KQED Public Media for Northern CA
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By: Nadra Kareem Nittle,
Race Relations Expert
Mixed-race children face unique challenges, but raising biracial children who are happy and healthy is possible if parents teach them to embrace all facets of their racial makeup, settle in diverse communities and choose schools that celebrate multiculturalism, among other measures.
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by Sharon H Chang
Enrolling your child in Seattle Public Schools means choosing their race and ethnicity from a confounding list of checkboxes.
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“This is the first time I’ve seen a form that’s so specific and yet not specific enough,” she criticized, “My reaction at first was amused — as in, ‘Oh, Seattle!’ — and then kind of offended.”
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“If we’re going to list separate countries, why not also list Bangladesh and Sri Lanka?” She also questioned “African American/Black” being designated as a single category given that our region represents large communities of Ethiopians, Eritreans, and Somalis.
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Then look how choices are grouped. “African-American/Black” (as Gupte observes) but also “White” are weirdly devoid of subcategories.
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Source: seattleglobalist.com
Beauty
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and yet there are common qualities that consistently make it to magazine covers, Hollywood screens, and win beauty pageants.
Ugly
There are famous experiments of asking children which doll is ugly and which is beautiful – even though both dolls are equal in everything but color.
I have also witnessed, first hand, adults, teens and children passing judgement on beauty based solely on color or race. I know this because when I ask them to explain what is ugly about the person, they are at a loss for words.
Flawless
A word which helps to avoid bias, infatuation and fetish.
Here are human features that most people go crazy for.
Body
Face
Hair
Skin color
Eye color
Eye shape
Extra Medium
If a person is extra medium they will likely fit into the roles and expectations of most, and they will likely be attractive to the most people.
Extra medium is when you are right in the middle between all extremes.
But if everyone was extra medium, life would be extra boring.
Also see
HT Steven Riley of Mixed Race Studies
Dr. Yaba Blay is the author of 1ne Drop – Shifting the Lens on Race
In this interview she explains why she prefers the term Black over African-American.
by Sharon H Chang
A couple months ago I got cornered big time by a stranger and their “What are you?” mind-meld. The unsolicited probing went on for a while. Honestly something I’m used to. But this time was crazy multidimensional and unique in a way I don’t know I’ve ever experienced. It involved not only me, but my child, and then HER mixed children by comparison. This stranger just couldn’t resist wanting to know my and my son’s specific mixes, explained her husband was “American,” then wondered out loud if her son would one day look like my son and if her daughter would one day look like me. I was declared white-looking while my son was judged Asian-looking. A picture of her own children was then shown proudly with seeming expectation for praise (which I uncomfortably indulged). There was also some lecturing/instruction on how I should feel about my particular Asian heritage (which she shares) and why I should be able to afford visiting my paternal homeland (which I actually can’t). Finally, because she felt this exchange had laid the groundwork for connectivity, she asked to exchange info and wanted to set up a play date.
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Source: multiasianfamilies.blogspot.com
Your thoughts?
New Blacks (by 2014) are those Blacks in the US who think they are beyond race, the post-racial Blacks. They seem to think racism is either pretty much dead or the fault of Black people. Singer Pha…
Source: abagond.wordpress.com
See on Scoop.it – Mixed American Life
One Drop of Love (www.onedropoflove.com) is a solo performance produced by Ben Affleck, Chay Carter and Matt Damon, along with the show’s writer and performe…
See on www.youtube.com
Why this ‘mixed’ girl rejects the ‘mixed-race’ label.
There is nothing like hearing the arguments of members of the multiracial movement and certain ‘mixed-race’ activists to make me want to distance…
See on thediasporadiva.tumblr.com
See on www.theroot.com
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