Bananas! And what it had to do with my racial identity

<p>My friends used to humorously call me a banana. &ldquo;Yellow&rdquo; on the outside and &ldquo;White&rdquo; on the inside &mdash; and I would laugh. Now I realize that response was my way of coping with the discomfort and dissonance I&rsquo;ve long struggled with as a &ldquo;third-culture kid.&rdquo; The hardest part is not fitting in with either racial group.</p> <p>I immigrated to Canada when I was young and was educated and socialized here. And quite frankly, because of the racism I experienced at school, I did everything possible to distance myself as far from my ethnicity/heritage as possible.</p> <p><a href="https://paula-gray.medium.com/bananas-and-what-it-had-to-do-with-my-racial-identity-7054ddbf8f65"><strong>Read More</strong></a></p>