“Duality: Blaxicans in LA” explores multiracial identity among the Los Angeles’ two largest minority groups: African-Americans and Mexican-Americans.
Sourced through Scoop.it from: www.cnn.com
Multiracial Identity
Ron – Black, Cuban, Mexican and Switched at Birth as Chinese!
“As a sort of irony, I was born a Chinese baby. Baby Boy Wong”
Our friend Ron Lyles shares how he was mislabeled as a Chinese baby at birth, how his family’s former slave-owners found him, and the importance of including ‘culture’ in dialogues about race.
Sourced through Scoop.it from: www.youtube.com
Mixed Remixed Festival – Los Angeles, Saturday June 13, 2015
We are excited that the Costco Connection has written a story about mixed race artists and the Mixed Remixed Festival. The reporter Hana Medina really captured what the Festival is all about!–Heidi Durrow, Festival Founder
You can also download a copy of the article here.
Sourced through Scoop.it from: www.mixedremixed.org
“Check All That Apply” [VIDEO]
A thought provoking film that explores how Americans perceive multiracial people, and how multiracial people perceive themselves. Dir. by Malarie Howard
Source: www.youtube.com
Mexican, Spanish, Okinawan
Looking for Multiracial TV Characters I Can Show My Biracial Kids
See on Scoop.it – Mixed American Life
Recent media on media coverage of the upcoming Fall Television Season (does TV even still have seasons? Doesn’t it feel like new shows are just constantly premiering?) has focused heavily on television becoming a lot less “whitewashed,” mostly due to the multiple productions of Shonda Rhimes (Grey’s Anatomy) and a few others, including upcoming pilots with Hispanic and Asian leads.
See on www.blogher.com
Talking Mixed-Race Identity with Young Children
Sharon Chang describes the hardest race conversation she and her four-year-old son have had.
See on www.hyphenmagazine.com
Tracing Michelle Obama’s Multiracial Ancestry
New York Times reporter Rachel Swarns has followed Michelle Obama’s journey all the way back to through her ancestry. Swarns’ new book “American Tapestry” explores the first lady’s surprising genealogy.
See on www.thetakeaway.org
“You Don’t Act Black” And Other Struggles of a Multiracial Woman
Let’s get one thing straight: I’m American. I was born in the beautiful Pacific Northwest to American parents. My father was also born to American
See on feminspire.com
Fitting Into the Right Box: Multiracial America on the Rise | Brown Political Review
Mixed race America is on the rise, the population of multiracial youths is the fastest growing in the country and interracial marriage is at an all time high
See on www.brownpoliticalreview.org
