Mixed Messages

Amanza Smith: “I feel like I’m still catching up to being Black”

Jordan Alexandra: “Why does a white person get to define how I'm seen in society?”

Miquita Oliver: “I was so scared about how Black I was that I forgot I was white”

Priyanka Yoshikawa: “People might say I’m less Japanese, but I don’t care”

Elizabeth Yu: “All these parts of who I am are revealed to me every day”

Jack Fowler: “There's an infinite amount of mixes you can have – everyone looks so unique”

Hafsa Zayyan: “I always have to prove I’m half-South Asian because I look Black”

Cecile Pin: “I’m not half of anything”

Laila Zaidi: “This is who I am and I don't have to prove that to you”

Yasmine Akram: “I don't need to earn my Pakistani badge”

Natalie Simpson: “I’ve been referred to as Black, but never white”

Tony Wright: “I don’t know where my community is”