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  • I belong everywhere and nowhere.

    Like many TCKs [third culture kids] and persons of mixed ancestry, I have searched all my life for “home”. In late 2012 I relocated to the Los Angeles area after more than two decades in the San Francisco Bay Area and New York City. L.A.’s a good place for in-between-ers like me. In this sprawling…

  • Blended Families

    Blended Families Mixed Roots Stories 2015-09-02 Tru Leverette, Associate Professor of English University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida What does it mean to call a family blended? The term still refers to families formed after divorce and remarriage—step-parents and step-children and step-siblings pieced together in new patterns. The term can also encompass families that are…

  • Is It Possible to Balance Two Cultures Perfectly?

    Is It Possible to Balance Two Cultures Perfectly? Mixed Roots Stories 2015-08-06 Brittany Muddamalle, Guest Blogger I met my husband in California during a program with our church. We were just two young kids falling in love. We were lost in our own world. The scope of our differences didn’t really come out until we…

  • Multiracial Community Organizations Response to #Ferguson

    Multiracial Community Organizations Response to #Ferguson 2014-11-26 As members of the multiracial community, we want to express our concern and compassion for the family of Michael Brown Jr. We are connected to these events and stand in solidarity with the many individuals and communities that have been harmed by the legacies of white supremacy, privilege, and…

  • Claiming Race, Identity and a Right to Education

    Claiming Race, Identity and a Right to Education Mixed Roots Stories 2015-02-02 Briellen Griffin, Doctoral Student of sociology in Cultural and Educational Policy Studies School of Education Loyola University Chicago It is my job to think about school. Everyday, I read, write, and speak about education. I ask, and often try to answer, the big…

  • Skin

    Skin Mixed Roots Stories 2015-01-26 Tru Leverette, Associate Professor of English University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida “I wish I had white skin,” my three year-old daughter said, swinging breezily at the park. Gulp. “Why do you say that, Sweetheart?” I asked, outwardly calm but inwardly exclaiming, Shit! What do I do with this? “Because…

  • From an Intimate Distance: A Mixed Perspective on Embracing Gratitude

    From an Intimate Distance: A Mixed Perspective on Embracing Gratitude Mixed Roots Stories 2015-01-08 Kaily Heitz, Guest Blog Coordinator “The problem is not that we all have these different view of things, it is that we each consider our views the only reality. We forget that life is truly a matter of perspective.” –angel Williams,…

  • Christmas without Ramadan

    Christmas without Ramadan Mixed Roots Stories 2015-01-09 Zena F. Itani I’ve never really liked Christmas. It was the most forced family event of the year, defined by spectacular displays of anxiety from my mother and bad temper served up by my father, always in time for guests. While that doesn’t sound much different from others’…

  • CMRS Mixed-Race Irish Film Keynote Links

    CMRS Mixed-Race Irish Film Keynote Links Mixed Roots Stories 2015-01-11 Zélie Asava, Lecturer and Joint-Programme Director of Video and Film Dundalk Institute of Technology, Louth, Ireland Following my keynote on mixed representations in contemporary Irish cinema and television at the 2014 Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference, here are some links to the films discussed… View all…

  • “Global Mixed Race,” the 3rd biennial Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference, was held at DePaul University in Chicago Nov 13-15, 2014.

    “Global Mixed Race,” the 3rd biennial Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference, was held at DePaul University in Chicago Nov 13-15, 2014. News from the Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference 2014-11-18 Camilla Fojas, Vincent de Paul Professor of Latin American and Latino Studies DePaul University Photograph by Ken Tanabe A big thank you to the over…