How to be a model (minority) and a problem (minority)

A “model” and a “problem”. It’s another way I’d describe being “mixed up”. It sums up my experience of being a mixed kid. There’s so many analogies I could make under these categories.

 

“MODEL”

-Model Minority

-Asian/proximity to whiteness

-interracial love

– is something to be followed/achieved

 

“PROBLEM”

– Problem Minority

-Black

-interracial hate

– Is something to be avoided

 

The idea of “model” and “problem” exists on a spectrum.

 

M O D E L ß———————————————————à P R O B L E M

 

I am both a model and a problem.