Tag: Vin Diesel

  • Passing For White South Florida Sun-Sentinel Fort Lauderdale, Florida 2003-11-01 David Crary The Associated Press America is more diverse than ever and racial pride is strong, yet a new movie and book are highlighting a phenomenon that seems like a relic of the segregationist past — black people passing as white. The film, The Human…

  • Star-Light, Star-Bright, Star Damn Near White: Mixed-Race Superstars The Journal of Popular Culture Volume 40, Issue 2 (April 2007) pages 217–237 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5931.2007.00376.x Sika Alaine Dagbovie, Professor of English Florida Atlantic University In an episode of the “Chris Rock Show,” comedian Chris Rock searches the streets of Harlem to find out what people think of…

  • The New Hollywood Racelessness: Only the Fast, Furious, (and Multiracial) Will Survive Cinema Journal Volume 44, Number 2, Winter 2005 pages 50-67 Mary C. Beltrán, Associate Professor of Media Studies University of Texas, Austin This article interrogates the rise of the “multiculti” action film and the casting of multiracial actors as Hollywood action film protagonists.…

  • Being Multiracial in a Country that Sees Black and White Interpolations: A Journal of First Year Writing Deparment of English, University of Maryland Fall 2009 Lavisha McClarin University of Maryland In America mixed race individuals are becoming more prominent in the media, politics and sports throughout the country. Some of the most popular mixed race…