I have a lot of friends who are offended by this same issue of being Biracial. Many assume that having more than one culture is “cool” and very diverse. Though some of that may be true, in reality it causes the person to be even more isolated. Is is due to them not being able to fully fit into one Racial “Box”.
I hope I captured this issue nice so that the Audience can follow along with the story of TJ. Many folks who are not affected don’t see the isolation these Biracial folkx face in their everyday lives. Thus capturing this dilemma in picture will cause more to rethink about their privilege of being one race.
The third image really captures the interpersonal conflict that these folks face. The visual “Tug-O-War” between the two races shows how if one needs to chose a side, the other will just tug harder back.
With no context, the last image seems to be just a group of friends who just hung out at the beach. However with this being the last picture of the series of slides, it shows how the two races within TJ are just part of his identities; there’s not one race that is better than the others because he is a full slice of both.
If I had even more black and Asian friends, I feel like I can convey the message even further by showing how big these communities are. From people TJ meet on the streets to his own family members who isolated him.
I feel like you hear stories on twitter and Instagram about racism so much that it looses its impact. I would like to convert more stories regarding to these social issues so people can view these issue with more feelings than reading a text on a post.
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