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When comments about mixed children feel objectifying

My white partner's friends keep making jokes about our 'beautiful mixed babies' and I don't know if they think they're being supportive or if they don't realize how gross it sounds.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The romanticization of mixed-race identity can be another form of othering disguised as celebration.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Mixed-race identity and belonging?”

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