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: Zun Lee
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German-born photographer Zun Lee documents the special non-special moments of black family life.
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In 2004, my mother and I were having an argument and she called me a “Black bastard.” And I’m like, even if you want to hurt my feelings, who says that? Call me stupid. call me whatever, but “Black bastard?” Where did that come from? So after a pregnant silence, she told me the story…
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Zun Lee was raised in Germany by Korean parents – but as an adult he discovered his real father was a black American with whom his mother had had a brief affair.
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The Digital Afterlife of Lost Family Photos On Photography The New York Times Magazine 2016-04-26 Teju Cole The backs of found photos from the writer’s “Mrs. X” collection. Credit Jens Mortensen for The New York Times The photographs were Polaroids, taken between the 1970s and the 2000s. Zun Lee bought them at flea markets, at…
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The Life and Work of Doctor-Turned-Photographer Zun Lee PetaPixel 2016-02-13 Michael Zhang, Founder & Co-Editor By day, Zun Lee is a doctor in Toronto, Canada. When he’s not working, he’s often unwinding from stress with a camera in hand. As a self-taught photographer, his documentary and street projects have caught the eye of The New…
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Rescuing Discarded Images of Everyday Black Life The New York Times 2015-10-20 David Gonzalez, Side Street Columnist Who throws away family photos? How do faded, blurry squares that chronicled weddings, ballgames and goofy moments at home end up abandoned, tossed to the curb or in boxes bought sight unseen at storage auctions? Zun Lee has…
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Defying the Stereotype of the Broken Black Family The New Yorker 2015-10-12 Lucy McKeon For his series “Father Figure,” begun in 2011, the photographer Zun Lee created quiet and tender portraits of black fathers with their children: one kisses the tiny hand of his baby while riding the subway; another goofs around at bedtime, his…
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Zun Lee’s Polaroid Archive Preserves African-American Self-Representation Photo District News 2015-08-26 Holly Hughes Photographer Zun Lee is dedicated to countering stereotypical, often negative views of the African-American family. While he was working on Father Figure, his book about African-American fathers, he stumbled on some old Polaroids that appeared to have fallen from a family photo…
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Exhibition: Zun Lee, Father Figure: Exploring Alternate Notions of Black Fatherhood The Jefferson School African American Heritage Center Contemporary Gallery 233 4th Street, NW Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 2015-06-09 through 2015-08-29 Gallery Hours: Tuesday–Friday, 12:00-18:00; Saturday, 10:00-15:00 Through intimate black-and-white frames, the viewer gains access to often-overlooked moments in the lives of African American men whom…
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Snap! Space presents Zun Lee Snap! Orlando 1013 E. Colonial Drive Orlando, Florida 32803 Saturday, October 25, 2014 14:00-16:00 EDT (Local Time) Join us for an afternoon artist talk and book signing with photographer Zun Lee. Zun will be joining us from Toronto and discuss his series ‘Father Figure’ and sign copies of his newly…