How To Survive Being A Mixed Kid

Welcome to the world of being an interracial child, with your pretty hair, tan skin, and blue eyes. Well that description doesn't apply to all mixed people but it will do. Get ready for questions, touching, and awkward remarks. You will now step into a life that mono-race earthlings don't know about....

Learn To Love The Racial Remarks 

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Everyone has them, GET USED TO THEM! You can't get offended by what someone says about your race/culture, each person is different and they handle things differently, but seriously come on its just words they wont hurt you. For example, I am a mixed person, I have been called EVERYTHING from the "N word" to "cracker", Those childish words don't physically hurt me, so the way to deal with those racial words is to just brush it off and say "whatever". Trust me life would be so much easier if you learn to EMBRACE THE MEAN WORDS.

Be Yourself

No matter what your mixed with don't let the other race dominate your whole being, remember it is just a color not a lifestyle. For example if you don't like being who you are then well I'm sorry you have to learn how to live with it! Whatever you friends say don't mind them, like if you dress "white" and your mixed with black don't be let down if your friend says, "Oh why do you dress like that your black". STEREOTYPING, it sucks to deal with but if you think about it you have the best of many worlds, so you could pull off most of anything without comments.....most of the time. Just remember your inner self, down let a nationality ruin that.

Don't Be Conceited 

MIxed raced children are known for their pretty features. Like hair for example, if you have beautiful locks don't be surprised if someone you don't know touches them or comments on them. When you get these comments don;t be rude, just politely say thank you. Now let's twist this, if someone is looking at you "funny" don't just assume its because your pretty/handsome. Just brush it off like it never happened , because seriously compliments could be taken to the head and then well, your known as that person who's into themselves.

Remember Your A Human Being

Don't put other people down because of there skin color, and remember if your mixed with who your putting down think of it as you putting down your family. We all have our moments but I see this alot, where a mixed child doesn't like a certain race and they put them down, but when you ask them they say "Well I can because I am (insert nationality here)". No no no no NO, it doesn't matter we are ALL HUMAN....  If we treat each other wrong and come up with that stupid excuse then the world would be discriminating everyone and say "Oh well I'm Human".

Have Fun

Look you have MANY cultures to choose from! Learn about them, all of them. It never hurts typing in a few words, or picking up and reading a few books. Sometimes we don't have our past relatives there to tell us stories so we have to find out. Think about it maybe you could dress up as them or tell your kids about your family history, and the cool thing is you'll have many different countries to talk about.

Its pretty cool to have different cultures in the family. One day I want to travel across the world to see and learn about where my family was from, and you can too! Life is too short to waste with silly remarksm and being mad over little things, be positive, have fun. This our world, welcome to your part.