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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Rebecca Carroll discusses her new memoir that examines transracial adoption and forging her own Black identity.
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How Trevor Noah went from biracial youth in S. Africa to leading light on U.S. TV The Washington Post 2016-11-12 Karen Heller, National Features Writer “Daily Show” host Trevor Noah has a new memoir about growing up mixed race in apartheid South Africa. (Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post) NEW YORK — Trump. Trump. Clinton. The Obamas…
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Trevor Noah: ‘It’s easier to be an angry white man than an angry black man’ The Guardian 2016-04-02 Lanre Bakare, Deputy Arts Editor Trevor Noah photographed at the Daily Show offices. Photograph: Christopher Lane Six months ago the South African comic took on the trickiest task in comedy; replacing Jon Stewart as host of the…
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Trevor Noah Says He’s Not a Political Progressive. He’d Be Funnier If He Were. The Nation 2015-10-09 Katie Halper (The Daily Show with Trevor Noah / Brad Barket) The new Daily Show host doesn’t have much to say, which leaves him making jokes about tramp stamps and body weight. Unlike Jon Stewart, Trevor Noah doesn’t…
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Review: Trevor Noah Keeps ‘Daily Show’ DNA in Debut The New York Times 2015-09-29 James Poniewozik, Television Critic The post-Jon Stewart version of “The Daily Show” that Trevor Noah and Comedy Central unveiled on Monday night was a bit like a new iPhone. It was sleeker, fresher and redesigned. There were tweaks here and there…
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“I’ve never been ashamed to say, nor do I shy away from that fact that I am black. I’ve grown up black, black is the only existence I’ve ever known. But it’s strange when you live in a world where people go ‘OK but biracial—then which piece of this, which piece of that?’” —Trevor Noah…
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Trevor Noah Brings ‘A Different Perspective’ as Daily Show Host NBC News 2015-09-23 Amber Payne, Managing Editor of @NBCBLK Trevor Noah is poised to take The Daily Show throne next week and the South African comedian says his biracial and cultural background will impact and inform his perspective as host. “It just gives me a…