The Mixed/Black Girl Tag

1. What are you mixed with?

2. What ethnicity have you been mistaken for?

3. Is you hair curly or straight?

4. Was coming from different backgrounds challenging growing up?

To be honest, not really. But only because my mom (the Ukrainian one) has embraced the Jamaican culture for the longest time so it never felt like my two cultures clashed because it sort of just felt like one culture.

5. What background do you embrace the most?

Definitely my Jamaican half. The only thing that I actively participate in with regards to my Ukrainian side is the perogies and cabbage rolls...otherwise it’s all black.

6. Have you ever been teased for being different?

I wouldn’t necessarily classify this as teasing, but so many people in my classes in elementary school would ask “if I had to only pick one colour to be, which would you choose?” To which I would respond, “guys I can’t go back and come out the womb again so...I choose to be both.”

7. Have you ever been ashamed of being biracial?

I wasn’t ashamed of my background, but I would want to fit in more with the white crowd back in elementary school only because the whole school at the time was 90% white people. I used to straighten my hair all the time (literally everyday the straightener was out) from grade 5 until grade 10. I didn’t know how to deal with my hair and I wanted to fit in.

8. Do you feel that being mixed has its benefits?

Yes. I feel like it helps me to see things from two different perspectives. I feel like I can see things from many different points of view because I’ve grown up with two different looking parents with two different experiences, views, etc.

9. What makes being biracial a beautiful thing?

We’re unique, different looking human beings who are a beautiful collaboration of two or more different ethnicities, which is pretty cool. Two people coming together from such different ethnicities was so scandalous back in the days so the fact that we even exist right now is the most beautiful thing.

10. Any advice to someone who struggles with their multiracial identity?

My biggest struggle with being multiracial is that sometimes I don’t feel like I fit in with the black community. Even though I identify as black, you can also physically see that I’m not 100% black. I’ve come across posts that have said “mixed people can’t be apart of the black struggle, awakening, fight, etc. because we have a part of the enemy in our blood”. The main thing here is, because I’m half white, how can I fight with black people if there is that possibility of claiming the other side? If you are struggling with the same thing I would just say to know yourself and think about what your blackness means to you. I identify as black and that’s what I stick with, that’s what I ride or die for. I don't think about other people's opinions about which side I should be on.

1. Are you natural, relaxed, or texlaxed?

2. Your favorite thing about being Black?

Well. Where do I began? The whole damn thing is lit. From the shades of our skin, to our gravity defying hair, to the various cultures that come together to even make black culture. I even appreciate the struggle that comes along with being black. Without it, we wouldn’t be the resilient kings and queens that the Most High intended for us to be <3

3. What Black woman do you relate to the most?

I would have to say Keke Palmer. She is a fearless Queen who isn’t afraid to be herself and does it so unapologetically. She is such an intellectual individual and I don’t mean just book smart. She has a lot to offer this world and is a great inspiration for our generation. On top of all that, she SLAYS. Head to toe. All day.

4. When do you feel your Blackest?

It really fluctuates from time to time. But if I had to choose one scenario, I’d say I feel the most “Blackest” around people who aren’t black that try to emulate my culture. I actually get kind of awkward when other ethnicities of people try to “speak like us”, “dance like us”, just plain be us lol. I feel so black in that moment that I don’t even feel black anymore if that even makes any sense. I just stand there looking at the situation like “Do I really sound, look, and act like this?” But of course not...because no one can do it like us. Duh.

5. Would you or have you ever dated a white guy?

No I haven’t dated a white guy...and no I would not date a white guy. It’s not like I haven’t acknowledged good looking white dudes (Justin Timberlake, Cole Sprouse, Ryan Gosling, Leonardo Dicaprio), it’s just not where I see my life going.

6. What Black celebrity do you look like?

I usually get the supermodel Jourdan Dunn (had someone stop me in the mall to take a picture bc apparently I am Jourdan Dunn). But recently I’ve gotten Solange, and Tracee Ellis Ross.

7. How do you feel about interracial couples?

I believe that everyone needs to make decisions they see fit for their life, and at the end of the day, God will be the ultimate judge. Personally, interracial couples don’t really get to me...unless its dealing with the black community. A community is made up of families. Families are made up of a mother, father, and children. How then are we supposed to have a flourishing black community...if we don’t have any black families to fill it with. That part. Interracial couples to me, don’t do anything for my culture. If anything it makes it look like we’re a free for all and just anyone can be invited to the littest party ever known to man, and it really is super exclusive.

8. Did you go to a predominantly white or black school?

I would say I went to a predominantly white elementary school, but my high school was pretty diverse.

9. What do you love about the Black man?

I love the strength that is the black man. That despite the odds, despite him being lost in this world that wants to see nothing but his destruction, he rises above it. I love that he completes me. I love that he’s my father, I love that he’s my brother, my nephews, and just my nigga down the street.

10. Any advice for someone who struggles with their “blackness”?

Look around. While you’re there unsure of yourself and your blackness, everyone is dying to get a piece. We’re literally everywhere, in everything. Why dig for gold when you are gold. Realize that you are great. We are great. And the sooner we realize that and start acting accordingly, the faster we can redeem those big coins that the Most High has set out for us. True Kings and Queens <3

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