Beginning Quote by Masaba Gupta

I was the only mixed-race girl in my school, but for me, that was a positive thing; it made me unique. If it wasn't…

— Alesha Dixon

I grew up basically in a predominantly, you know, white community and I was mixed but as a kid you don't know that. So…

— Redfoo

I really didn't even realize I was a hybrid or that my parents were interracial until I was much older.

— Lindsey Morgan

I came from a divorced mother and father, obviously mixed race.

— Giancarlo Esposito

Being someone that grew up in a biracial household I never really felt accepted by black people when I was a little kid, I…

— Vic Mensa

For a really long time, I thought being different was a negative thing. But as I grew older, I started to realize we were…

— Halima Aden

Growing up in a school that was majority white, my understanding of the world was that I was different but that differences shouldn't be…

— Alicia Garza

I've always felt mixed race. Or as my music teacher said during a lesson: 'You are a mulatto.' I always felt there were white…

— Goldie

When you grow up in that (multi-ethnic) environment, you see the world differently. Being a mixed-race child, I didn't always see colour in people,…

— Halle Berry

Growing up, I thought I was white. It didn't occur to me I was Asian-American until I was studying abroad in Denmark and there…

— Maya Lin

I think in the past I think I probably was a little too diverse, probably went from one spectrum to the complete opposite and…

— Marc Almond

Growing up as a mixed-race kid myself, when you are in the middle of it and you're young...you don't think about it consciously. It's…

— Matt de la Pena