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The Documentary: The mixed beat

The mixed beat

10/07/2021 GMT

BBC World Service - The Documentary, The mixed beat

Nora Fakim takes a look at mixed identity and how it’s evolving over generations

Nora Fakim takes a look at mixed identity and how it’s evolving over generations.

The voices of those from mixed race communities are more frequently heard today and are playing a more central role in shaping discussion around race, identity and what it means to straddle different cultures and experiences. The BBC's Nora Fakim takes this opportunity to reflect on what is happening across the globe and to reflect on what the changes mean across the generations.

Nora's mum is from Morocco and her dad was Mauritian-Indian and she was born and raised in a leafy suburb outside London but struggled to fit in. She thinks things today are changing, as immigration, globalisation and global protests following the death of George Floyd take effect. The voicelessness she and others felt is being replaced by open discussions and even a celebration of what it means to be mixed race.

Her investigation starts with mixed race parents who are creating ever more diversity as they start their own families. As they embark on parenting their own mixed race babies she asks what advice they would have given their younger selves. And speaking to children growing up in this fast changing world she finds a bravery, which she lacked, in the choices being made.

(Photo: Emma and her son. Credit: Emma Nathan)

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