Denied of your EA identity? Are you really EA?

[Ganbare!]

I often feel pressured to view myself as Asian socially (in informal interactions with people expecting you to be one way or the other).

I can't think of myself as EA because in many regards multiracials are not viewed as a real ethnic group therefore I sometimes feel denied the right to be who I am, who I wish to be. In some people's mind you cannot be EA, you have to choose between one identity or the other, they sometimes make the choice for you by labelling you as either race. In the past members regularly claimed they chose to completly assimilate as either Asians or Caucasians as it makes their life easier considering it is the way most people treat them.

To what group do you belong to Caucasian, Asian, EA? Does it change depending on location/friends' races? Ever felt denied to be EA?

[Ganbare!]

No one ever wondered about the way yourself or others view you or is it so obvious even wondering is silly?

[FreckleFoot]

I feel that people have to be able to tape me up neatly into one little box. My identity in regards to others' view of me is never constant: everyone's idea of what I am is different. If they can't pinpoint it they have to ask because they can't stand not being able to label your forehead so you fit safely into their imaginary map of the world.

If I go by everyone else's view of me, I don't fit anywhere, yet I fit everywhere at the same time. To white people I can be anything and everything and all that's in between. I haven't had much input from black people although I have had many black friends and some half black, half white friends. Race never seemed to be much of an issue for them, so I guess they didn't care about other people's race either. As for Asians, they tend to be able to tell I'm part Asian, part something else. They always seem to know, but of course cannot pinpoint the exact mix.

I've been brought up mostly Caucasian, but I don't want to shut myself in. In learning more about my Asian side I have discovered that certain aspects of myself are typical of Asians (even though I never knew this) and I'm tempted to find out more. What other attributes do I have that I never knew connected me in some way to my heritage?