June 2011
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“Vision? What do you know about my vision? My vision would turn your world upside...”
– - Huey Freeman The Boondocks
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“Contrary to the mainstream discourse separating the individual stories of today...”
– The Death Penalty and Mass Incarceration: Invisible Narratives in Mainstream Discourse
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“Black and Third World people are expected to educate white people as to our...”
– Audre Lorde (via lunetlautre)
Anonymous asked: Just curious. what are the different races you are mixed with if you dont mind me asking?
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North Carolina Confronts the Ugly Past of Its... →
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14th Amendment-Bashing Harms Immigrant Communities →
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Walking My Own Path: So, what am I? →
walkingmyownpath:
I grew up being referred to as a ‘hapa’ because like many in the Japanese-American community, that was just something all of us mixed kids were called. To me, it was a positive way of explaining the difference to others who would invariably look at me and then look at which ever one of my parents…
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“And while I am often wary of using “queer” as a catch all phrase or...”
– Mixed Dreams
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“As I work in critical mixed race and the deeper I get into academia and art,...”
– Laura Kina
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“How do we include multiracials in our view of an egalitarian society and not do...”
– in NYT Article “On College Forms, a Question of Race, or Races Perplex”
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Mixed-Race Students Wonder How Many Boxes to Check →
Hapa. Poi dog. Mutt.
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katsuandcurry:
It is the poi dog syndrome. That Pake stunted nose atop two sets of sunken eyes. Hands that are porcelain kissed but stubby. Beautiful, but useless. He spells his name in Hiragana, while his mother speaks to trees. His father places ti-leaf cuttings on each corner of the lanai. Sunday morning he sits through mass in Tagalog- and spends his afternoon in board...
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Giving Loving Day Its Due by Marcia Dawkins →
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People of Color Organize: Hipster Racism →
peopleofcolor:
Hard on the heels of my discussion about liberal sexism, I think it’s time to talk about hipster racism. I’m borrowing the term “hipster racism” from Carmen Van Kerckhove over at Racialicious, because it really is a perfect word to describe the phenomenon, and I note that other people are using…
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The Daily Multiracial: Reminder: Loving Day... →
multiracial:
Be sure to check out the Loving Day celebrations happening all around the United States (and even in other countries) starting today and happening all weekend long!
Loving Day celebrates the 44th annivesary of the Loving v. Virgina (1967), the US Supreme Court case that finally legalized…
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11-Foot Cross Burned Near Mixed-Race Family's... →
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“…racial progress in America will not just happen naturally over time...”
– Dom Apollon Colorlines
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A “Mixed-Race” Nation Isn’t the Same as a... →
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