My MiX

This blog is almost like a journal, but it's about my identity and how I and others identitfy myself and others (redundant huh?). I am portuguess, german and puertorican, and in puertorican I am Taino (indian) and black. That is why I called this blog Casta-Mix, because I am a mix containing portuguess.
Being Multiracial is important to me and I love it (and yes, there are people who do not love it, infact, there are those who aren't very nice about it).
My great grand parents actually came from Portugal through Ellis Island (documents say not together though, I think my greatgrandmother was rejected , but can back on another trip and made it into the country). My german ancesters have been here (in the good ole US of A) since a revolution times (and now live in what I dem the scary part fo Pennsulvania, where there's nothing to do for AT LEAST 10 to oh say 20 miles, I'm so gland we don't visit or I'd died. There's also limited energy there). My biological father (whom I refuse to see due to his violent additute towards my brothers, who live with him.), he moved here from Puerto Rico when he was young. He was born in Utuado, where there were still indian villages untill about the 1960's, and the land that (thanks to abuelo) I'll inherit one daywas where my tatara-abuela (great-great grandmother) was aprat of one of the last surviving indian village. Now, his family IS racist (I grew up in PR and racism and classisim is quite open in various parts of the island), so they will deny having black heritage, however my mother found out when I was 3moths old and the doctor sent a letter saying the I have Sickle cell trait. So my momma did some research and found that in the ole (that's how I write "old") days when black slaves escaped, them went to the mountains where most of them joined the natives, the Tainos, so that explained how I got the trait. But I have to say, I HATE trying to explain it to his family simply because they refuse to hear a word of it.
Anyway, that is my mix, my Casta-Mix.
Expect more blogs, MANY more on multiracialism and issues not only I deal with, but many others.