This is so typical of American talk shows on “mixed race” identity. I’m surprised that any positive role models (the Graham siblings) were invited at all. Why did they invite […]
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Tag: Biracial and Multiracial
The Meaning of Mulatto
The Meaning of Mulatto Radcliffe Quarterly Fall / Winter 1997 by Erin Bannister My mother is white. My father is black. But I have never known what I am. I […]
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Eurasian Danish Princess
Princess Alexandra of Denmark http://www.eurasiannation.com/generic231.html
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Roger Ebert on film casting and “racial” identity
Catch That Kid Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert Corbin Bleu and Max Thieriot, as her two pals, are just plain likable, and the attraction between Bleu and Stewart may be […]
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A biracial generation looks for its place
It’s sad that the people in this story believe that it is acceptable to call themselves “biracial” or “black” but never “white.” Is “white” some kind of godlike identity of […]
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White Africans
White Africans by Joel C. Snell http://www.socialvibes.net/HTMLarticles/WhiteAfricans.html
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Our South African comrades face the same fight
Identify Yourself – The Story of Bruin-ou.com – Part II Bruin-ou.com by Charles Ash Is the term Coloured apartheid baggage? In the last newsletter, I took a meander down memory […]
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Free “Mulattoes” without African ancestry
Delaware’s Invisible Indians Part 2 Edward F. Heite Although it today is taken to mean mixed black and white, the word “mulatto” in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries generally applied […]
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The importance of Language
This web site emphasizes what Susanne Heine says about the importance of language. It’s also a point I’ve been trying to make for years. When you use the opposition’s vocabulary, […]
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Blacks and Latinos Try to Find Balance in Touchy New Math
It’s going to be harder to maintain the “one drop” myth when people of obvious African ancestry who DON’T call themselves “black” are becoming more public. Remember when you NEVER […]
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