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Mixed race children and young people are individual nation states. They defy classification

2012-12-14

Mixed race children and young people are individual nation states. They defy classification The Independent 2012-12-012 Shyama Perea This week we learned that the number of mixed race people in the UK has doubled to 1.2 million. I’m adding my children to the arsenal of weapons for change n the late 1940s, the Eurasian poet…
“Mongrel nation”: How is the face of Britain seen now?

2012-12-13

“Mongrel nation”: How is the face of Britain seen now? British Future 2012-12-10 Shamit Saggar, Professor of Political Science University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom Twenty years ago Time magazine put a composite photograph on its front cover. It was generated by an IBM 486 computer and fused together the phenotypical features of the world’s…
Mixed-race Britain: Proud of both sides and here to stay

2012-12-11

Mixed-race Britain: Proud of both sides and here to stay The Daily Mail Lindsay John’s blog 2012-12-11 Lindsay John According to data from last year’s census, revealed today, Britain’s mixed-race population probably now exceeds one million. Moreover, the mixed-race population is among the fastest growing in Britain and is already the largest ethnic group among…
Coming Clean About Blackness, Mixed Race Identity and the Multiracial Movement

2012-12-11

Coming Clean About Blackness, Mixed Race Identity and the Multiracial Movement Is That Your Child? Thought in Full Color 2012-12-10 Michelle Clark-McCrary Before I go into my reflections on CNN’s “Who’s Black in America” series, I have to come clean about the evolution of my personal perspective on blackness, mixed race identity and the “multiracial…
Shame on CNN: A commentary by Susan Graham

2012-12-11

Shame on CNN: A commentary by Susan Graham Project RACE 2012-12-10 Susan Graham, Executive Director CNN aired a show hosted by Soledad O’Brien Sunday called “Who is Black in America?” I have been disgusted with the public misunderstanding of multiracial people on so called news shows in the past, but this one wins the prize…
Black (Or Not) Like Me: Thoughts on CNN’s Black in America 5

2012-12-11

Black (Or Not) Like Me: Thoughts on CNN’s Black in America 5 The Huffington Post 2012-12-10 Smokey Fontaine, Chief Content Officer Interactive One I know who my colleagues think I am. I’m pretty sure they’ve accepted me as the lightest Black dude in the office. My job demands that I constantly engage co-workers around racial…
Same-Sex Issue Pushes Justices Into Overdrive

2012-12-11

Same-Sex Issue Pushes Justices Into Overdrive The New York Times 2012-12-09 Adam Liptak, Supreme Court Correspondent In the civil rights era, the Supreme Court waited decades to weigh in on interracial marriage. On Friday, by contrast, the court did not hesitate to jump into the middle of one of the most important social controversies of…
Why? CNN’s “Black in America” and NPR’s “State of the Re:Union” Offer Up a Potpourri of Tragic Mulattoes Before a National Audience

2012-12-11

Why? CNN’s “Black in America” and NPR’s “State of the Re:Union” Offer Up a Potpourri of Tragic Mulattoes Before a National Audience We Are Respectable Negroes 2012-12-10 Chauncey DeVega Watching CNN, and listening to NPR on Sunday night, reminded me that Imitation of Life was not just a movie or a play; for many of…
Soledad O’Brien and three of the interview subjects from her docu discuss the fifth installment of CNN’s Black in America series

2012-12-10

Soledad O’Brien and three of the interview subjects from her docu discuss the fifth installment of CNN’s Black in America series Starting Point with Soledad O’Brien Cable News Network (CNN) 2012-12-10 Soledad O’Brien, Host The fifth installment of CNN’s Black in America Series focused on the question, “Who is black in America?” That single, seemingly…
How might social policies change as more Americans identify themselves as “multiracial”?

2012-12-10

QUESTION: How might social policies change as more Americans identify themselves as “multiracial”?

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