Mixed Roots Holiday Gift Guide

…erience. Here are a few of our favorite mixed roots gift ideas for you to consider. Weā€™ve included their social media info so you can follow and support them year round too! In no particular order: Mixed Up Clothing ā€œFounded in 2010, Mixed Up Clothing is a multiethnic childrenā€™s clothing line inspired by the textiles, cultures and people of the world, to develop friendships through fabrics. Mixed Up Clothing is an ethnic-inspired…


CMRS Mixed-Race Irish Film Keynote Links

…e: Pigs (Black, 1984), Oscar winning feature The Crying Game (Jordan, 1992), Mona Lisa (Jordan, 1986), When Brendan Met Trudy (Walsh, 2000), Black Day at Black Rock (2001), Breakfast on Pluto (Jordan, 2005), Pavee Lackeen (Ogden, 2005), Irish Jam (Eyres, 2006), Ghostwood (Oā€™Brien, 2006), The Front Line (Gleeson, 2006), Kisses (Daly, 2008), 3 Crosses (Figgis, 2009), Trafficked (Oā€™Connor, 2009), Sensation (Hall, 2010), The Guard (McDonagh, 2011);…


The Politics of Multi-Racial Identity -Part 1 of 4

…iteā€ and ā€œBlackā€ as historical terms gained power within the conceptual that has never been fully developed. This history is also what complicated issues that made the line between them less distinct. And here, Multi Racial identities become actively political. To have someone who physically embodied White and Black is to actively challenge not simply the hierarchy, but the categorizations themselves. This was the reasoning behind legal…


The Politics of Multi-Racial Identity-Part 4 of 4

…nder the impression that the question was about the revolts of 1968: http://www.historytoday.com/blog/news-blog/dean-nicholas/zhou-enlais-famous-saying-debunked?ip_login_no_cache=cd84e3312dd0f3dcf3c621eedcb4d701 . [2] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEO3H5BOlFk [3] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsZ6G7jmcMQ [4] http://chicagomaroon.com/2010/02/26/student-arrested-in-reg/ [5]…


The Politics of Multi-Racial Identity – Part 2 of 4

…ts/Books/A%20Peopleā€™s%20History%20of%20the%20United%20States-%20Howard%20Zinn.pdf . [2] The literary scholar Gayatri Spivak has some powerful words on the role of the humanities in education within this lecture: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZHH4ALRFHw . Ā  By: July 2014 Guest Blogger- Marley-Vincent Lindsey Marley-Vincent Lindsey is a freelance writer and independent researcher located in New York. He recently graduated from the…


The Politics of Multi-Racial Identity – Part 3 of 4

…ority of us knew and understood the experience of being low-income as a large difficulty. A number of friends were frustrated by a lack of understanding as to why affirmative action helped make a level playing-field, but I found it easier to discuss with my high school classmates, a majority of which had their own problems navigating the racial hierarchy. The transition to the University of Chicago thus became a similar marker. I had spent…


Mixed Roots Stories goes LIVE at #CMRS 2014

…for the LIVE event. Here are some of the clips from the LIVE event on the closing night of the conference! Note: Mature Language in several of the pieces. Part 1 ā€“ Joe Hernandez-Kolski (with guest Dustin) www.pochojoe.com Part 2ā€“ Joe Hernandez-Kolski www.pochojoe.com Part 3-Tangled Roots (Katy Massey, Zodwa Nyoni, Lladel Bryant, Adam Lowe) www.tangledroot.org.uk Part 5-Tania CaƱas www.tania-canas.squarespace.com Part 6ā€“ Fred…


When the Spirit Says Do

…partment to address bias. With so much to do, itā€™s a start. Poems: http://allpoetry.com/I-Continue-To-Dream http://allpoetry.com/Let-America-Be-America-Again http://allpoetry.com/Freedomā€™s-Plow Songs: If I Had a Hammer www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaWl2lA7968 When The Spirit Says Do https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OszKIhFRsQ The Fire of Commitment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYKPtFPMf7A Jenn Kanze-Eaton lives by the sea in Plymouth…



Historical Little Tokyo Bike Ride

…s universally across cultures and I hope these rides/tours bring a way to discuss the effect of acculturation on mental health and other health disparities. If you are interested our next bike ride will be a unity ride on Oct 22, 2017 that goes from south central LA to Little Tokyo. The bike ride will culminate with FandangObon + Environmental Encuentro Art, Culture, Ecofest 2017 a festival that celebrates art, culture, and mother earth through…