Tag: Alicia Keys

  • Tragic No More: Mixed Race Women and the Nexus of Sex and Celebrity University of Massachusetts Press December 2012 176 pages 6 x9; 6 illustrations ISBN (paper): 978-1-55849-985-0 ISBN (cloth): 978-1-55849-984-3 Caroline A. Streeter, Associate Professor of English University of California, Los Angeles A timely exploration of gender and mixed race in American culture This…

  • Mixed-Race Celebrities on Race, in their Own Words Time Magazine: Healthland 2011-02-15 Meredith Melnick, Reporter and Producer Who Are You? If biracial and multiracial celebrities have anything in common, it is that they are often asked to explain themselves. That may sound familiar to any person of mixed ancestry for whom questions like “What are…

  • Being Multiracial in a Country that Sees Black and White Interpolations: A Journal of First Year Writing Deparment of English, University of Maryland Fall 2009 Lavisha McClarin University of Maryland In America mixed race individuals are becoming more prominent in the media, politics and sports throughout the country. Some of the most popular mixed race…