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.

Thursday, May 27, 2010

I'm not going to the chapel but I am...

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...going to get married tomorrow at 4pm at an undisclosed outdoor location with just immediate family (my parents and Southern Man's par...
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Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Why we need a passport to enter Arizona

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So you know I've been self absorbed with health issues because I haven't blogged about Arizona yet. To be honest, because my diagno...
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Tuesday, May 11, 2010

MRA Book Review: Ann Patchett's Run

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One of the pleasures of taking a time off from life (and I definitely feel like I am taking a time-out. I know for some people, a vacation ...
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Monday, May 10, 2010

Shades of Ray

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This just in from my cousin "W"-- who wants me to set it up like the old SNL skit with Mike Meyers doing "Coffee Time": ...
Sunday, May 9, 2010

Have you hugged a Mom today?

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Today is Mother's Day, which I've heard is the busiest day of the year for florists. I guess when you think of it, everyone has a m...
Thursday, May 6, 2010

Is it the dog or are people just friendly at the coast?

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Since yesterday was Cinco de Mayo I thought about writing something related to why this is such an absurd holiday to celebrate in the U.S. ,...
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Saturday, May 1, 2010

Intermittent blogging -- an explanation

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A few weeks ago, I wrote a post titled " Too Much Information? " -- I was trying to figure out how much personal information was a...
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Monday, April 26, 2010

Should I do a postcolonial reading of Willy Wonka or can I just enjoy the songs?

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So I was channel surfing last night and came upon the vintage Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory -- the one with Gene Wilder being sligh...
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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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