“#Transracial” is the accepted term for the members of society which this piece covers. A person who is transracial does not identify with the race they were born into. They instead resonate strongly with a different racial or cultural identity. They claim it is unjust for society to label them by their color of their skin and not how they feel on the inside. For this piece I sat down with a gentleman who identified as a transracial African American. By all outward appearances he appeared as a Caucasian in his mid to late 30s. However, he claims on the inside he is a proud Nubian warrior, who has fully embraced his adopted culture. Born Thomas Jenkins to a suburban middle class family, he now chooses to go by the name “Tyrone Jeremiah” and lives his life as a man of color. Tyrone says he faces daily persecution from society because of how he presents himself. Errands as simple as going to the corner market are almost always a confrontational ordeal; One that sometimes ends in violence.
Posted on: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 10:27:14 +0000
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