{"id":9094,"date":"2015-07-21T21:44:40","date_gmt":"2015-07-21T21:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/now\/?p=9094"},"modified":"2015-08-05T14:05:25","modified_gmt":"2015-08-05T14:05:25","slug":"myhapastory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/now\/myhapastory\/","title":{"rendered":"#myhapastory"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“What are you?”<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a question that a lot of people of mixed race get. They usually mean, \u201cWhat is your ethnicity? Tell me because I can\u2019t seem to figure out what you are based on my societal construct of race.\u201d<\/p>\n

I\u2019m tired of getting this question. Identity can\u2019t be summarized in just a sentence about race.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s so much more to it that gets left out of the conversation, and I think it\u2019s time to take this question and reframe it into a conversation based around our stories rather than the perceptions of others: stories of race or ethnicity, sexual orientation, LGBTQIA+, social class, all of the above, none of the above, etc. I\u2019m not here to ask, \u201cWhat are you?\u201d I want to know, \u201cWhat is your story?\u201d<\/p>\n

Tell me your story in a short video, external blog post, or photo, and share it with me using the hashtag #myhapastory on Twitter, Instagram, Vine, or send a photo and under 250 words by email to MulliganR@si.edu<\/a>, by August 18th, 2015. We are only accepting entries from individuals who are 18 years or older. We will feature submissions on #myhapastory<\/a>\u00a0to show that identity is far more complicated than just, \u201cwhat are you?\u201d<\/p>\n

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