Mixed Race Studies
Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.
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- You were either Black or white. To claim whiteness as a mixed child was to deny and hide Blackness. Our families understood that the world we were growing into would seek to denigrate this part of us and we would need a community that was made up, always and already, of all shades of Blackness.
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Misty Copeland, Brooklyn Mack coming to Columbia The State Columbia, South Carolina 2016-01-19 Erin Shaw Misty Copeland The principal ballerina and former Columbia dancer to speak at ballet fundraiser Misty Copeland, one of the most famous ballerinas in the country, will appear in Columbia with professional ballet dancer and South Carolina native Brooklyn Mack for…
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When a master class with ballerina Misty Copeland becomes a San Pedro homecoming The Los Angeles Times 2015-12-23 Deborah Vankin, Contact Reporter Ascendant ballerina Misty Copeland leads a master class during Monday’s celebration in San Pedro. (Christina House/For The Times) The crowd of about 200 huddled in the parking lot of San Pedro City Ballet,…
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The Rise and Rise of Misty Copeland The Year in Style 2015 The New York Times 2015-12-18 Ruth La Ferla This year, Misty Copeland’s fame rose from her performances in ballet, on Broadway and in commercials. Credit Bon Duke for The New York Times, taken at Steps on Broadway in New York City. Captivating a…
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Misty Copeland Is Helping To Bring Dance Lessons To Rwandan Kids The Huffington Post 2015-11-25 Rahel Gebreyes, Editor, HuffPost Live The dancer just returned from Kigali, Rwanda, where shared her love of dance with children in the city. Ballerina Misty Copeland has made a name for herself breaking barriers for black dancers in the United…
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New Film Shows Misty Copeland’s Journey as a Black Ballerina NBC News 2015-09-30 Maya Chung The 2015 Urbanworld Festival closed out on Saturday night with the highly anticipated documentary “A Ballerina’s Tale,” which details Misty Copeland’s journey to become a principal ballerina. The film festival, founded in 1997, is a five-day event that showcases narrative…
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Misty Copeland on Why She Doesn’t Identify as Biracial: ‘I Am Viewed as a Black Woman’ Black Entertainment Television (BET) 2015-10-15 Evelyn Diaz Misty Copeland The history-making ballerina on changing the game. Misty Copeland and director Nelson George recently talked about their new documentary, A Ballerina’s Tale, which chronicles Copeland’s awe-inspiring rise to becoming the…
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How should a dancer look? Ask Misty Copeland and Stella Abrera The Melissa Harris-Perry Show MSNBC 2015-07-18 Melissa Harris-Perry, Host Dancers Misty Copeland and Stella Abrera discuss their pioneering work as, respectively, the first African American and Filipino American principal ballerinas at the American Ballet Theater. Watch the video (00:07:46) here.
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I am interested in black and mixed-race dancers, ballerinas in particular, because I see almost none in the major classical companies. Like me, the gay boy who didn’t want to be Prince Siegfied but Odette, they too are “other.” Now, when I am teaching “swan arms” to my students I think of Darci Kistler and…
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Misty Copeland is first black dancer to lead US ballet group BBC News 2015-07-01 Misty Copeland has become a breakout star for ballet The American Ballet Theatre has named Misty Copeland its principal dancer – the first time a black ballerina has held the prestigious role. Ms Copeland, 32, made her debut this month, starring…
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Misty Copeland Is Promoted to Principal Dancer at American Ballet Theater The New York Times 2015-06-30 Michael Cooper Misty Copeland, whose openness about race in ballet helped to make her one of the most famous ballerinas in the United States, was promoted on Tuesday by American Ballet Theater, becoming the first African-American female principal dancer…