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  • A mixed-race son choosing his identity is a lesson for us all

    A mixed-race son choosing his identity is a lesson for us all The San Francisco Chronicle 2022-05-03 Kevin Fisher-Paulson This week, Aidan decided he is Black. He announced this at the family dinner table, as we served mashed potatoes, green beans and meat loaf. Aidan used to like my meat loaf, but everything changes. Aidan’s…

  • Betty Reid Soskin shares forgotten histories as a national park ranger

    The nation’s oldest ranger is hopeful for tomorrow: ‘I get a feeling that change is going to come’

  • As intermarriage spreads, fault lines are exposed

    The growth of interracial marriage in the 50 years since the Supreme Court legalized it across the nation has been steady, but stark disparities remain that influence who is getting hitched and who supports the nuptials, according to a major study released Thursday.

  • Ranger’s voice spans East Bay history

    Ranger’s voice spans East Bay history San Francisco Chronicle 2010-01-31 Lee Hildebrand, Special to The Chronicle Betty Reid Soskin is a “phenomenal woman,” to borrow the title of a famous poem by Maya Angelou. In her 88 years, Betty has been a shipyard worker, proprietor of a record store, housewife and mother of four, singer…

  • Musician’s life brings more than passing interest in passing

    Musician’s life brings more than passing interest in passing San Francisco Chronicle 2015-07-28 Leah Garchik, Features Columnist As colleagues at KGO-TV, Eric Christensen and John Turner — Eric was a sports producer, John a news editor/arts producer — shared a passion for exotic cultural phenomena. Retired, they’ve combined know-how with that passion to make the…

  • ‘A Chosen Exile,’ by Allyson Hobbs: review

    ‘A Chosen Exile,’ by Allyson Hobbs: review San Francisco Chronicle 2014-11-01 Imani Perry, Professor, Center for African American Studies Princeton University Allyson Hobbs, A Chosen Exile: History of Racial Passing in American Life (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2014) Family across the color line: It is now a popular enough theme that it qualifies as a…

  • Racial melting pot won’t end social disparities

    Racial melting pot won’t end social disparities San Francisco Chronicle 2012-02-12 Brenda Payton, Lecturer in Journalism San Francisco State University I looked at the room full of San Francisco State University students and saw the beginning of the end of race as we have defined it.   If that sounds a little over-the-top, here’s some…

  • An educational defense for multiracial identity

    An educational defense for multiracial identity San Francisco Chronicle 2001-07-25 Kimberly Cooper-Plaszewski Celebrate rather than assimilate biracial heritages U.S. CENSUS 2000 marked the first time in history that multiracial people were given the “option” to specify more than one race to describe their racial identity.   On the surface, this alternative may give the impression…

  • Mixing it up: Multiracialism redefines Asian American identity

    Mixing it up: Multiracialism redefines Asian American identity San Francisco Chronicle 2011-02-11 Jeff Yang, Special to SF Gate How the mainstreaming of multiracialism is forcing a more fluid definition of Asian American identity   Like many immigrants, my parents see identity as a bucket. My mother and father had come to America carefully bearing a…

  • Census reveals history of U.S. racial identity

    Census reveals history of U.S. racial identity San Francisco Chronicle 2010-04-18 Sally Lehrman, Fellow Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University also Knight Ridder San Jose Mercury News Endowed Chair in Journalism and the Public Interest Whether or not they can lay claim to a special category, the “Confederate Southern Americans” who want…