Mixed Up: 'For white people, having brown babies used to be a moral taboo'

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‘My mother’s English history is filled with tales of rosy-cheeked sailors, civil servants and dancers. My father’s Caribbean history features former slaves, business women, immigrants and a grandmother with red hair.'

Their unique perspective of straddling two or more cultures can give them a edge when it comes to communication and forming bonds, but it can also cause conflict and innate contradictions.The aim is to elevate these under-heard narratives, challenge preconceptions and undermine boring, old stereotypes.delves into his personal experience of feeling caught between two states.

‘As a result, I’ve always grown up with a broad perspective on identity politics and how society likes to react to things they don’t understand.’Poetry means a lot to Luke. The medium of spoken word dredges up internal conflicts and allows him to make sense of who he is.

The reaction to his poetry has confirmed to Luke that he is not alone. There are thousands of mixed-race people up and down the country with similar perspectives, often despite wildly different circumstances. ‘The Western beauty standard used to be blonde, skinny and white. Now the posters of our generation feature brown, freckled models with hair that cannot be tamed by any traditional conditioner.’

It is a difficult realisation to come to. But despite struggling to find a place to fit, there is so much about Luke’s mixed identity that he loves. Once you figure out the isolation – it can actually make navigating the world much easier.‘I love being able to maneuver through this world like a weird, racially fluid chameleon,’ explains Luke.

‘Not that I wanted to be necessarily, but I have always been seen as an “other”. I have always been regarded as black. I’ve embraced that, and I love that. ‘There are so many awesome, and daunting historical ideas that I wish people understood. For example, the fact that race is just a concept.It was invented in the eighteenth century with a means of applianceThree-hundred years later, we still use race to define us.

 

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