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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Netflix’s animated series “Big Mouth” will recast the role of Missy — at the request of the actor who has voiced her thus far, Jenny Slate. Apple will also recast a biracial character, currently voiced by Kristen Bell, in its animated show “Central Park.”
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[Mati] Diop’s father (jazz musician Wasis Diop) is from Senegal and her mother is French. Diop was born and raised in Paris, although she visited Senegal often as a child. “In France, we have a very different relationship in terms of defining blackness. I’m not called black — I’m called a Frenchwoman,” she says. “But…
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Former Time journalist Lisa Takeuchi Cullen will write ”Ohana,’ based on Kiana Davenport’s 1994 novel ‘Shark Dialogues.’
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Cannes: Interracial Marriage Drama ‘Loving’ Throws Hat in Oscar Ring The Hollywood Reporter 2016-05-16 Gregg Kilday Director Jeff Nichols and stars Joel Edgerton and Ruth Negga make a strong first-impression as their new film about the landmark Supreme Court case is unveiled. Loving, writer/director Jeff Nichols’ new film about Richard and Mildred Loving — the…
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Soledad O’Brien on #OscarsSoWhite: Why Did It Take So Long to Have This Discussion? The Hollywood Reporter 2016-01-28 Soledad O’Brien, Founder and CEO Starfish Media Group Soledad O’Brien Getty Images In my experience, diversity doesn’t just “happen.” It has to be very intentional. People have to have a genuine desire to make a change. It’s…
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‘Monstress’: Inside The Fantasy Comic About Race, Feminism And The Monster Within The Hollywood Reporter 2015-11-03 Graeme McMillan “I didn’t realize how massive it was until I started writing it,” creator Marjorie Liu tells THR. Monstress, a new comic book series from Image Comics which launches this week, is all about hidden depths. Not only…
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Belle: Toronto Review The Hollywood Reporter 2013-09-12 John DeFore The true story of a mixed-race child raised by British aristocrats is lightly fictionalized by Amma Asante. TORONTO — Hoping to use some Jane Austen-style courtship anxiety to lend drama to an episode in 18th-century English history that is novel enough on its own, Amma Asante’s…