Explaining My Multiracial Identity (So Others Don’t Do It For Me)

Jaya Saxena’s personal essay on the complications of owning her three racial identities–white, Indian and multi-racial–and dealing with the many ways people see her, and feel entitled to define her.

Source: Catapult
Published: Jan 4, 2017
Length: 8 minutes (2,099 words)
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