from Hampshire”
The founder on language, privilege and the gift of code-switching
Isabella Silvers
Feb 21
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Natalie Morris: “Ideas of mixedness are binary and centred around whiteness”
The author of Mixed/Other on the duality of holding two truths simultaneously and the isolation of being mixed
Isabella Silvers
Apr 19, 2021
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Ben Cajee: “I don’t need to justify my existence”
The CBeebies presenter on that video and why his race doesn’t define him
Isabella Silvers
Mar 1, 2021
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Mina Moriarty: “I’ve felt alienated by both sides of my heritage”
The creator on how place affects your sense of self, mixed representation and not looking like her family
Isabella Silvers
Feb 28
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Nikki May: “I always fail at what people want me to be”
The author on confused identities, colourism and how being mixed can be twice the joy
Isabella Silvers
Feb 14
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Natalie and Naomi Evans: “Monoracial parents don't understand mixedness”
The founders of Everyday Racism on changing narratives and Mel B
Isabella Silvers
Dec 13, 2021
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Priyanka Yoshikawa: “People might say I’m less Japanese, but I don’t care”
The Miss World Japan winner on language, rarity and embracing difference
Isabella Silvers
Nov 15, 2021
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Sarah Karmali: “Being mixed, you're constantly discovering new parts of yourself”
The editor on colourism, culture and coming from more than one reality
Isabella Silvers
Dec 20, 2021
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Grace Cho: “Shame is often felt, even if it’s not recognised consciously”
The author on the history of biracial children in Korea, embracing the margins of society and finding a place to call her own
Isabella Silvers
Jun 20
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