#multiethnic

[lotusmuses]

Congratulations to Hiro Hamada from Big Hero 6 (2014) for being the first biracial (Japanese & White American) main character in Disney films!

Congratulations to Ethan Clade from Strange World (2022) for being Disney's first gay biracial (Black & White) protagonist!

Congratulations to Asha from Wish (2023) for being Disney's first biracial (North African & Iberian) heroine!

big thank you to Don Hall for the first two. also very cool that out of these three characters, Hiro is the only one from a real place (San Francisco, California) albeit one with a fictional history causing it be renamed to honor it's Japanese immigrants. i think that makes his representation even better since it's more 'real'

[chemicalarospec]

Btw you can always make all of your characters mixed race. It is always morally correct.

[dittohasadhd]

something people just don't understand about Third Culture Kids is that being removed from our first culture doesn't mean we've automatically assimilated to our host culture. we're alienated from our family's culture of origin, alienated from the host culture as well, and expected to navigate both. that's the whole point of the term.

[luvmesumus]

[neptunejheart]

I am deeply in love with this photo of myself. It is because I am smiling & didn't expect to look that beautiful smiling. I have been loving my smile more and more with time. It feels unreal that I used to hate it.

My eyes are also so stunning! I love my eyes! Honestly, I am loving how I look lately. I am practicing loving on my physical appearance more and being in my body more since I used to only focus on my internal state of being. It is time to give my physical reality & body some love.

It is time to be present in reality.

[noplacetohidethis]

Don't get me wrong, I like my life, and I am proud of my accomplishments. But sometimes I feel so fucking out of place, and everything seems wrong, like I got lost in a life that wasn't supposed to be mine.

Then I start to wonder if I wouldn't feel like this if, 20 years ago, my parents didn't make the decision to move out of Venezuela, splitting my childhood in half. Would I have stayed on my rightful path? Would I feel whole? Maybe I would feel like I have a place to return to.

Then I remember the suffering that everyone who stayed had to endure in this last decade, and I feel lucky I got spared.

[random-remzy]

Very crazy coinsidence?? or canon event????

Ok. What I'm about to tell you will leave you thinking. "There's no fucking way that happened!"

well, it did. so believe it.

So before "Across the Spiderverse" happened, I was so interested in the concept of there being other spiderpeople.

and having someone be very similar to me.

And y'know how Kamala Khan is Ms. Marvel in Miles' dimesnsion,

I thought it would be really interesting.

If (and this is extremely specific chat) there was a hijabi, spiderperson, who was British-Pakistani,(<- random, and no specific correlation to my nationality/ethnicity) and enjoyed making puns.

...

CHAT I KID YOU NOT-

BOOM!

Malala Windsor is on my screen. A hijabi, British-Pakistani, prone to puns.

And it's crazy cause' i spat my drink when I saw her.

If you think I'm making it up, go ahead. But i shit you not my worldview collapsed right there.

and everytime I see anything related to AtSV i think about it and have a weird quantum crisis.

[confluxmagazine]

Happy Anniversary, Conflux Magazine! We are now 10 Years old! (2025)

Conflux Magazine is a platform which aims to enhance an audience’s view on the stories and themes of multiethnic peoples and their backgrounds. Historically, we have mapped multiracial contexts, however, I first grew passionate about identity while mapping my Iranian and Malaysian roots. Over time, I have always collected anecdotes of people who are mixed race; isn’t it time to challenge the consensus and redeem qualities of heritage that are deeply political and abundant? Can we skew the focus so that my being “Asian,” isn't just singularly faceted?

If you read this article, by Hansi Lo Wang, you will discover that in 2024, just last year, we were adapting to “MENA” or Middle Eastern/North African check boxes on the census. Iranians no longer have to adhere to “White” boxes, according to the Biden administration. There is also a new question geared towards Latinx populous: “What is your race and ethnicity?”

The census aids the government with data concerning Civil Rights activity, and voting. There is a claim in this NPR article, that without “MENA,” some Arabs have been rendered invisible.

It is important while using a multicultural lens, that we pass the microphone to "mixed folk" in all their appearances. As we map identity through our work, we can't forget Asian people who live multidimensional lives through being disciplined by different ethnicities, with parentage being mapped regionally across the globe.

Do you suffer from silencing by the fetishization of "hapa" culture? In a way, I believe the 2024 census allowed breathing room for Asians to come out as more radical, and strategic. If you want to know more about us, don't use an umbrella that can systemically push us against "White" folk or "Asians."

With that, 2025 is off to a great start! Stateline, a national editorial, dictated in April of 2024, that more measurements about Middle Eastern families would render better health-care after COVID. "'The lack of a dedicated identifier makes it hard to isolate data,' said epidemiologist Nadia Abuelezam, an associate professor at the Boston College Connell School of Nursing and the daughter of Palestinian refugees. 'Systemically, structurally, we were ignored, or our needs were ignored.'" Our platform will be on the lookout for how else the nation divvies up race and its catalogue for ethnicity, especially post-inauguration.

[martyschoenleber]

The Routines that Shape US

Reading an excellent new book with our church. Tonight was our third moderated discussion at the church covering chapters two and three. I thought pages 18 and 19 were particularly insightful. Here’s a quote of merit on the difference our routines make in our lives. “Sometimes, our lives are shaped by these routines in ways we never even think about. Even then–perhaps especially then–these…

[glitchedgirly]

^^^THIS and ME (not the same racial mixes but a similar problem) QSMP has helped me so much in this and seeing some of my cultures represented (not all but significantly more than an average representation) and interacting has been so beneficial to reconciling the parts of myself

So the thing about me is I exist in a place where I have no choice but to be intersectional. I can’t push aside one part of my identity anymore than the other. I will always be Hawaiian, Chinese, and Latinx. But existing as all of those things means that I will also never get to be just one of those things. I will never be Hawaiian enough. Or Chinese enough. Or Latinx enough. I’m always too much and not enough at the same time.

What I love so much about Our Flag Means Death is I get to see all the different parts of myself together. And maybe they are broken and messy and hurt each other but that’s okay because so am I.

I know it’s a dumb pirate show. I know there will never be a character I can look to that will encompass all that I am. But OFMD comes pretty close. And I will never be able to express how thankful I am for that.

*** yes I am aware that Taika Waititi is Māori and Jewish but the Māori are Polynesian as are the Hawaiians. Besides, like I said, never going to see myself exactly but this is pretty freaking close.

[mixdgrlproblems]

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Houston, we have a #newprofilepic! December's winner is @savor.garnish! "Hi! My name is Amanda Houston & a friend of mine who was featured before introduced your page to me & I instantly fell in love! 💕. I’m #mixedwith #Black & #White. Key components that #mixedindividuals face is loads of implicit bias. In my experience, White folks feel comfortable with sharing their racially insensitive thoughts with us that they most likely wouldn’t be able to share with someone who is darker. This can be taxing. Then you have the other side which in some cases assume you have privilege when in all reality we take in the complexity of racism beyond one’s perspective. It can be a double edge sword. My highlight to #beingbiracial is that due to this experience I have developed deep empathy & communication styles that I feel have assisted me in resolutional conversations.

I have a background in HR & have participated in developing race & social justice initiatives in the work place & have been able to drive my passion to advocate for others. I’m changing my tempo on my journey & I started a food inspiration page which I am currently building up to expand on starting a business. I’m a Gardner & home cook & dabbled in event planning catering some years back, but after a devastating health complication in the last year - I decided life is short & cooking & inspiring people to learn how to garden is how I want to spread my light - with a touch of advocacy✨🌿

Misshouston35 is my personal account & my inspiration food blogging page is @savor.garnish 🌿.

This is a wonderful page & I’m just proud to be a part of the movement you created! It’s a vibe & a tribe & we need this for our culture ✨💃🏿. Thank you for taking the time & allowing me to share this space with you. 🥂"

Congrats to her! Make sure to congratulate her in the comments! We're a vibe & a tribe, I LOVE that! Thanks again to everyone who entered, see you next year!

#mixedgirlproblems #december

[neptunejheart]

🌟I am living, being, doing, dreaming, & existing.🌟

🌊My only purpose here is to be the best me I can be. I am moving with the flow. I am trusting myself. All is well.🌊

[hellenhighwater]

Have you seen the pics they released from the Murderbot show coming out?

I did, yeah! I do like the helmet design, it's interesting. Like most fans, I'm a little disappointed by their casting--Alexander Skarsgård is definitely a talented actor but it's hard to swallow that there wasn't a better choice who was nonbinary, or more visually androgynous, or at least not white or male, which are sort of movie-industry defaults for action-hero types in a way that feels like it cuts against Murderbot being...not that, I guess. I don't know how they're planning to handle the very internal narration of the Murderbot series, but casting a person that visually makes you question what pronouns you should be using would go a long way towards laying the foundation for the walking challenge to traditional identity that is Murderbot. Choosing a white cis male actor somehow seems like an attempt to make Murderbot more palatable, and I don't...love that. Mostly I hope that they make like the Mandalorian and just keep the helmet on for most of the show.

On the upside, I do hope that Skarsgård is able to nail some kind of uncanny valley, inhuman behavioral stuff. Maybe he can carry this off! It's hard to say from stills, but I'm excited to watch it regardless.

[punkeropercyjackson]

The Pjo books,constantly,nonstop,in your face,to the point it may as well be a plot point:Percy literally just looks like a boyish version Poseidon and a few of the other gods mistake him for his dad at first glance

Y'all for some reason?????:Afrolatino Percy would be a lightskin with biracial kid tears🤪

[lxvvie]

See. We both know that man has a gold chain, but lemme elaborate on WHY. I feel like because of the time e spent in and out of homes he’d have picked up on so many different cultures, backgrounds and languages tat he can’t help but integrate them into is day to day life as a way to honor those he grew up with. I also feel like that man knows how to detangle, braid and cornrow because he must’ve grown up around a lot of poc so e had to learn.

-drama nonnie

Oh, absolutely.

It's Wash Day and Baby Jay knows your routine, mmk?

He's the one washing, detangling, and moisturizing your hair.

Helps you braid or twist it up afterward, too. Hell, he'd flatiron it as well. Lemme find out, Jason!

Wife this man

[overleftdown]

farleigh start and racism; oh boy.

(some people are going to find this post really annoying. some people are like felix catton.)

read this.

just some thoughts from the perspective of a person of color who is slightly too obsessed with this character. this movie leaves the viewer a lot of wiggle room to interpret how dynamics such as race and privilege come into play. there are certain parallels between this movie and the real world, and how unnoticeable white privilege tends to be for white people.

lemme lay some groundwork. from what i understand, the most prevalent form of racism and white privilege within upper- and middle-class circles is implicit bias. this is racist conceptualization that subconsciously interacts with one's perception of society and people. implicit bias is often externalized through microaggressions, differences in treatment and language towards a marginalized person, misplaced guilt or pity, and persistent denial of any existing privilege or marginalization. most of these biases are also founded on stereotypes. some racial stereotypes are heightening (e.g. asians are all smart) and some are lowering (e.g. black people are all lazy). all stereotypes are harmful. i'm going to discuss some of the stereotypes that could theoretically interact within the saltburn canon, as well as some things i've noticed within viewers. can of worms, to be honest. boutta get INTO IT.

to use one of my externalization examples, let's discuss (or, more accurately, let me discuss) the denial of existing privilege or marginalization. this is a subconscious way to uphold a sense of morality, effectively avoiding "white guilt," so to speak. as is clearly presented to us, the cattons are very attached to their methods of upholding their own self-righteousness. saviorism is a common theme within both elspeth and felix. in oliver's conversation with elspeth about poor dear pamela, you can see that oliver recognizes elspeth's need to justify her actions in an attempt to preserve her sense of decency. one can only assume that this applies to how they view farleigh's relationship with them. there's more to talk about there, but i'd like to start with the only overt mention of race in this movie.

in felix's confrontation with farleigh, farleigh makes the bold and brave decision to mention his blackness. i call this brave because it's genuinely a terrifying thing to do, and the end of this conversation is proof. "oh, that is... that is low, farleigh. seriously, that's where you want to take this? make it a race thing? i never know our footman's names; the turnover for a footman is notoriously high!" we have felix's intentional or unintentional shaming of farleigh. we have felix's appalled denial of any involvement of race or racial bias. we have felix's diversion away from farleigh specifically and onto his own inability to know his staff's names. felix made no further attempt to recenter farleigh, aside from telling him that the cattons have "done what they can." (which is SO absurd on its own. they are clearly and obviously able to do more. they are disgustingly rich). farleigh does feel ashamed after felix's response; you can see it on his face, and archie says it directly. here is a relevant and prevalent stereotype for all marginalized people: that the discussion of marginalization is exclusively weaponized to gain something or manipulate a situation. this is how felix chooses to see farleigh's implication of existing white privilege. this conversation results in nothing, does nothing, as felix chooses not to confront what he's probably thinking as he repeats the words "begging bowl" to venetia.

now. saviorism, guilt, and pity. felix specifically tells oliver that sir james made an effort to support farleigh out of guilt. i'd like to order some things in a way that i perceive them. frederica start runs from england, which is explained in a condescending way by felix. frederica start marries a so-referred-to "lunatic" who dug through fred and jame's money, although it's farleigh who only mentions fred's financial irresponsibility. out of guilt, james offers to pay for farleigh's education. the specificity of education is compelling to me. perhaps james is simply a patriotic man who strongly believes that english education is better. or this is a mobilized racial stereotype! who can truly know. i digress. james' offer to pay for farleigh's foreign education puts the cattons in an odd position; if farleigh is to attend english schools, he will need to stay with the cattons. if farleigh is staying with the cattons, he will need to be treated as equal to felix and venetia. this is all one long chain of obligations. none of these acts from one family member to another should be considered "charitable," because family should intrinsically create a trustworthy and supportive dynamic.

i believe that the cattons do consider their fostering of farleigh as obligatory. moral obligation, as they recognize that families are intended to have a sympathetic and loving relationship. they cannot, however, escape the truth that they're just guilty. the "begging bowl" and "biting the hand" are more symbolic of a starving dog and its charitable adopter than a cousin/nephew who's staying with his absurdly rich family. see, the cattons are fully and entirely capable of affording another child, of supporting frederica financially, etc. the only way i can rationalize their reluctance to do so is by assuming that they don't feel like farleigh deserves it. is this a crazy assumption? i genuinely don't see why else. of course, i don't think this mentality is explicit or conscious. it's more-so the reality that when farleigh walks in a room, he's not the same as anybody else. aside from background characters at oxbridge, the only on-screen black people are liam, joshua, and james' godson's wife (who gets degraded on-screen). this is the reality of being different in an environment such as the english aristocracy. the cattons choose to see themselves as the hand that feeds the less fortunate, more entertaining, and least inconvenient. the cattons' inclusion of farleigh is not only reliant on how well farleigh performs, but also on their own pity and guilt.

all of this is somehow, painfully mirrored by some takes i've seen on farleigh. maybe this entire post is presumptuous, but you know what isn't presumptuous? saying that certain people hold farleigh to an incredibly odd standard. while the cattons never canonically said anything along the lines of "farleigh doesn't deserve our love and support," mfs on the internet have. the number of times people have referred to this character as greedy, lazy, petty, and malignant is so odd to me. i'm insane, i know. i just don't understand how people can hold farleigh to the backdrop of an english aristocratic family and so passionately say that he, of all characters, is the most detestable. or that he, of all characters, has no reason to behave in the way he does.

is farleigh greedy? greed is defined as a desire for more. farleigh has no desire to climb ranks, no desire to replace or surpass felix, no desire to hold any power over any family member. he is maintaining, upholding a standard that has been set for him throughout his life. is it kind or selfless of him to meddle in other people's affairs with the cattons? no. does he have a reason to be upset that non-relatives of the cattons are a threat to his inclusion in the first place? yes. is farleigh lazy? i don't even need to explain this one. no. if you don't consider oliver lazy, then i really don't want to hear anything. is farleigh petty? pettiness is defined as "an undue concern for trivial matters, especially in a small-minded or spiteful way." farleigh's meticulous attention to trivial matters isn't undue in any sense. a person of color and their meticulous attention to trivial matters is almost never undue. elspeth is a good example of petty. is farleigh malignant? there are a lot of definitions of malignant and i've seen people apply all of them, in some way, to farleigh. that's just wrong. archie madekwe once said, "i was interested in humanizing what, on paper, seemed like a mean character, a villain, or a bully. i don't think he's any of that. he's very self-serving, but i think he's really a heartbreaking character." case closed, this was for my own piece of mind. had to write this section because good lord.

in conclusion to this post that has gone tragically off the rails, i think the in-canon and viewer perspective of farleigh is, perhaps, a little racially motivated. sue me. they are all very centered on this idea that farleigh doesn't deserve inherent respect, support, and love. to remove farleigh's rational position within the cattons family would be akin to removing his right to familial love. genuinely, that's how i see it. the transaction nature of farleigh's actions is responsive. he sees felix as a social shield at oxbridge, he sees elspeth and james as the beholders of his perceived security, and he sees saltburn as a way to escape from his lack of privilege and his lack of stability in america. boom. bam. pow.