Mixed Race Studies

Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.

recent posts

about

Category: Videos

  • “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…

  • 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…

  • Who Is Black In America? Soledad O’Brien, CNN Find Out In ‘BIA 5′

    Who Is Black In America? Soledad O’Brien, CNN Find Out In ‘BIA 5’ NewsOne: For Black America 2012-12-07 Navarrow Wright This Sunday at 8 p.m., CNN airs its fifth installment of the “Black In America” series, which is hosted by Soledad O’Brien. In this episode, O’Brien asks the question, “Who is Black in America?” as…

  • Why isn’t ‘colorism’ gone?

    Why isn’t ‘colorism’ gone? Cable News Network (CNN) 2012-12-05 Has “colorism” disappeared? CNN’s Soledad O’Brien asks author and Activist Tim Wise.

  • Did one-drop rules have a positive side?

    Did one-drop rules have a positive side? Cable News Network (CNN) Black in America: A Soledad O’Brien Report 2012-12-05 Soledad O’Brien, Host   Ethnographer and professor Dr. Yaba Blay explains why she thinks the one-drop rule has a positive side. [Transcription by Steven F. Riley] Soledad O’Brien: Why do so many black people—me included—embrace the “one-drop…

  • Ten-Minute Talk: MoMA Conservator Scott Gerson on Ellen Gallagher’s Deluxe

    Ten-Minute Talk: MoMA Conservator Scott Gerson on Ellen Gallagher’s Deluxe Museum of Modern Art New York, New York 2012-03-05 Sarah Kennedy, Associate Educator, Lab Programs Janelle Grace, Adult & Academic Programs 12-month Intern This week’s Ten-Minute Talk features Scott Gerson, Associate Conservator in MoMA’s Department of Conservation who discusses the materials and processes explored in…