izzyizumi reblogged
“I am not ‘half Japanese’ and ‘half Lithuanian Jewish.“ When I’m singing a Japanese folk song, I don’t sing with half my voice, but with my whole voice. When I’m taping together my grandparents’ Jewish marriage contract, worn by time but still resilient, it’s not half of my heart that is moved, but my whole heart. I am complete, and I embody layers of identities that belong together. I am made of layers, not fractions.”
— Yumi Tomsha
#quotes to know me by#japanese jews#jewishness#jewish ethnicity#biracial#japan#multiracial#multi ethnic#mixed race#lithuanian jews#jewishness quotes#japanese and lithuanian#jewish quotes#quotes#antisemitism#hafu#jewish identity policing#jewish identity#multiethnic#relatable#multiethnic tag#jewish tag#non normative families#(While Im here talking about Adoptees and Donor childrens rights and the like again...)#(TAPS THE SIGN)#(Even if I ID slight differently)#(Relevant to Jewishness + Multi ethnic Issues)#if i havent rereblogged this quote at least once a year by now including to multiples of my blogs and digiblogs#youre going to see it maybe more than once a year at the rate im going lately until people here FINALLY GET IT#fuck you {general @ ppl whod genuinely believe otherwise} i am not ashamed of my familys background and youre going to hear it