It is generally understood that, ‘for those deemed white, the idea of race serves as a vast source of unearned privilege within all facets of life; for those deemed coloured, it means susceptibility to countless forms of prejudice and racism’ (Nuttgens 2010, p. 255). But what does this mean for a person with indistinguishable physical features, who is questioned daily, “where are you from?” or, even more dehumanisingly – “what are you? In the current racial climate of Australia, biracial second-generation Australians are left to choose between two or more identities on how to behave in attempts to fit binary racial groups and expectations (Shih & Sanchez 2009). This paper presents the data from six in-depth interviews with Asian biracial youth from across Sydney. The interviews explore how this group has confronted race while developing their own identities during adolescence, as well as how their understanding of being “mixed” has developed over time. In exploring this collective racial identity, I draw from my own racialised experiences to address emergent themes from my findings. Numerous displays of information behaviours emerged from the participant’s stories of isolation, belonging and resentment towards their racial mixedness. Information avoidance, browsing, seeking and satisficing were observed within their daily experiences of school, family and social life. Such practices informed how these individuals internalised their inherited intersection of racial persecution and privilege. Critical engagement with information behaviours theories justifies the modern notions of identity as a continuous state of reconstruction (Hall 1996) as the biracial participants of this study struggle to find balance with the external validation of others and their driving agency to be themselves.

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导航“混合”：澳大利亚混血儿青年的信息行为和经验

人们普遍认为，“对于那些被认为是白人的人来说，种族观念在生活的各个方面都是获得的特权的巨大来源。对于那些被认为是有色人种，这意味着他们易受无数种偏见和种族主义的侵害”（Nuttgens 2010，第255页）。但是对于一个每天都被问到“你来自哪里”的身体特征难以区分的人意味着什么？或者，甚至更不人道地-“你是什么？在澳大利亚当前的种族气候下，混血的第二代澳大利亚人只能在两个或多个身份之间进行选择，以选择行为方式，以适应二元种族群体和期望（Shih＆Sanchez 2009）。本文介绍了来自悉尼各地的六个亚裔混血儿青年的六次深度访谈的数据。访谈探讨了这个群体在青春期如何发展自己的身份时如何面对种族，以及随着时间的推移他们对“混合”的理解如何发展。在探索这种集体种族身份时，我借鉴了自己的种族化经验，以​​解决我发现中出现的主题。参与者的孤立，归属和对种族混合的不满情绪使人们对信息行为产生了无数的印象。他们在学校，家庭和社交生活的日常经历中观察到信息回避，浏览，寻求和满足。这些做法说明了这些人如何内部化其继承的种族迫害和特权的交集。