Multiracial Families: Counted But Still Misunderstood
Racialicious
2011-10-31
Jen Chau, Guest Contributor
In the past couple of years, I have noticed a certain complacency that I never noticed before, in my eleven years of leading Swirl. The same passion and the same excitement around building multiracial communities had faded a bit. In the one year leading up to the Presidential election, we launched five new chapters (the norm had been a chapter every year or every other year). People were excited by the energy created by Obama’s campaign, and they were motivated and eager to be a part of creating supportive and inclusive multiracial communities.
And then once Obama was firmly placed in the White House, something happened. It got quiet…
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