In order to place themselves into a context, people want to know where to place you. To avoid this, we are asked the perpetual . . . Even people who identify monoracially aren't exempt from categorization based almost exclusively on appearance. This social and political ostracization of people is a very unfortunate and all too common human condition. Those of use who have a mixed-race experience are also vulnerable to similar exclusivity.
Transracial adoptees are another, often neglected component of the mixed-race experience.
We look into the diversity of the mixed-race experience and see how people negotiate the complexity of racial identity. Hopefully, examining what motivates the human impulse of exclusion will enable us to become more inclusive and thoughtful in our concepts of identity.