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  • Professor Minelle Mahtani on ‘Raising Mixed Race’ in Canada

    Professor Minelle Mahtani on ‘Raising Mixed Race’ in Canada Multiracial Asian Families 2015-10-29 Sharon H. Chang Following are closing remarks given by Minelle Mahtani after the premiere of my new book Raising Mixed Race: Multiracial Asian Children In a Post-Racial World at Hapa-Palooza Festival 2015, Vancouver B.C. Minelle Mahtani is Associate Professor of Human Geography…

  • Raising Mixed Kids: Family Workshop with Sharon Chang

    Raising Mixed Kids: Family Workshop with Sharon Chang Hapa-palooza Festival 2015 Heartwood Community Cafe 317 E. Broadway Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Saturday, 2015-09-19, 18:00-20:00 PDT (Local Time) Sharon H. Chang, author, scholar, sociologist and activist Multiracial Asian Families How do we have transformative race conversations with multi-racial children when most grownups aren’t even able to…

  • All Mixed Up: examining mixed children and unions

    All Mixed Up: examining mixed children and unions The Source Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Volume 16, Issue 5 (September 8-22, 2015) Florence Hwang Sharon Chang says she embodies “mixedness.” Chang’s thoughtful examination about growing up multiracial at this year’s Hapapalooza festival: “Raising Mixed Kids: Family Workshop” will be at the Heartwood Community Café, Sept. 19…

  • What It Was Like Being Mixed-Race Photographed By National Geographic

    What It Was Like Being Mixed-Race Photographed By National Geographic Multiracial Asian Families: thinking about race, families, children, and the intersection of mixed ID/Asian 2015-07-29 Sharon H Chang Remember these pictures? They were part of National Geographic’s mixed race photo campaign “Changing Faces” published in October 2013. “We’re becoming a country,” stated the magazine, “Where…

  • Meet this year’s outstanding contributors at The Globies!

    Meet this year’s outstanding contributors at The Globies! The Seattle Globalist 2015-07-17 Christina Twu, Editor/Contributor The Seattle Globalist is proud to recognize three brilliant Globalist writers that have made outstanding contributions to our publication this year, helping to grow our coverage and make 2015 a phenomenal year for us. Please join us in recognizing these…

  • If 2050 is the year that 400 years of racism ends in one fell, photogenic swoop, then sure, I can’t wait. But forgive me if our collective crushes on Rashida Jones, Lolo Jones, and Norah Jones don’t inspire hope.

    “If 2050 is the year that 400 years of racism ends in one fell, photogenic swoop, then sure, I can’t wait. But forgive me if our collective crushes on Rashida Jones, Lolo Jones, and Norah Jones don’t inspire hope. Beauty is a cultural value whose definition has changed dramatically over time. But science and society…

  • This Mocha-Caramel-Honey Post-Racial Fantasy Is Making Me Sick

    As a mixed-race woman, the defining question of my life has not been “Who am I?” but “What are you?” I get it everywhere, from all races. Recently it’s been mostly from Asian immigrants. You Chinese? Last month a black guy walked up to me while I was pumping gas. Man! How do you people…

  • Welcome to Seattle Public Schools. What race are you?

    Welcome to Seattle Public Schools. What race are you? The Seattle Globalist Seattle, Washington 2015-05-05 Sharon H. Chang “Welcome to Seattle Public Schools!” it reads happily. I’m cheerfully advised to use a checklist following to help me enroll my child in kindergarten. Okay, I think. No problem. My eyes scroll down the checklist: Admission Form,…

  • Three Unmissable Books That Can Help Us Honor Our Past

    Three Unmissable Books That Can Help Us Honor Our Past Pacific Citizen: The National Newspaper of the JACL 2015-04-30 Ryan Kenji Kuramitsu, JACL MDC Youth Representative ‘It was books,” wrote social critic James Baldwin, “that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people…

  • “What Are You?” That’s None of Your Business

    “What Are You?” That’s None of Your Business Multiracial Asian Families 2015-03-20 Sharon H. Chang A couple months ago I got cornered big time by a stranger and their “What are you?” mind-meld. The unsolicited probing went on for a while. Honestly something I’m used to. But this time was crazy multidimensional and unique in…