If you see a sudden rash of photos on Twitter of biracial families and individuals, you have Jaxa Saxena to thank.
Saxena is part Indian and part White. She started the hashtag #BiracialLooksLike and told Mic she was inspired by ignorance.
“Among many biracial/multiracial people I know, there is anxiety over whether we look enough like what we ‘are,'” Saxena tweeted. “We are made to feel like we’re not ‘enough’ for our heritages, we’re not ‘really’ any of them, because we don’t look one way or another. Or we’re made to feel we have to choose, but often that choice is made by others who look at us and think they know who we are.”
A lot of people are writing that #biraciallookslike is "beautiful" and that's great! But like–
— Jaya Saxena (@jayasax) September 16, 2015
Her hashtag inspired other multiracial people to post photos.
#biraciallookslike – with my mom. Yes, my real mom. pic.twitter.com/3jq5nsOx3b
— multiracial ahjussi (@pointfivekorean) September 15, 2015
#biraciallookslike 'No but where are you FROM from?' pic.twitter.com/0oLMKFBGpj
— Amanda Rosenberg (@AmandaRosenberg) September 15, 2015
#biraciallookslike a Korean and Polish person, even though no one ever believes it. pic.twitter.com/Titozrh2gC
— multiracial ahjussi (@pointfivekorean) September 15, 2015
You can read the growth of multiracial people in the last few decades and some of the issues they face in Mic
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