{"id":29328,"date":"2013-03-13T03:16:44","date_gmt":"2013-03-13T03:16:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/wordpress\/?p=29328"},"modified":"2016-05-28T18:14:57","modified_gmt":"2016-05-28T18:14:57","slug":"being-mixed-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=29328","title":{"rendered":"Being Mixed Race: What are the identity politics of the million-strong \u2018Jessica Ennis generation\u2019?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Being Mixed Race: What are the identity politics of the million-strong \u2018Jessica Ennis generation\u2019?<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Women of the World Festival<\/a>
\nSouthbank Centre<\/a>
\n2013-03-06 through 2013-03-10<\/p>\n

Sunday, 2013-03-10, 12:00-13:00Z<\/strong>
\nLevel 5 Function Room
\nRoyal Festival Hall<\/a><\/p>\n

Panelists:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Emma Dabiri<\/strong><\/a>, Teaching Fellow
\nAfrica Department, School of African and Oriental Studies, London<\/em>
\nVisual Sociology Ph.D. Researcher, Goldsmiths University of London<\/em><\/p>\n

Reya El-Salahi<\/strong><\/a>, Radio broadcaster, television presenter, writer and journalist<\/p>\n

Kay Montano<\/strong><\/a>, Make-up Artist<\/p>\n

Chair:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Emine Saner<\/strong><\/a>, Feature Writer
\nThe Guardian<\/em><\/p>\n

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In the 2011 census<\/a> over a million people in the UK classed themselves as \u2018mixed race\u2019\u2014but for some, the label is meaningless.<\/p>\n

So what are the identity politics of the \u2018Jessica Ennis<\/a> generation\u2019?<\/p>\n

Join broadcaster Reya El-Salahi, celebrity make-up artist Kay Montano, and Irish-Nigerian visual sociologist Emma Dabiri as they discuss the joys and challenges of being a dual heritage woman in modern-day Britain.<\/p>\n