From Episode 2, "What Are You?"
"PSA: What Are You? Is Not an Icebreaker" by Andromeda Turre
The problem with this question is, for a lot of us blended people, that it doesn't have a simple answer. In most cases, our identities were not something we were born with or something we inherited from our parents. Because our parents are different from each other and different from us. Our identities are something we chose.
We love this article because it addresses a question we've heard our whole lives-- "What are you?'-- referring not to who we are as people but our ethnic makeup. "What Are You?", in fact, is the title of episode 2 of the series, in which Caela and Kelliye encounter two curious guys at a bar, so this article hits particularly close to home for us.
The Diversity Gap in the Academy Awards via Angry Asian Man
You knew it was bad. The numbers show just how bleak it really is. The Producers and Writers branches of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences are both 98% white. Academy voters are 94% white and 77% male. In 85 years, only eight people of color have ever won Oscars in the Best Actress or Best Actor categories. Only one woman has ever won Best Director -- and that was only four years ago.
This infographic, via one of our favorite AAPI blogs Angry Asian Man, illustrates the stark lack of diversity in the Academy Awards. Lack of diversity in the media is one of the reasons we created this webseries, and to see it laid out visually is striking.
Map of Interracial Marriages in the US via HapaMama
This map tallies non-Hispanic White/non-Hispanic Asian married-couple households throughout the US-- it's worth a look (plus, we love HapaMama!)
"I'm Made in Asia," directed by Brian Lucknasuwan
This lovely short film depicts a young boy growing up biracial in Thailand. And not to be all "mixed race people are super hot," but just Google Image the director of this film.
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