Mixed Race America

Thoughts, musings, and observations about race in America, particularly the mixing of race--in all the ways you can imagine: people of various races interacting, people of various races not wanting to mix, issues of purity, hybridity, multiplicity, heterogeneity, and any other way you can describe the blending, melding, melting, tossing, turning, churning of race relations in the United States.

Showing posts with label diversity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label diversity. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Going Home

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I'm flying home today. Let me be more specific: I'm attending a conference in San Francisco and extending my stay a few days becaus...
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Wednesday, February 6, 2008

I appreciate affirmative action

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I am a beneficiary of affirmative action. But perhaps not for the reasons people will immediately jump to. Sure I have personally gained f...
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Tuesday, February 5, 2008

I appreciate political change

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Today is Super Tuesday, a major date for voters to winnow out the field of 2008 Presidential contenders in both parties. (today is also Mar...
Tuesday, January 8, 2008

Reverse Racism!

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I love this quote from David Roediger (UIUC History Professor): "We should transform 'reverse racism' from a curse to an injunc...
Monday, November 5, 2007

The Amazing Race

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I caught a glimpse of the premiere of Season 12: The Amazing Race. It's a CBS reality show about pairs of people racing around the wor...
Thursday, September 27, 2007

A Diverse Final Three

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I'm addicted to the reality show on Bravo, Top Chef , and tonight's episode whittled down all the competitors to the final three: Hu...
Saturday, September 22, 2007

Baby Steps

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Recently I received an email from a former Mount Holyoke student who wanted to get me caught up on her life and to share an anecdote with me...
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Jennifer
A 40-something professor of contemporary American literature and Asian American literature interested in issues of social justice and specifically how to create spaces to talk comfortably (and sometimes uncomfortably) about race.
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