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Nic and Liv Murray: "People label you to feel comfortable by the question your existence poses"
The creators on the long story of their heritage, being too complex to understand and squabbling over crumbs
 • Isabella Silvers
Courtney-Mae Briggs: “I wish people had more time for the mixed experience, it feels forgotten”
The actor on placing her experience, making time to talk about the mixed experience and her British-Bajan roast dinner
 • Isabella Silvers and Courtney-Mae Briggs
Sarah Hughes: “Being mixed has given me a third eye – I never want to close it”
The Mind CEO on belonging to the people she loves, the conversation around mixed mental health and having pride in her heritage
 • Isabella Silvers and Muse Nine - Dr Sarah Hughes
Lucy Tandon Copp: “I no longer feel like I'm hiding parts of myself away”
The author on the evolution of her identity, finding pride in her name and hating the ‘them and ‘us’ mentality
 • Isabella Silvers and Lucy Tandon Copp
Caroline Guiela Nguyen: “I had to reconcile different realities around my dinner table”
The director on being the daughter of exile, creating safe spaces for complexity and giving victims their power
 • Isabella Silvers
Karimah Hassan: “My mixed experience in one word? British.”
The artist on creating her dream realities, the weight of being a spokesperson and unsolicited opinions
 • Isabella Silvers and KARIMAH
Emily Itami: “I don’t know how else to be – I cannot exist any other way”
The author on being one of the crowd, interrogating mixed identity and language as the root of thought
 • Isabella Silvers
Mixed Messages
Mixed Messages
A weekly newsletter all about the mixed-race experience, with interviews by Isabella Silvers (White British and Punjabi)
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