Mixed Race Studies

Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.

Day: October 27, 2013

TEDxHampshireCollege–Jay Smooth: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Discussing Race

2013-10-27

TEDxHampshireCollege–Jay Smooth: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Discussing Race TEDx Hampshire College, Amherst, Massachusetts 2011-11-15 Jay Smooth is host of New York’s longest running hip-hop radio show, the Underground Railroad on WBAI 99.5 FM in NY, and is an acclaimed commentator on politics and culture. In this talk, he discusses the sometimes…
Who is Black?

2013-10-27

Who is Black? The Final Call 2001-07-10 Rosa Clemente, Guest Columnist Rosa Clemente Yesterday, an interesting thing happened to me. I was told I am not Black. The kicker for me was when my friend stated that the island of Puerto Rico was not a part of the African Diaspora. I wanted to go back…
The Five Stages of Being Biracial (If You’re Me)

2013-10-27

The Five Stages of Being Biracial (If You’re Me) The Toast 2013-10-21 Jaya Saxena 1. Denial It wasn’t that the idea of being biracial frustrated me, it was just that I didn’t think I was it. Yes, I finally learned to write “Jaya Saxena,” but to a blank-slate of a five-year-old that combination of letters…