Emily Monroy – The Multiracial Activist

Italian-Indigenous Connections

Posted on June 1, 2021 by Emily Monroy

Italian-Indigenous Connections by Emily MonroyJune 1, 2021 On February 17, I saw an announcement in a local Italian-Canadian paper on an upcoming presentation titled “Italian-Canadian-Indigenous Connections” at the University of Toronto’s […]

Who’s Hispanic? Who’s Filipino? Part Two

Posted on April 1, 2018 by Emily Monroy

Who’s Hispanic? Who’s Filipino? Part Two by Emily Monroy April 1, 2018 This article is a follow-up to “Who’s Hispanic? Who’s Filipino.” The gist of my original article: the Philippines […]

Who’s Hispanic? Who’s Filipino?

Posted on January 15, 2016 by Emily Monroy

Who’s Hispanic? Who’s Filipino? by Emily Monroy January 15, 2016 A few years ago, I wrote an essay called ‘Who’s White?’ I asked this question about several individuals, both famous […]

Vivien Leigh, Anglo-Indian?

Posted on July 26, 2015 by Emily Monroy

Vivien Leigh, Anglo-Indian? by Emily Monroy August/September 2015 Last December marked the 75th anniversary of the movie Gone with the Wind. The film, like the historical novel by Margaret Mitchell on […]

Trayvon and George, A Year Later

Posted on July 3, 2014 by Emily Monroy

Trayvon and George, A Year Later by Emily MonroyJuly/August 2014 It's been over a year now since the shooting death of Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman in Sanford, […]

Who’s White?

Posted on March 31, 2014 by Emily Monroy

Who’s White? by Emily Monroy April – May 2014 The George Zimmerman-Trayvon Martin case has put the subject of race front and centre in the American public mind. […]

Mixed-Race Scandinavians

Posted on March 31, 2014 by Emily Monroy

Mixed-Race Scandinavians by Emily MonroyApril – May 2014 One day last December I was shopping at Toronto’s Kensington Market and saw a car with a sticker of the Danish flag […]

Amanda Martinez’s Sola

Posted on April 15, 2007 by Emily Monroy

Amanda Martinez’s Sola A Canadian musical artist reaches out to her Latin roots April/May 2007 – The Multiracial Activist by Emily Monroy Lately, it seems, we are witnessing an […]

What is a creole?

Posted on July 26, 2005 by Emily Monroy

What is a creole? by Emily Monroy July-October 2005 “Creole” is one of those words that like “humanist,” “secular” and “liberal” can mean anything and everything depending on where, when […]

To clone or not to clone

Posted on July 25, 2005 by Emily Monroy

To clone or not to clone by Emily MonroyJuly-October 2005 The picture in the paper immediately caught my eye: a blonde with an adorable tabby kitten in her arms. The […]

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