Does biracial mean black or white?
Does biracial mean black or white? Parents refuse to complete forms that do not include their daughter's mixed-race heritage By Art McFarland If you are biracial, are you black or white? The parents of...
Tagged: Biracial and Multiracial
Leaving Biracial Children At A Loss
Leaving Biracial Children At A LossMarch 20, 2006By JIM FARRELL, Courant Staff Writer Christa Madden is white and her husband Darryl is black but their two children have to be, well, one or the...
Racial Identities Spawn New Terminology
Racial Identities Spawn New Terminology By Mackenzie Carpenter Pittsburgh Post-Gazette March 16, 2006 When Lamaas Bey is asked his race on a form or survey, he doesn’t check the box that says “black” or...
Forum: Black and Biracial
Is there anyone here (like myself) who identifies as/ is categorized as Black although they are technically biracial? Do you consider that “Black biracial” people like Halle Berry have unique issues that are different...
Why Race Isn’t as ‘Black’ and ‘White’ as We Think
Why Race Isn’t as ‘Black’ and ‘White’ as We Think The New York Times by Brent Staples People have occasionally asked me how a black person came by a “white” name like Brent Staples....
CNN’s O’Brien embraces her own diversity
CNN’s O’Brien embraces her own diversity The Indianapolis Star by Courtenay Edelhart CNN news anchor Soledad O’Brien will visit Indianapolis Wednesday as part of Butler University’s Celebration of Diversity Distinguished Lecture Series. The fifth...
‘Gaum’ found in work about tri-racial people
‘Gaum’ found in work about tri-racial people Winston-Salem Journal October 15, 2005 by Richard Creed An item here last week about the word gaum mentioned research showing that it is pronounced like the Turkish...