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: Melissa Harris-Perry
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Deep Dive with Dorian Warren: Passing The Takeaway WNYC Studios 2021-11-04 Melissa Harris-Perry, Host and Managing Editor Dorian Warren, Co-host This month, “Passing,” a new film by writer and director Rebecca Hall premieres on Netflix. Adapted from Nella Larsen’s 1929 Harlem Renaissance novel of the same name, “Passing” is shot in black and white. It’s…
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Thank You, Melissa Harris-Perry The Nation 2016-02-29 Dave Zirin Melissa Harris-Perry (You Tube) The most diverse, intellectually bracing show on network news was treated as expendable, and its host would not have it. She and her show will be sorely missed. This weekend, a show that mattered to its audience as few programs on the…
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MSNBC severs ties with Melissa Harris-Perry after host’s critical email The Washington Post 2016-02-28 Paul Farhi, Media Reporter MSNBC has parted ways with host Melissa Harris-Perry after she complained about preemptions of her weekend program and implied that there was a racial aspect to the cable-news network’s treatment, insiders at MSNBC said. Harris-Perry refused to…
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Melissa Harris-Perry Walks Off Her MSNBC Show After Pre-Emptions The New York Times 2016-02-26 John Koblin, Television Reporter Melissa Harris-Perry said she had received no word about whether her MSNBC show had been canceled. Credit Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times Melissa Harris-Perry said she was refusing to go on the MSNBC show she hosts…
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Intersection Episode 10: Being Melissa Harris-Perry Is a Full-Time Job The New Republic Intersection with Jamil Smith 2015-12-01 Jamil Smith, Senior Editor and Host Professor, feminist, TV host, activist, mom, rabid hip-hop fan. Melissa Harris-Perry works seven days a week balancing all her identities, and she isn’t stopping anytime soon. Besides hosting her eponymous MSNBC…
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How should a dancer look? Ask Misty Copeland and Stella Abrera The Melissa Harris-Perry Show MSNBC 2015-07-18 Melissa Harris-Perry, Host Dancers Misty Copeland and Stella Abrera discuss their pioneering work as, respectively, the first African American and Filipino American principal ballerinas at the American Ballet Theater. Watch the video (00:07:46) here.
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The Perfect Struggle: MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry On Being Okay With Making Mistakes Vibe 2015-03-27 Shenequa Golding Melissa Harris-Perry In the history of high school drama, nerds tend to get the short end of the stick. While preferring to keep their noses buried in books, the academically zealous usually opt out of Mean Girl gossip and…
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Melissa Harris-Perry: LGBT Advocates Need Public Progressive Faith Religion Dispatches Sexuality/Gender University of Southern California 2011-05-31 Peter Montgomery, Associate Editor Political scientist Melissa Harris-Perry has developed a devoted following with her appearances on Bill Moyers Journal and Rachel Maddow’s MSNBC show, and her insightful commentaries on race, history, politics and culture in The Nation and…