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  • IN THE WHITE FRAME : An interview with mixed-race dancers Angel Langley & Jasmmine Ramgotra

    IN THE WHITE FRAME : An interview with mixed-race dancers Angel Langley & Jasmmine Ramgotra Multiracial Asian Families: thinking about race, families, children, and the intersection of mixed ID/Asian 2016-08-30 Sharon H. Chang STRANGE COUPLING is an annual juried exhibition of collaborations between University of Washington (UW) student artists and local professional artists. Over a…

  • These 2 Ads Might Say Everything About How Global Racism Really Is

    These 2 Ads Might Say Everything About How Global Racism Really Is Multiracial Asian Families: thinking about race, families, children, and the intersection of mixed ID/Asian 2016-06-26 Sharon H. Chang sigh. SIGH. Siiiiiiiiigh. Alright that’s done. I want (pause) — well I don’t want, but feel like I need to show you two TV ads…

  • “Passing” “Presenting” & the Troubled Language of Mixed Race

    “Passing” “Presenting” & the Troubled Language of Mixed Race Multiracial Asian Families: thinking about race, families, children, and the intersection of mixed ID/Asian 2016-04-21 Sharon H. Chang I’m a light-skinned mixed race Asian/white woman. I don’t deny it. On my lightest day, in the deep of winter, under cover of endless Seattle clouds, I could…

  • New York Times Just Boarded the Post-Racial Express: A critical response to “Choose Your Own Identity”

    New York Times Just Boarded the Post-Racial Express: A critical response to “Choose Your Own Identity” Multiracial Asian Families 2015-12-16 Sharon H. Chang screen shot from NY Times Magazine This Monday, The New York Times Magazine published a very unfortunate essay about multiracial Asian children: Choose Your Own Identity, by author and mother Bonnie Tsui.…

  • Professor Minelle Mahtani on ‘Raising Mixed Race’ in Canada

    Professor Minelle Mahtani on ‘Raising Mixed Race’ in Canada Multiracial Asian Families 2015-10-29 Sharon H. Chang Following are closing remarks given by Minelle Mahtani after the premiere of my new book Raising Mixed Race: Multiracial Asian Children In a Post-Racial World at Hapa-Palooza Festival 2015, Vancouver B.C. Minelle Mahtani is Associate Professor of Human Geography…

  • What It Was Like Being Mixed-Race Photographed By National Geographic

    What It Was Like Being Mixed-Race Photographed By National Geographic Multiracial Asian Families: thinking about race, families, children, and the intersection of mixed ID/Asian 2015-07-29 Sharon H Chang Remember these pictures? They were part of National Geographic’s mixed race photo campaign “Changing Faces” published in October 2013. “We’re becoming a country,” stated the magazine, “Where…

  • “What Are You?” That’s None of Your Business

    “What Are You?” That’s None of Your Business Multiracial Asian Families 2015-03-20 Sharon H. Chang A couple months ago I got cornered big time by a stranger and their “What are you?” mind-meld. The unsolicited probing went on for a while. Honestly something I’m used to. But this time was crazy multidimensional and unique in…

  • Multiracial Community Organizations Response to #Ferguson

    Multiracial Community Organizations Response to #Ferguson 2014-11-26 As members of the multiracial community, we want to express our concern and compassion for the family of Michael Brown Jr. We are connected to these events and stand in solidarity with the many individuals and communities that have been harmed by the legacies of white supremacy, privilege, and…

  • Baby Gammy and the Sexual Politics of Mixed Race Asians

    Baby Gammy and the Sexual Politics of Mixed Race Asians Multiracial Asian Families: thinking about race, families, children, and the intersection of mixed ID/Asian 2015-02-25 Sharon H. Chang A couple years ago young Thai mother Pattaramon Chanbua agreed to be a surrogate for Australian couple David and Wendy Farnell. It was a disaster. Last week…

  • Are Mixed Race Asian/Whites, “Basically White”?

    Are Mixed Race Asian/Whites, “Basically White”? Multiracial Asian Families: thinking about race, families, children, and the intersection of mixed ID/Asian 2015-02-17 Sharon H. Chang [She] never told the son who was crippled by polio about her relationship with his father. All she said was that the man was an American, a sergeant in the Army.…