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: Independent Lens
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A Ballerina’s Tale By Nelson George | in Dance Independent Lens Public Broadcasting Service Premieres 2016-02-08 Few dancers reach the highest levels of classical ballet; of that few only a fraction are black women. Against the odds, Misty Copeland has made history by becoming the first African American principal dancer with the prestigious American Ballet…
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Growing Up White Until a Family Secret Revealed She Was Not The Root 2015-03-22 Genetta M. Adams, Senior Editor In the documentary Little White Lie, filmmaker Lacey Schwartz spins a compelling story about embracing her racial identity. Lacey Schwartz grew up as a white, Jewish girl in the predominantly white community of Woodstock, N.Y., raised…
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Little White Lie Independent Lens Public Broadcasting Service Monday, 2015-03-23, 22:00 EDT (21:00 CDT) (check schedule here) Little White Lie tells Lacey Schwartz’s story of growing up in a typical upper-middle-class Jewish household in Woodstock, NY, with loving parents and a strong sense of her Jewish identity — despite the open questions from those around…
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Are You an Indian? Public Broadcasting Service Independent Lens Premiere Date: 2011-11-17 Duration: 00:05:25 Though their ethnicities are mixed, the Wampanoag take pride in their tribal heritage. In this companion piece to the documentary film We Still Live Here—Âs Nutayuneân, Wampanoag tribal members discuss how their multicultural heritage both complicates and enriches their identities as…