After living in Dubai for over ten years, working for a company with employees from 160 different nationalities and every conceivable racial mix, reading such a precious article is embarrassing (woe is me! People are intrigued by my curly hair!. According to the author, mixed race is a "blessing and a curse". The "curse" apparently, is a lot of questions and difficulty ticking the race box on government forms. Oh, the horror! Mon Dieu!

The author was born in Canada, which means she pretty much won the birth lottery. I would suggest this is a far bigger factor in what has "shaped her life" than anything to do with genetics. I can assure that her life would be far more "cursed" pretty much anywhere else in the world.

This is what passes for a "race" issue in Canada. No wonder the world considers Canada a nation of entitled complainers.