A solitary bird flits in the sky, always in motion and in constant search of a niche. For biracials it can be quite difficult to navigate the lines of race. The children of these unions are often forgotten. I have experienced as much discrimination among blacks as I have whites. But, instead of being called a nigger, I was called a sell-out, a traitor and an Oreo.
Society discounts the experiences of biracials and the issues they confront.
But biracials are slowly emerging at the forefront of political debate. The category is likely to cause misunderstanding and create divisiveness. We want to be realized as a legitimate group by society. Until this very recent time interracial marriages, if not illegal, were seriously scorned and participants lived in fear of rejection by family members, friends and society. Society's hostility was at times almost unbearable to interracial couples.