{"id":35921,"date":"2014-02-21T22:34:47","date_gmt":"2014-02-21T22:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/wordpress\/?p=35921"},"modified":"2014-02-21T22:34:47","modified_gmt":"2014-02-21T22:34:47","slug":"mic-drop-lets-talk-about-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=35921","title":{"rendered":"MiC Drop: Let’s talk about race"},"content":{"rendered":"

MiC Drop: Let’s talk about race<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The Michigan Daily<\/a>
\nThe Campus Newspaper of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
\n2014-01-20<\/p>\n

Rima Fadlallah<\/strong>, Michigan in Color Editor
\nJerusaliem Gebreziabher<\/strong>, Michigan in Color Editor
\nKayla Upadhyaya<\/strong>, Michigan in Color Editor<\/p>\n

MiC check 1, 2. 1, 2. Can you hear us? Because we\u2019re here.<\/p>\n

We are Michigan in Color, the Daily\u2019s first opinion section designated as a space for and by students of color at the University of Michigan. Welcome! MiC is a place for people of color to voice their opinions and share experiences that are overshadowed by dominant narratives \u2014 or the history, stories and perspectives that privilege conformity and make it into the mainstream, marginalizing all other narratives in the process. We hope MiC will elevate conversations on race, identity, liberation and social justice while engaging specifically with communities of color on campus.<\/p>\n

Race is a topic that can elicit several different emotions; from shame, pride, anger, confusion, love, discomfort, or all of the above, this space is here to explore it all. We want to unearth \u201ctaboos.\u201d We want the topics that feel a bit too coarse to talk about in a crowded coffee shop to roll right off your tongue in this safe space. We want to challenge the historical whiteness of The Michigan Daily<\/em> by creating this long-needed space that will hopefully lead to a more inclusive newsroom and a better informed campus.<\/p>\n

To kick off this exciting new project, we will start at the roots of MiC: What exactly does \u201cperson of color\u201d mean?…<\/p>\n

…As the founding editors of Michigan in Color, this project means a lot to us. We\u2019re excited; we\u2019re ready.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m Jerusaliem Gebreziabher, and I\u2019m here because as a victim of internalized racism (sometimes self-inflicted) I needed this space four years ago. As a first generation American with parents hailing from Ethiopia and heavy strains of Italian blood in my veins, I struggled to identify with anyone and was afraid of being stigmatized if I did.<\/p>\n

Although I know myself to be more than my race (ironically I\u2019m often mistaken for being everything but<\/em> Black), I found it hard to find my place on this campus for fear of being lumped into another category. Throughout my life, I\u2019ve felt waves of shame and pride for who I am, where I\u2019ve come from, or the undeniable evidence my physical features reveal about my identity. MiC is a space where I hope to reconcile some of this conflict and connect to those with shared experiences.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m Kayla Upadhyaya, and I\u2019m here because I can still recall the overwhelming sense of affirmation and safety I felt the first time I found myself in a room of only other people of color here at the University. With a father who immigrated from India and a white mother, racial identity is oftentimes a source of confusion for me. But over time, my mixed racial background has become as important to who I am and my writing as is my identity as a feminist, and MiC is a space where I can not only explore those parts of my identity but also connect with other PoCs and write about the issues that truly matter to me…<\/p>\n

Read the entire article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MiC Drop: Let’s talk about race The Michigan Daily The Campus Newspaper of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor 2014-01-20 Rima Fadlallah, Michigan in Color Editor Jerusaliem Gebreziabher, Michigan in Color Editor Kayla Upadhyaya, Michigan in Color Editor MiC check 1, 2. 1, 2. Can you hear us? Because we\u2019re here. We are Michigan […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,2895,8,20],"tags":[17011,17012,17014,17010,17013,3804],"class_list":["post-35921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-campus-life","category-media-archive","category-usa","tag-jerusaliem-gebreziabher","tag-kayla-upadhyaya","tag-michigan-daily","tag-rima-fadlallah","tag-the-michigan-daily","tag-university-of-michigan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35921\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}