"A TCK is an individual who, having spent a significant part of the developmental years in a culture other than that of their parents, develops a sense of relationship to both. These children of business executives, soldiers and sailors, diplomats, and missionaries who live abroad, become "culture-blended" persons who often contribute in unique and creative ways to society as a whole."
Hafu -- Some years ago, I gave a presentation on Japanese pop culture and depictions of 'hafu' and mixed race people. I might write a post about it at some point. Basically: in Japan, attitudes towards mixed-race people have changed over time, most people aren't doing a swell job of depicting mixed race characters, some of it is soul-crushing, there's some weird cultural stuff mixed in behind the depictions, the representations are getting a smidge better nowadays, depictions of mixed-race men or boy characters are slightly better (less weird) compared to depictions of mixed-race girl characters.
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I'll just link a few sites that talk about TCK, they explain it better:
http://www.tckworld.com/tckdefine.html
https://www.buzzfeed.com/regajha/31-signs-youre-a-third-culture-kid
"A TCK is an individual who, having spent a significant part of the developmental years in a culture other than that of their parents, develops a sense of relationship to both. These children of business executives, soldiers and sailors, diplomats, and missionaries who live abroad, become "culture-blended" persons who often contribute in unique and creative ways to society as a whole."
Hafu -- Some years ago, I gave a presentation on Japanese pop culture and depictions of 'hafu' and mixed race people. I might write a post about it at some point. Basically: in Japan, attitudes towards mixed-race people have changed over time, most people aren't doing a swell job of depicting mixed race characters, some of it is soul-crushing, there's some weird cultural stuff mixed in behind the depictions, the representations are getting a smidge better nowadays, depictions of mixed-race men or boy characters are slightly better (less weird) compared to depictions of mixed-race girl characters.