As you can see, this is a family picture with two different races, Chinese and Uyghur, an ethics minority in Xinjiang Province, China, which originally belongs to Karluk branch of Turkic family. The left person in the photo is Kaishan Wang, who is one of our classmates in ASA 115, the person who is on the right side of him is his Uyghur grandmother, the woman next to his grandmother is his Uyghur mother, and the man on the right side is Kaishan’s father, a 100% Chinese man. Therefore, we are easily aware of the fact that Kaishan is a race-mixed person, and he lives in a family with two different races and cultures.
Kaishan often tells his friends about his family by addressing how he lived in such a race-mixture family, how he attempted to adapt two different cultures at the same time, and more importantly, how he suffered from a torrent of questions and confusions of his true identity even since he was born. He said there were always some people asking about his identity, religion and even his future marriage. “Are you going to marry a Chinese girl or a Uyghur girl? Are you considering yourself as a Chinese or a Uyghur? Are you a Muslim?”. Such questions have virtually overwhelmed him, and even worse, he used to be doubtful about his race-mixture identity and thought he shouldn’t be living in such a confused world. He was lost.
However, when he became an adult and witnessed the love of two different races living together for 18 years, he realized that being a race-mixture individual is the best thing ever happened to him. A lovely family grants him so much more, especially different perspectives and understanding that he perceives races and the world. He said mutual understanding and tolerance are quite essential for family, in particular race-mixture family. Now, he is not confused anymore, but he is confident in who he is.
If there is anyone who asks him whether he is a Chinese or Uyghur, he said he would respond in this way: I am both Chinese and Uyghur, and I am undivided.
You are on the right path, but this is not really artwork. For improvement, you can take photography your own, or rework an existing image.
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