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  • It’s Impossible to Lie About Your Race

    It’s Impossible to Lie About Your Race The Huffington Post 2015-07-01 Ann Morning, Associate Professor of Sociology New York University There’s an important question being left out of the furor over charges that Rachel Dolezal, the former head of the NAACP’s Spokane chapter, has been “lying” about her race: How can you lie about something…

  • What It Really Means To Be Transracial And Black

    What It Really Means To Be Transracial And Black The Huffington Post 2015-07-08 Zeba Blay Photo by Luke Ratan It’s been weeks since the nation became obsessed with — then subsequently forgot about — Rachel Dolezal. In choosing to identify as a black woman, Dolezal introduced the concept of being transethnic or “transracial” into the…

  • Reclaiming Jewish Identity: An Aboriginal People of the Middle East

    Reclaiming Jewish Identity: An Aboriginal People of the Middle East The Huffington Post 2015-06-07 Binyamin Arazi Starting this September, after decades of lobbying efforts by Arab-American organizations, the United States Census Bureau will begin testing a new category for Americans of Middle Eastern and North African origin. In conjunction with this new listing, no less…

  • New Bill Would Let New Yorkers Identify As Multiracial On Official City Forms

    New Bill Would Let New Yorkers Identify As Multiracial On Official City Forms The Huffington Post 2015-05-12 Christopher Mathias (@letsgomathias), New York Reporter New York City has the largest population in the United States of people who identify as multiracial. Even its mayor, Bill de Blasio, and its first lady, Chirlane McCray, have two multiracial…

  • Gorgeous Black-And-White Portraits Explore The Meaning Of Multiracial Identities

    Gorgeous Black-And-White Portraits Explore The Meaning Of Multiracial Identities The Huffington Post 2015-03-30 Katherine Brooks, Senior Arts & Culture Editor “I began this project because I recognized that I was part of a underrepresented group of people,” artist Samantha Wall explained in an email to HuffPost. “It’s difficult to talk about multiraciality with individuals who…

  • Hispanic Journalists To Survey Race In Spanish-Language TV After Univision Incident

    Hispanic Journalists To Survey Race In Spanish-Language TV After Univision Incident The Huffington Post 2015-03-17 Roque Planas Carolina Moreno The National Hispanic Journalists Association applauded Univision’s decision to fire host Rodner Figueroa, after he compared first lady Michelle Obama to a character from “Planet of the Apes” during a segment of “El Gordo Y La…

  • A Look at Race as a Social Construct

    A Look at Race as a Social Construct The Huffington Post 2015-02-03 Kimberly Cooper Sometimes a picture is truly worth a thousand words. For those of us from the “multiracial” or mixed race community, photos of our population — our people, our families, our children — aren’t as shocking as they are an affirmation of…

  • Arturo O’Farrill: Afro-Latino Heritage Is ‘One Big Culture That We All Share’

    Arturo O’Farrill: Afro-Latino Heritage Is ‘One Big Culture That We All Share’ The Huffington Post Latino Voices 2015-02-06 Roque Planas, Editor Arturo O’Farrill wants Africa to get the credit it deserves. The New York-based pianist, composer and educator traveled Friday to Los Angeles to attend the Grammys, where his Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra’s “The Offense…

  • Kevin Costner Hopes His New Movie Redefines How People Think About Race

    Kevin Costner Hopes His New Movie Redefines How People Think About Race The Huffington Post 2015-01-22 Sasha Bronner, Los Angeles Editor Kevin Costner, who just turned 60 earlier this week, can do a lot of things. “I can make a love story. I can make the American baseball movie. I can make the political thriller,…

  • Al Madrigal’s New Special ‘Half Like Me’ Is What Latinos Have Been Waiting For

    Al Madrigal’s New Special ‘Half Like Me’ Is What Latinos Have Been Waiting For The Huffington Post 2015-01-13 Ana Maria Benedetti Al Madrigal goes on a journey of self-discovery… starting with how to pronounce his own name. In his new one-hour special “Half Like Me,” premiering on Fusion on January 22, The Daily Show’s senior…