Category: United Kingdom

  • Multi-Racial In Wisconsin…And The “What Are You?” Question Wisconsin Public Radio Central Time 2014-06-02 Rob Ferrett, Host Jennifer Patrice Sims Department of Sociology University of Wisconsin, Madison A sociology researcher looks at multi-racial identity in Wisconsin–and how people deal with the questions “what are you?” and “where are you from?” Listen to the interview here.…

  • Walter Tull: Descendants to honour pioneering black footballer who was also a hero of the First World War The Daily Mirror 2014-01-19 Ben Glaze, Reporter The Sunday Mirror Pioneer: Walter Tull in his Tottenham kit (Getty Images) The orphaned grandson of slaves played for Tottenham Hotspur and then became the first black man to hold…

  • At last, a home for black history The Guardian 2014-07-23 Paul Reid, Director Black Cultural Archives The launch of the Black Cultural Archives will show that our presence in the UK is measured in millennia, not decades I remember the time I got caned at school. It was the 1970s, and during a history lesson…

  • Positioning of the Mixed Race Author and Mixed Race Protagonist in British Children’s Literature Critical Pedagogies: Equality and Diversity in a Changing Institution 2014-07-23 Ludovic Foster, Ph.D. Candidate Department Gender Studies University of Sussex, United Kingdom I would like to examine a few of the issues around the positioning of the mixed race child, and…

  • Colour-blind love is the mark of a healthy and dynamic society The Guardian/The Observer 2014-07-05 Anushka Asthana, Political Correspondent Sky News In Britain, there are ever more ‘mixed’ marriages such as mine. And society is enriched by this trend A friend tells me her mother is “fully Chinese”, while her father is slightly Spanish, a…

  • Thanks, Belle, it’s nice to see a face like mine on screen The Guardian (The Observer) 2014-06-07 Ashley Clark In giving top billing to Gugu Mbatha-Raw, the film Belle makes a real contribution to raising awareness of the mixed-race experience My heart leaps whenever I see the poster for Amma Asante’s new film, Belle, high…

  • Divided Loyalties BBC Radio 1Xtra’s Stories BBC 2014-05-04 (Available until 2014-05-09) Duration: 1 hour DJ Semtex, Host DJ Semtex has a black mother and a white father and, as a mixed race kid, had both negative and positive experiences. The latest national census showed that the mixed race population is the fastest growing in Britain,…

  • ‘Belle’: Romance, Race And Slavery With Jane Austen Style National Public Radio Tell Me More 2014-05-29 Michel Martin, Host British actress Gugu Mbatha-Raw was brought up on Jane Austen adaptations. “You know, the Pride and Prejudice with Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle was something I watched on a weekly basis with my mum at home…

  • Presentation on ‘African Heritage in Classical Music’ followed by the screening of ‘The Black Mozart in Cuba’ Marcus Garvey Library Tottenham Green Centre 1 Phillip Lane Tottenham, London N15 4JA Saturday, 2014-06-14, 17:00-20:00 BST (Local Time) Black History Studies in association with the Marcus Garvey Library presents ‘Sankofa Saturdays’ African Heritage in Classical Music Music…

  • Meeting the Needs of Ethnic Minority Children – Including Refugee, Black and Mixed Parentage Children: A Handbook for Professionals Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2000 336 pages 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in Paperback ISBN: 978-1-85302-959-2 Edited by: Kedar N. Dwivedi, MBBS, MD, DPM, FRCPsych, Consultant Psychiatrist Northampton Child and Family Consultation Service Experts from a…