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Addressing multiracial identity can be difficult
People don't always -- like for me, people don't always know what my mix is. Like when they hear I'm Japanese, like 'Oh, really?' they never knew that before. But then once they know, it opens things up. So that's another good point, it opens it up to people they had never seen before. But it's just... I guess, finding where you fit in with people can be a little difficult sometimes.
Date: January 6, 2000
Location: California, US
Interviewer: John Esaki
Contributed by: Watase Media Arts Center, Japanese American National Museum.
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