being mixed race + learning to love myself | chris

Learning to love myself and my multiracial heritage has been an ongoing process, and one that I feel the need to open up about. Hi there, it's just Chris today 👋🙂 And today's video is from my own perspective and lived experience as a Mixed Race individual. It's about the power of misidentification, the privilege I personally have of passing in a White society, and two lessons I've learned through embracing the skin I was born in.
I proudly identify as a Mixed / Multiracial, Chinese and Asian American. My name is Chris Lin. My surname, "Lin," meaning 'Forest,' dates all the way back to China in the 1100s B.C.
For those of you who have been misidentified - from Race, to Gender, Sexual Orientation, Ethnicity, Religion, Ableness, and So On - I just want you to know that I wholeheartedly see you. I feel for you. The power of identification lives with us - I've learned that "it's not up to us to change the minds of others, but to change our ability to strongly, confidently identify ourselves, by ourselves."
Great privilege comes with being Mixed, Multiracial, with more privilege handed to those who pass in a White society. That fact is not lost on me. When someone misidentifies us, though, the very act of misidentification eats away at our souls, our heritage, our hearts. It's unique to our lived experience as Mixed, Multiracial human beings, and we alone feel its power.
I love you all deeply. Thank you for watching this video 💕
P.S. comment some love, I'll be commenting back to everyone whenever I can 🥰🤞
Love,
Chris
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