Mixed Race Studies
Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.
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- You were either Black or white. To claim whiteness as a mixed child was to deny and hide Blackness. Our families understood that the world we were growing into would seek to denigrate this part of us and we would need a community that was made up, always and already, of all shades of Blackness.
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The evening progressed and it seemed to be going well: small talk was made, jokes (and shots) were shared. On the dance floor, a new acquaintance leaned in all conspiratorial to tell me something about having slept with a guy at the bar. “Over there,” she said. “The half-caste guy.”
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Women and men of mixed heritage, especially black/white, are often called upon in media to provide an inoffensive face of diversity, a fetishized vision of exotic beauty or simplistically characterised as inherently confused halves of one thing or the other. The play #HashtagLightie – which recently sold out the Arcola Theatre, London before rehearsals had…
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There is nothing like Formula One in terms of global popularity, glamour and speed. The racing series is considered the pinnacle of motor sports. Most Americans haven’t heard of its biggest star — his name is Lewis Hamilton. Even if car races aren’t your thing, there’s still much to admire in Hamilton’s inspiring story of…
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I believe we are undoubtedly the most progressive generation so far. This past weekend I went to see a film that reminded me of that.
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Too Black for the adoption agencies but not Black enough for the political campaigners. On growing up an adoptee of mixed heritage in Britain.
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‘What are you?’ Varsity Cambridge, United Kingdom 2017-02-03 Gabrielle McGuinness Being mixed race defies binaries and confuses people. HILLARY Gabrielle McGuinness talks about being mixed race ‘So, ummmm…what are you?’ ‘I’m sorry, what?’ I say. ‘Like where are you from.’ ‘Oh! I’m British’, I’ll reply enthusiastically, trying to end the conversation there. ‘No, I mean…
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A True Story of Love, Race and Royalty Gets Crammed Into A United Kingdom LA Weekly 2017-02-06 April Wolfe, Lead Film Critic Courtesy of Fox Searchlight In director Amma Asante’s epic political romance A United Kingdom, David Oyelowo and Rosamund Pike star as Seretse and Ruth Khama, the interracial royal couple who stunned the world…
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Leyton playwright Lynette Linton’s play #Hashtag Lightie will be running at Arcola Theatre in Dalston Wimbledon Guardian 2017-01-23 Rachel Russell What does it mean to be mixed race in this day and age? That is the question being posed by Leyton writer Lynette Linton in her new play #Hashtag Lightie at the Arcola Theatre, in…