I'm white British and black African and was raised by both my parents. Being mixed race poses many problems that people just don't or haven't fully accepted- the different cultures, pressure to be "one or the other" and confusion as to where you "fit in". My biggest problem was family- having two cultures, two heritages, two ways of life could often be hard to accept. Although I love it, it honestly it does create multiple personalities- part of my loves my African culture (music, food, clothes etc) but when around my white family I am as British as you can get (although this is stereotyping, Sunday roasts etc). People will say that racial differences shouldn't be an issue but the truth is stereotypes have their truthful origins and there is huge differences in the lifestyles of races. Me personally I grew up being able to fit in anywhere but never being fully accepted- you could relate to both cultures but you were never fully part of it. It's quite sad that racial backgrounds does have a subtle difference in the eyes of people but hey that's life. At home, we were an ordinary family- we are everything, listened to 'normal' music, and we lived free of social barriers. My parents taught me that race is no issue and now being older I honestly can hold my head high and say I'm proud to be mixed race ✨