Tag: 89.3 KPCC

  • Mixed race and proud: LA’s multi-heritage kids navigate their identity 89.3 KPCC Southern California Public Radio Pasadena, California 2017-01-15 Deepa Fernandes Soleil Simone Haight loves saying all three of her names, running them together with sheer glee in her voice. She also proudly declares that she is five years old, that she has curly hair…

  • In an increasingly multiracial America, identity is a fluid thing 89.3 KPCC: Southern California Public Radio Pasadena, California 2016-02-16 Leslie Berestein Rojas, Immigration and Emerging Communities Reporter If there’s any part of town that’s solidly Latino, it’s where Walter Thompson Hernandez grew up, in Huntington Park. The city, on the southeast fringe of Los Angeles,…

  • SoCal multiracial families create their own Cheerios ‘ads’ Multi-American: How immigrants are redefining ‘American’ in Southern California 89.3 KPCC: Southern California Public Radio 2013-06-06 Leslie Berestein Rojas, Immigration and Emerging Communities Reporter Call it a reaction to a reaction. A group of multiracial Southern Californians, happy to see a new Cheerios commercial featuring a mixed-race…