Tag: Ken Tanabe

  • Leaders in the multiracial movement gather to ‘Resist, Reclaim, Reimagine’ – a direct call to action amidst the current political climate faced by historically underrepresented communities in the U.S.

  • One man’s quest for Loving Day, a holiday for multiracial Americans The Los Angeles Times 2016-06-10 Jaweed Kaleem Ken Tanabe founded Loving Day in 2004, and leads celebrations and workshops across the U.S. on being multiracial. (Pearl Shavzin-Dremeaux) Forty-nine years ago on June 12, the Supreme Court struck down laws in 16 states that banned…

  • ‘Did Somebody Say “Mulatto”?’ Speaking Critically on Mixed Heritage The Huffington Post The Blog 2014-11-21 A. B. Wilkinson, Assistant Professor of History University of Nevada, Las Vegas Photograph: Ken Tanabe One of the main characters in the award-winning film Dear White People is a mixed “black and white” college student who works to make sense…

  • “Global Mixed Race,” the 3rd biennial Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference, was held at DePaul University in Chicago Nov 13-15, 2014. News from the Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference 2014-11-18 Camilla Fojas, Vincent de Paul Professor of Latin American and Latino Studies DePaul University Photograph by Ken Tanabe A big thank you to the over…

  • Reflections on the 2014 Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference Multiracial Asian Families: thinking about race, families, children, and the intersection of mixed ID/Asian 2014-11-16 Sharon H. Chang Ah. Where do I begin. I’m sitting on a plane waiting to takeoff to Seattle (correction, taking off) thinking on my last 3 days in Chicago at the…

  • “Loving Day” with founder, Ken Tanabe A.C.T.O.R. (A Continuing Talk on Race) Busboys and Poets Langston Room 14 & V, N.W. Washington, D.C. 2014-06-01, 17:00-19:00 EDT (Local Time) This month A.C.T.O.R. presents a celebration and discussion about “Loving Day” with founder, Ken Tanabe. Join us for an enlightening discussion on multiracial identity and interracial relationships!…

  • “War Baby/Love Child” examines hybrid Asian American identity through a collection of essays, artworks, and interviews at the intersection of critical mixed race studies and contemporary art.

  • ITYC Audio Journal #2: What Are You?-Crossing Borders, Bridging Generations Is That Your Child? Thought in Full Color 2012-10-07 Michelle McCrary, Host Last Thursday, I attended an event at the Brooklyn Historical Society for their “Crossing Borders, Bridging Generations” series called What Are You? The panel tackled the this perpetual question often aimed at people…

  • 2nd Annual: What Are You? Brooklyn Historical Society Crossing Borders, Bridging Generations 2012-10-04, 19:00 EDT (Local Time) Let’s talk about race and ethnicity, and where we’re from (or where we’re from from); how we express our own multicultural identities, and how others perceive us. Panelists will start the conversation and we hope you’ll join in.…

  • New Americans: Rise of the Multiracials: A Documentary A Work-In-Progress Documentary Eli Steele, Producer With more Americans marrying across the color line today than before, it is inevitable that the racial makeup of America’s face will forever change. Of the nine million individuals that identified themselves as multiracial on the 2010 census, more than 50…