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  • 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

    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…

  • “Starting Point with Soledad O’Brien” with Dr. Yaba Blay

    “Starting Point with Soledad O’Brien” with Dr. Yaba Blay Starting Point with Soledad O’Brien Cable News Network (CNN) Monday, 2012-12-10, 12:00-14:00Z (07:00-09:00 EST) Soledad O’Brien, Host Dr. Yaba Blay Professor, Scholar and Co-Producer of “Black in America 5” will appear.

  • Left of Black S2:E33 | Race, Writing and the Attack on Black Studies with Adam Mansbach and La TaSha Levy on Season Finale of Left of Black

    Left of Black S2:E33 | Race, Writing and the Attack on Black Studies with Adam Mansbach and La TaSha Levy on Season Finale of Left of Black Left of Black John Hope Franklin Center Duke University 2012-11-19 Mark Anthony Neal, Host and Professor of African & African American Studies Duke University Host and Duke University…

  • Hapa: One Step at a Time [KQED Upcoming Broadcasts]

    Hapa: One Step at a Time [KQED Upcoming Broadcasts] KQED: Public Media for Northern California KQED World (Comcast 190, Digital 9.3) 2013-01-21, 07:30 and 13:30 PST (Local Time) Race remains a powerful symbol in the US; it still is a shorthand notation for most Americans. This program speaks to how individuals of Asian and Pacific…

  • Do 2 Halves Really Make a Whole?

    Do 2 Halves Really Make a Whole? Center for Asian American Media 1993 30 minutes VHS Martha Chono-Helsley, Producer/Director This video features the diverse viewpoints of people with multiracial Asian heritages. African and Japanese American poet and playwright Velina Hasu Houston lives an “amalgamated existence” and encourages others to take pride in all that they…

  • CNN’s Soledad O’Brien keeps own story under wraps while exploring colorism in “Who is Black in America?

    CNN’s Soledad O’Brien keeps own story under wraps while exploring colorism in “Who is Black in America? Tampa Bay Times The Feed 2012-12-07 Eric Deggans, TV/Media Critic More than any other, one moment crystallizes the confusing, sometimes comically absurd contortions built up around racial identity unveiled in CNN’s latest documentary Who Is Black in America?…

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

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

  • A Beautiful Blend

    A Beautiful Blend Center for Asian American Media 2004 27 minutes DVD David Hosley, Producer KVIE-TV In the decades following the Supreme Court’s 1967 decision to end laws making interracial marriage illegal, the United States has witnessed a remarkable increase in the number of mixed-race couples and of the multi-ethnic children born to them. As…

  • Hapa: One Step at a Time

    Hapa: One Step at a Time Center for Asian American Media 2001 26 minutes DVD Midori Sperandeo, Producer KVIE-TV According to 2000 Census statistics, nearly 7 million Americans identify themselves as multi-racial, or ‘hapa.’ This engaging first-person documentary is about marathon runner and TV producer Midori Sperandeo’s struggles to come to terms with her hapa…

  • Under the Skin

    Under the Skin Finch Publishing August 2012 210 pages Paperback ISBN: 9781921462801 Marion van Dyk This beautifully written and evocative memoir is a fascinating insight into the lives of her family, living under apartheid, who struggled to create a sense of identity and personal worth. It’s a book of historical relevance in its revelations about…