When Your Hapa Face Becomes The Rule

I went to my first Mixed Remixed festival today at the Japanese American National Museum, and I have to say, it was an amazing experience.  For the first time in years, my phenotype, my story as a hapa writer, my experience being biracial and multicultural (in my case, Japanese, French, and American)--was the rule of the universe.  Being biracial and multicultural was normal, even common.  It was fucking amazing.

Though simply the experience of being there and connecting with other mixed, biracial, hapa, and multicultural writers was enough for me, I really enjoyed the multimodal panel ofJamie Ford, Mat Johnson, Bryan Medina, Marie Mockett, Michelle Brittan, and James Tyner.  Hopefully, I'll find a way to get on this panel next year for the next incarnation of the Mixed Remixed festival.  That would be both fun and also an honor.