{"id":48947,"date":"2016-09-01T20:05:01","date_gmt":"2016-09-01T20:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=48947"},"modified":"2016-09-02T17:11:07","modified_gmt":"2016-09-02T17:11:07","slug":"looking-for-participants-for-washington-post-podcast-on-mixed-race-identity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=48947","title":{"rendered":"Looking For Participants For Washington Post Podcast On Mixed-Race Identity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Looking For Participants For Washington Post Podcast On Mixed-Race Identity<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:Alexandra.laughlin@washpost.com?subject=via MixedRaceStudies.org\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Alexandra Laughlin<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n2016-09-01<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m a journalist at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Washington Post<\/em><\/a> and I am working on a podcast about mixed race identity in the United States. This is going to be a highly produced, narrative-driven podcast that explores these complex issues through storytelling.<\/p>\n<p>Now, I am now looking for your stories to tell!<\/p>\n<p>The best stories will have a beginning, middle, and end, and they will involve you or someone you know experiencing a problem\/conflict\/hilarious situation involved with being mixed race. Here are some questions to get you started:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Who do you want to bring home to your parents?<\/li>\n<li>Have you ever felt fetishized? How and why?<\/li>\n<li>Have you ever dated someone who didn\u2019t realize your race\/ethnicity? Did it change things when they found out?<\/li>\n<li>Was there ever a time when you didn&#8217;t feel accepted in a certain racial group?<\/li>\n<li>Do you remember a time when people interpreted your identity in a way that wasn&#8217;t consistent with the way you feel?<\/li>\n<li>Has your identity changed throughout your life?<\/li>\n<li>How has your family\/parents communicated your racial identity to you?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These are just some rough questions, but I would love to hear anything you have to share! Bonus points if you\u2019re in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Washington%2C_D.C.\" target=\"_blank\">Washington, D.C.<\/a> or on the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/East_Coast_of_the_United_States\" target=\"_blank\">east coast<\/a>. If you&#8217;d like to chat, shoot me an e-mail with a few sentences about your story at <a href=\"mailto:Alexandra.laughlin@washpost.com?subject=via MixedRaceStudies.org\" target=\"_blank\">Alexandra.laughlin@washpost.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m excited to hear from you!<\/p>\n<p>Alex<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking For Participants For Washington Post Podcast On Mixed-Race Identity Alexandra Laughlin 2016-09-01 I\u2019m a journalist at The Washington Post and I am working on a podcast about mixed race identity in the United States. This is going to be a highly produced, narrative-driven podcast that explores these complex issues through storytelling. Now, I am [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[395,125,20,27],"tags":[18762,24920,2875,2581],"class_list":["post-48947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-autobiography","category-identitydevelopment","category-usa","category-wanted","tag-alex-laughlin","tag-alexandra-laughlin","tag-the-washington-post","tag-washington-post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48947","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=48947"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48947\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48948,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48947\/revisions\/48948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}