Malini Sharma discusses her experiences growing up and living as a person of mixed race. Malini is a junior here at Macalester. She will be speaking about the space of the place of the mixed white-POC voice in America. Throughout her life, Malini felt forced to choose between the white and Indian parts of her identity. For the longest time, she thought this was an issue only she dealt with. It wasn't until Malini volunteered as part of the Mac orientation team that she realized many others felt the same way. She feels the need to talk about this issue on a larger scale so that people like her who thought they were alone in their struggle would realize they were not, and those not aware of this phenomenon but who play a role in it could increase their understanding. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
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