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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Category: Interviews
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A conversation on what it means to be mixed race New Day Northwest KING TV 5 Seattle, Washington 2016-03-30 Margaret Larson, Host The last Census report taken in 2010 showed that the population identifying themselves as multi-racial grew by 32% over the census in 2000. One local author is raising awareness with a new book…
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The Coiled Serpent: An Interview with the Poetry Anthology’s Creators La Bloga Monday, 2016-03-28 Daniel A. Olivas As already discussed here on La Bloga in a lovely review by Olga García Echeverría, Tía Chucha Press will publish this week a landmark poetry anthology, The Coiled Serpent: Poets Arising from the Cultural Quakes and Shifts of…
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Raquel Cepeda is a fighter. The renowned writer, journalist and filmmaker is clad in light blue patterned tights and a gray crop top, with her hair pulled back in a ponytail— she is furiously jabbing a black Everlast bag. On this chilly Friday afternoon, we’re at Mendez Boxing where Cepeda spends a good amount of…
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EXCLUSIVE: Misty Copeland on overcoming adversity, fighting for diversity in ballet The State Columbia, South Carolina 2016-03-09 Erin Shaw Misty Copeland Provided photo The prima ballerina talks body image and being named the first black woman principal dancer Copeland comes to Columbia for a ballet fundraiser with Elgin native Brooklyn Mack There was time when…
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The Lucky Seven Interview, with Adebe DeRango-Adem Open Book: Toronto 2016-02-28 Grace O’Connell, Senior Editor The metaphor of striking out to explore unknown land is a particularly apt one for the act of writing, so the title Terra Incognita (Inanna Publications) fits Adebe DeRango-Adem’s new collection of poetry perfectly. Exploring racial discourse in both contemporary…
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black girls rule: celebrating brazilian women of colour i-D 2016-03-08 Hattie Collins Weudson Ribeiro’s new photobook Black Girl Power is shining a light on black female identity and LGBT women of colour in brazil. Brasilia based photographer, journalist and political scientist Weudson Ribeiro is known for his images celebrating Brazilian queer culture. In his latest…
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Mat Johnson: Black & White & Read All Over The Austin Chronicle Austin, Texas 2015-06-18 Wayne Alan Brenner Our interview with the Houston-based author This is an interview with Mat Johnson, who wrote the acclaimed Pym – which is somehow a popular favorite and a cult favorite, simultaneously, we’d swear – and who is most…
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The Racial Reality of Being Mixed Race 91.3 KBCS Radio Bellevue, Washington 2016-03-04 Sonya Green, News & Public Affairs Director What does it mean to mixed race? It’s a term recognized but rarely considered in conversations about race and racial identity. However, it should be since according to reports, multiracial individuals are the fastest growing…
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“The Free State of Jones” on Film: A Q&A with Victoria Bynum The Society of Civil War Historians 2016-03-01 Megan Kate Nelson This May, STX Entertainment will release the film Free State of Jones, which tells the story of the Knight Company and the Jones County rebellion, a Civil War history first told by Victoria…
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Feature: Five Qs with Sharon H. Chang Writing like an Asian: Thoughts on writing, composition, and issues of identity 2016-02-26 Jee Yoon Lee, Lecturer in English/Adjust Professor Georgetown University/George Washington University, Washington, D.C. Sharon H. Chang worked with young children and families for over a decade as a teacher, administrator, advocate and parent educator. She…