{"id":7868,"date":"2002-09-14T20:18:00","date_gmt":"2002-09-14T20:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multiracial.com\/?p=7868"},"modified":"2021-06-30T16:13:55","modified_gmt":"2021-06-30T16:13:55","slug":"lte-thank-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/multiracial.com\/index.php\/2002\/09\/14\/lte-thank-you\/","title":{"rendered":"LTE: Thank You"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Date: Saturday, September 14, 2002 8:18 PM<br>From: Corbin Michalak<br>Subject: Letter to the Editor<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I just wanted to write and tell you how much your site has helped me recently. I\u2019m the son of a Japanese American mother and a Polish-Irish father. Growing up, I\u2019d never had much of a problem with being biracial, but being a mommas boy, I\u2019d learned to identify more with my Asian looks than my caucasian ones. I had always recognized myself as being more Japanese than white, even though that side of my family had been born Americans since before McKinley was shot, basically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A little over a year ago, my mother lost her battle with cancer, and a gap opened between me and my father. I don\u2019t know if it really was the race thing or the normal stuff that happens between fathers and sons, but he and I were distant for quite a while. I didn\u2019t feel like I knew him and I didn\u2019t feel like he could sympathize with the loss of identity and familiarity that I was feeling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After I found your site, I was able to gain a better perspective on myself and what my mixed racial background meant at the end of the day. My dad and I talked quite a bit and now our relationship is better than I think it ever was. I\u2019ve realized that the only thing that matters between parents and kids, or anyone of any race for that matter, is if love truly exists. Thanks to your site, I\u2019ve realized that my dad, as white as his Conway Twitty lovin\u2019 self is, does love me and even though my mom is no longer with us, he and I are still a family. I\u2019ve been able to overcome my feelings of isolation and now, I\u2019m able to recognize that I am both Japanese American and White. And they\u2019re both things that I can be proud of.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thanks again,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Corbin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date: Saturday, September 14, 2002 8:18 PMFrom: Corbin MichalakSubject: Letter to the Editor Hi. I just wanted to write and tell you how much your site has helped me recently. 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