Tunisian | Martinican
I identify as a French Caribbean heterosexual woman with Sefardi Jew heritage. I am an Aquarian, a free spirit, a humanitarian, a nature and animal lover. I only realized that I was mixed two weeks before my 27th birthday. Your outlook on being mixed as a kid will depend on your education, as an adult it will depend on your environment. If one parent is missing in your life, that’s where you look for something outside to complete you, especially during the teenage years. When you enter adult life, that’s where things get even more real. Society will always stereotype you depending on what you look like and will try to put you in a box that you obviously don’t fit.
I grew up with my Mom in Paris and my French White Stepdad. She never really taught me the culture, rarely spoke Kreyol and she didn’t cook any Caribbean food. But I spent every summer and Christmas at my Grandmother’s and that’s when I got the chance to be in touch with my culture with my family around. That’s also probably why I feel so close to it. I met my biological Father when I was 25 so his culture has never been a part of my life. He is very proud to be Jew and wants me to be a part of the community, to learn about the Jewish culture and traditions, which will eventually come. But right now, it stops at our Friday Shabbat Shalom!
I did hide my Jewish heritage a lot when I was younger because I wasn’t sure if my Dad was really Jew seeing as I didn’t know him. There is also so much hate and antisemitism that I have preferred to stay discreet about it. But now, I’m very proud to be Caribbean and Jew. People are always so surprised when they hear my heritage and I love to see their faces!
I am doing therapy, so it allowed me to take the necessary time to understand my past wounds and heal them as well. My spirituality plays a lot in my mental well-being and keeps hope and faith on the front line of every action that I take. I feel I have already been reborn and my soul is living a new physical experience on Earth! I’m so proud of everything that I’ve been through because they make me the strong woman that I am today.
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