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Raised White

Storyteller Melissa Horton shared her personal account of her battle with race as a biracial, adopted child. Read her 3 part story recently published on the Elephant Journal.

Part I

black sheep

http://www.elephantjournal.com/2014/03/raised-white-an-identity-crisis-part-i-melissa-horton/

Part II

black sheep 2

http://www.elephantjournal.com/2014/03/raised-white-an-identity-crisis-melissa-horton/

Part III

black sheep 3

http://www.elephantjournal.com/2014/03/raised-white-struggles-with-abandonment-melissa-horton/

Part IV

solo black sheep

http://www.elephantjournal.com/2014/03/raised-white-worthy-of-more-melissa-horton/

You can visit Melissa on Facebook  and find her on Twitter and IG @nerburglar7.

Velina Hasu Houston’s “Cinnamon Girl” Opens 3/15/14

We are enamored by the plays of Velina Hasu Houston – whose work consistently addresses the mixed experience in new and exciting ways, and whose characters are sensitively portrayed with depth and caring. We can’t wait to see her new play Cinnamon Girl.

Let us know if you go, and if you’d like to add a review to our site. More info on show dates and times here: Cinnamon Girl – a new play by Velina Hasu Houston

Here’s more on Velina Hasu Houston: Official Website and an informative Wikipedia page

The Other Project

The Other Project is a documentary photography project shared with Mixed Roots Stories by storyteller Rachel Crick.

“The Other Project is a documentary project focusing specifically on the development of self-identity of people across the country who identify as “bi-racial,” or “multi-ethnic,” or who use other similar adjectives to make sense of their racial make-up. One goal for this project is to encourage public discussion around racial identity — to be a catalyst for people to see themselves, despite their so-called differences, and find the commonalities amongst themselves. We are looking for participants of both racial and ethnic diversity for this project. If you are of a multiracial/multiethnic background, or you know of others who may be interested, please contact us.”

For more information about the project and how to participate visit her website www.rachelcrickphotography.com.

MXRS Visual Podcast Episode 1: Lawrence-Minh Bui Davis and the Mixed Race Initiative

We are excited to launch the visual version of Episode 1 of the MXRS Podcast — bringing you the story behind the stories. Our first several episodes are in partnership with the Asian American Literary Review and its Mixed Race Initiative. Editor-in-Chief Lawrence-Minh Búi Davis is our first guest. Join us as our conversation winds its way through language, how we identify ourselves, the origins of the Mixed Race Initiative and its components, making our work more accessible, and much more.

Mixed Roots Stories on Mixed Race Radio

We were invited to participate in Tiffany Reid’s Mixed Race Radio podcast this week. If you’re curious about the personal stories behind our co-curators Mark, Chandra and Fanshen, have a listen to the episode below. We hope you’ll be inspired to share your story – and to join our community as a Guest Blogger, or by voting on our logo, or by allowing us to tell others about you and what you do by filling out our Promote Your Story link.

More Entertainment Podcasts at Blog Talk Radio with Mixed Race Radio on BlogTalkRadio

Jumping the Fence

 

Thank you, author Maureen Gilmer, for sharing your story! “This book about my family is a true tale of civil rights from about 1800 to 1910 New Orleans.” Book to be released 2014!

 

jumping the fence

“In nineteenth-century New Orleans, Jean Benjamin Esnard and his family struggle to conceal their mixed-race ancestry and pass as white in the increasingly hostile racial environment of the post-Civil War South. Their secret begins to unravel, however, when their son, Adrien, is born darker than his siblings and labeled “C” for “colored” on his birth certificate. As desperation sets in, Jean Benjamin and his wife, Florentine must make the heartbreaking decision to separate the family in order to save it.

In Jumping the Fence, Maureen Gilmer shares the extraordinary true story of early civil rights activists—her ancestors—who stopped at nothing to protect each other and their assets in the struggle against slavery and segregation.” http://www.jumpingthefence.net/

Temp Words

Alison Hart submitted her story!

“My brother’s death rocked my paradigm and forced me to face the impermanence of our lives. Thoughts, feelings, experiences, people, faith, relationships, politics, identity, things (except maybe plastic bags) change; nothing is static.temp words is a journey through impermanence from my perspective as a mixed race woman of color living in America. This is my edge, this is how I navigate through life: one moment at a time.” https://www.createspace.com/4434561

You can follow Alison and her book at:

http://www.fac…com/tempwords

Drake’s Mixed SNL Sketch

I have loved Saturday Night Live since its inception and have been faithful through the 80’s, 90’s, 00’s to today. There have been many ups and downs, including the lack of women-of-color, until recently. That being said, I do not recall a host so fully embracing their Mixed experience, until this past Friday (January 18, 2014). Drake shared that his father is an African-American Catholic and his mother is a white Canadian Jew, then he segued into this funny sketch Drake Bar Mitzvah Monologue – SNL Highlight (begins at minute 1:54). Enjoy!