Advocacy

I recognize the people who have made it possible for me to affirm my multiracial identity: 

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• They are my relatives, friends, and mentors;

• They are people who have crossed color lines to fight discrimination;

• They are people who identified as multiracial before this choice was recognized; 

• They are people who have exposed and explained the suppression of multiraciality.

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I strive to improve race relations; 

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I know that race and ethnicity are not solely defined by one's genetic heritage; 

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I refuse to confine my choices in love or loyalty to a single race; 

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I make efforts to increase my knowledge of U.S. racial history; 

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I know that race and ethnicity can be used as political, economic, and social tools of oppression; 

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I must fight all forms of oppression as the oppression of one is the oppression of all;

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I recognize that oppression thrives on fear and ignorance; 

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I seek to recognize my prejudices and change them; 

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I know that it is neither helpful nor productive to argue over who is more oppressed; 

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I recognize that my life interconnects with all other lives;

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