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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Tag: Collier Meyerson
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On passing, wishing for darker skin, and finding your people: A conversation between two mulattos Fusion 2015-06-15 Collier Meyerson In 10th grade, I auditioned for the role of Julie in the musical Show Boat, one of the most famous portrayals of the tragic mulatto trope. I was cast, instead, as Queenie, the mammy. I deserved…
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Lacey Schwartz didn’t know she was black, but her black friends did Fusion 2015-08-19 Collier Meyerson With two white parents and no black family members (save for a dark Sicilian uncle a couple generations removed), Lacey Schwartz was raised thinking she was white. Growing up, Schwartz’s community was predominantly white: her friends, her classes, her…
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Join in the #LittleWhiteLie Twitter Chat with Filmmaker @laceyschwartz & More! #LittleWhiteLie, @lwlfilm 2015-06-16, 20:00 EDT (2015-06-17, 00:00Z) An online discussion on Race, Identity and “Little White Lies” Lacey Schwartz, Filmmaker (Little White Lie) Brooklyn, New York Yaba Blay, Author and Professor (1)ne Drop: Shifting the Lens on Race Collier Meyerson, Race & Politics Reporter…