Being A Biracial Individual

The identity of an individual is very important to their overall well being. It consists of how they view themselves, how society views them, their behavior, the development of their personality etc. It is who they are and it is how others view them, and it is supposed to follow the development of oneself. However society plays a very important factor into an individual's identity and determines what they will and will not accept about themselves and this can result in numerous problems, especially for those who identify as biracial. Biracial individuals can face a lot of issues such as the assumption and acceptance of their identity, possibly having to chooses a side between two families that contradict each other, and even a sense of isolation
It can be very difficult for biracial individuals to determine what they do and do not want to accept about themselves when they have a family that is trying to decide for them. For many, this can lead to the family trying to force you to pick a side when in a family, there is not supposed to be a side. Finding common ground between families of the same race can already be challenging enough, but having two culturally different backgrounds clashing together, fighting about what is the right way can be a little bit more difficult. This also can lead to the family judging the biracial individual about what qualities they decide to accept about themselves because it may indicate that they are trying to accept something about the other family and perhaps it is a quality that the one family does not want to be accepted. This can be unfair to the biracial individual because they did not choose to be born mixed between two different sides. So how can their families expect them to choose one side when both of them make up who the individual is. This alone is a problem that many biracial individuals face and this can also lead to affecting the development of their identity and can result in the resurgence of more problems as their life continues