Multiracial

What Makes an Interracial Relationship?

Heidi W. Durrow | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Census, Multiracial Americans, Multiracial, Biracial, Interracial Marriage, Interracial Relationships, Mixed Roots, Black Voices Life, Bv-Life, Black Voices News

I'm used to checking "other" to describe myself. Still, imagine my surprise -- not at the recent headline that interracial marriages are at an all-time high -- but that my marriage is included among them.

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A Troubled Experiment's Forgotten Lesson in Racial Integration

Carina Ray | Posted 04.01.2012

Read More: Mixed Race, Intermarriage, Racial Prejudice, Synanon, Multiracial, Racism, Integration, Racial Identity, Race, Interracial Marriage, Segregation, Black Voices News

The year 2012 marks the fortieth anniversary of my Puerto Rican mother and Irish-Italian father's unusual wedding. They met and married in an experimental community called Synanon, where I was born.

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Key and Peele Are Selling Comedy Blacks Arent Buying

John S. Wilson | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Multiracial, Black Comedians, Key and Peele, Bv-Pop-Culture-Entertainment, Black Voices News

Key & Peele, a sketch comedy show on Comedy Central, is peddling offensive comedy. Apparently, when Key and Peele say their comedy is universal what they really mean is that blacks will be the butt of the jokes and others will be the ones universally yucking it up.

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Marvel's Mixed Race "Ultimate Spider-Man"

Marcia Dawkins | Posted 10.03.2011

Today we meet Miles Morales, a younger multiracial and multiethnic Spider-Man. Even though Morales may remind us of the Spider-Man we're used to in the more traditional Marvel universe, there are definite differences.

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Fosberg's Incognito No More

Marcia Dawkins | Posted 06.01.2011

Read More: Theater, Multiracial, Racism, Race, Fosberg, Incognito, Books, Mixed Race, Arts News

Incognito manages to avoid the trite tropes of the old racial passing narrative where the shock of black ancestry is revealed, seems repulsive and, as a result, goes unreconciled.

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Multiracial Advocates Change Race-Based Mississippi School Policy

Marcia Dawkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mixed Race, Multiracial, Discrimination, Education, Race, Interracial Couple Discrimination, Advocacy, Impact News

Last week, Nettleton Middle School was forced to drop its 30-year policy of race-based selections for school government and homecoming positions.

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Black, White and Other... Worldwide

Marcia Dawkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: National Identity, Mixed Race, Multiracial, Racial Identity, Race, Ethnicity, Interracial Relationships, London-United Kingdom, World News

Even though the 21st century is seeing an exponential increase in reports of multiracial ancestry worldwide, exactly what makes a person multiracial remains a puzzling concept.

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The Girl Who Fell from the Sky Explains What it Is to Be Mixed and Happy

Marcia Dawkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Literature, Book Review, Books, Arts, Book Reviews, Multiracial, Pop Culture, Race, Culture, Books News

Rise above. Take flight. Move on. That is the message delivered so elegantly by Heidi Durrow. That's why this reader's recommendation is to pick it up. Check it out. And, most importantly, think and talk it through.

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QUIZ: Do You Need a Mother ... Mentor, Spiritual Advisor or Life Coach?

Deborah Jiang Stein | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Life Coaches, Multiracial, Mentors, Life Balance, Foster Children, Humor, Economy, The Balanced Life, Healthy Living News

I've been lucky to have many who are splendid mentors. Other people use life coaches, or spiritual advisers. Me, I have these mother-mutt types to call on.

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"Loving," Hating and Interracial Relationships

Marcia Dawkins | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Mixed Race, Interracial Dating, Mildred Loving Interracial Marriage, Multiracial, Interracial Marriage, Louisiana Interracial Marriage, Healthy Living News

Though this Saturday marks the 43rd anniversary of Loving v. Virginia, discrimination against interracial couples persists.

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Stand Up and Be Counted... Or Not: Why Latinos Have Issues With the Census

Daniel Cubias | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Latinos, Latino, Paranoia, Ethnicity, President Barack Obama, US Census Hispanic Count, Hispanic, US Census, Multiracial Americans, Multiracial, Right Wing, Hispanics, Race, Racial Discrimination, Barack Obama, Pew Hispanic Center, Racial Politics, Census, 2010 Census, Michele Bachmann, Ethnicities, US Census Bureau, Christopher Lambert, Right Wing Paranoia, African Americans, Bigotry, Fortress, Politics News

It seems that right-wing nuts aren't the only ones who believe the Census is all a plot. Just 57 percent of native-born Latinos believe that census participation is good for their community.

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In America: How to Get Beyond Hate

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Richard Wilkinson, Census, People of Color, Economy, Sarah Van Gelder, Racism, Multiracial, YES! Magazine, Tea Party, Post-Racial, Barack Obama, Recession, Impact News

Anyone who thought the inauguration of Barack Obama as president heralded the end of racism in America, should look no further than the tea party rallies held last weekend.

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Coalition of Experts Demand Reforms That End Racial Profiling by Financial Institutions

Victor Corral | Posted 05.25.2011

On January 19, amidst reports that Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.) is considering ditching his proposal for a Consumer Fi...

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What's The Big Idea?

Deborah Jiang Stein | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Multiracial, Aha Moment, Inspiration, The Balanced Life, Healthy Living News

The more we keep our minds prepared and open to creativity, the more those flash eureka moments come about.

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A Buddhist Skateboarding Monk: A Contradiction Or A Product Of The Modern Age?

Deborah Jiang Stein | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Multiracial, Life Balance, China, Buddhism, Healthy Living News

Is the quiet meditative expectation for a monk really in contradiction to a skateboard ride? Maybe outsiders don't understand the life of a monk in our contemporary world.

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What the NAACP Means to Me

Rinku Sen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Racial Politics, Multiracial, Immigration, Race, Naacp Centennial, Immigration Debate, Naacp, Politics News

The essential challenge facing the NAACP is being a racial justice leader in a multiracial nation.

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What's Your Attitude Factor?

Deborah Jiang Stein | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Multiracial, Curiosity, Positive Attitude, Attitude Factor, Birth in Prison, Happiness, Healthy Living News

These days in this economy, a positive outlook can make all the difference between thriving and diving.

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The Lexicon for Mutts

Deborah Jiang Stein | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Politics, Multiracial, Hope, Racism, Barack Obama, Healthy Living News

If we look beyond the situations of the day, then what blazes is the human spirit, a glimmer of possibility for one small step beyond the color-coded America and the accompanying stains of our history.

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It's All in the Attitude

Deborah Jiang Stein | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Multiracial, Prison, Jewish, Adoption, Secrets, Healthy Living News

For me, it's all about my attitude. I look at what I want to turn around, what feels like a setback, and then give it a new twist. I find a glimmer of positive, and watch it begin to glow.

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Are You Ready for the Year 2050?

Deborah Jiang Stein | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Census, Multiracial, Mutt, Population, Race, Healthy Living News

Everyone needs to be ready for a new landscape: all shades and all hues of skin color and cultures.

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A Tribute to Mothers

Deborah Jiang Stein | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Multiracial, Nature vs Nurture, Life Balance, Happiness, Mother's Day, Healthy Living News

What is there to achieve in 'happiness' if we are at peace, contented, and fulfilled? Isn't life enhanced when we feel contented and fulfilled, backed by a positive attitude and positive outlook on life?

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Japanese-Jew Doesn't "Oy Veh" So Much Since Obama

Francesca Biller-Safran | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Jews, Nisei Generation, Second World War, Bar Mitzvah, The Audacity of Hope, Woody Allen, Multicultural, Kimono, Culture, Russian- Jewish, Neurotic, Shikseh Princess, Latino, Democratic Convention, The Purple Heart Batallion, Internment Camps, Asian, Multiracial, Melting Pot, Oy Veh, Barack Obama, Jewish Soul, Nisht Geferlech, Martin Luther King, University High School, Inclusion, Japanese Jew, Interfaith, Identity, Punahoe High School, Buddhism, 442nd Infantry, Japanese-Jewish Woman, Knish, Japanese-Hawaiian, Chuppah, Healthy Living News

Since Obama has become president, I feel comfortable as the multiracial shikseh that I am, and am engaging in thoughtful conversations about my heritage and background, without self-deprecation.

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Obama makes Multi-Racial Americans more Accepted

Francesca Biller-Safran | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nisei Generation, Hawaii, Democratic Convention, Michelle Obama, Purple Heart Batallion, Asian, Ethnicity, The Audacity of Hope, Multiracial, Multicultural, American, Kimono, Melting Pot, Race, Chuppah, Oy Veh, African-American, Bar Mitzvah, Shikseh, University High School, Japanese-Jew, Latino, Karma, Hwaii, Punahoe High School, 442nd Infantry, The Golden Gate Bridge, Woddy Allen, Knish, Hispanic American, Japanese-American, Politics News

As a Japanese-Jew, I have historically used self deprecating humor at my own expense as a way to explain and defend to others who I was and to feel ac...

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Multiracial Americans Become Fastest-Growing US Group

AP | HOPE YEN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Multiracial Americans, Multiracial, Style News

WASHINGTON — Multiracial Americans have become the fastest growing demographic group, wielding an impact on minority growth that challenges trad...

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