S1E11: “You don’t want to sacrifice yourself trying to be accepted” x Christina Lopez-Pegg

“I love my story…Maybe this is something that can make somebody think or help somebody.” – Christina Lopez-Pegg

As a biracial adoptee, born to a white mother and a Black father, Christina Lopez-Pegg was taught from a young age that she didn’t have to choose a side. Instead, she could choose HERSELF. Christina gives thanks that, “my parents always raised me to be me…I never felt that I needed to pick Black or white.” Raised by an African-American mother and a Black and Hispanic father, the mantra that was passed on to Christina and her siblings was “no race is better than another.” Christina found comfort in identifying with all the pieces of her heritage – Black, white, Polish and more.

However, just because she didn’t feel the need to choose a side doesn’t mean life and society didn’t try to choose for her. She experienced the isolation of being the only one who looked like her throughout school as a child and a hurtful lesson rooted in Black colorism.

Christina’s story and this conversation invites us to explore the possibilities in self-acceptance. When it comes to the search for identity, perhaps we should look no further than full acceptance of all that we are: the known, unknown and everything in between. 

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