Tuesday, 19 March 2013

Julie Kibler's "Calling Me Home"


Warner Bros. will soon be telling the tale of a post-Depression mixed-race relationship as they’ve acquired the rights to Calling Me Home, the semi-biographical debut novel from author Julie Kibler. Read more...
http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Julie-Kibler-Race-Related-Novel-Calling-Me-Home-Headed-Big-Screen-36341.html

Courtesy: Cinema Blend dot com

Julie Kibler's Race-Related Novel Calling Me Home Is Headed To The Big Screen by Nick Venable

Mixis or Mixed Races on the Web

Mixis is a new website for those of mixed origins.

Do you look Mixed?


Would you take it as a compliment if you were told that you looked of a mixed race? Read on...
Courtesy: The Root

What is Special about Mixed Races?

Channel Four has a documentary about Race. Is it Better to be Mixed Race? is the question posed to the viewer.

Mixed Race Project

The Mixed Race Project offers a fresh look at mixed raced families.

Mixed Race America

Read the blog about mixed races in America...
http://mixedraceamerica.blogspot.co.uk/

Color Coded College Applications

If you are a new mixed race student entering a College, how would you describe your ethnic origin, when there is no box available to describe your mixed race? The best course of action would be to write outside the box, the name of your mixed race.
http://themash.com/blog/news/2012/11/15/college-applications-mixed-race-ethnicity/

Mixed Race Survey in Britain

What does it mean to be of Mixed Race in Britain today? Read more..
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/dec/12/mixed-race-britain-readers-respond

Courtesy: The Guardian

Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference

DePaul University College- 2012 Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference

Over 400 scholars from across the U.S., Canada, the UK and other countries attended the 2nd biennial Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference, "What is Critical Mixed Race Studies?," and Mixed Roots Midwest at DePaul University in Chicago on November 1-4, 2012. Read more...

http://las.depaul.edu/aas/About/CMRSConference/index.asp

"Brown Babies" from Germany

For much of his adult life, Daniel Cardwell has been immersed in a search for his identity and his past. Read more..
http://washingtoninformer.com/index.php/lifestyle/entertainment/item/13158-brown-babies-post-war-germanys-mixed-race-children
Courtesy: Washington Informer

Mixed Races Rising in Brazil

The 2010 census marked the first time in which black and mixed-race people officially outnumbered whites, weighing in at just over 50 percent, compared with 47 percent for whites. Researchers suggest that Brazil actually may have been a majority-nonwhite country for some time, with the latest statistics reflecting a decreased social stigma that makes it easier for nonwhites to report their actual race. Read more...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/17/race-in-brazil-offers-lesson-to-us_n_2895325.html
Courtesy: Huffington Post

Mixed Race Canadians Claim Land

Canada's Manitoba Metis won a historic victory Friday, when the Supreme Court ruled that the federal government had failed to properly hand out land grants promised to the indigenous group 142 years ago. Read more..
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/130308/mixed-race-groups-win-canada-land-claim

Courtesy: Global Post

Mixed Race Youth and Mothers Relationships


Multiethnic and mixed-race youth feel less satisfied with their moms—but more independent—compared to other youth, according to a new University of Michigan study. Read more...
http://www.ns.umich.edu/new/releases/21241-mixed-race-youth-feel-less-cohesion-with-mothers-but-greater-independence

Courtesy: University of Michigan News Service.

Brazilian Mixed Races


Many Brazilians cast their country as a racial democracy where people of different groups long have intermarried, resulting in a large mixed-race population. But you need only turn on the TV, open the newspaper or stroll down the street to see clear evidence of segregation. Read more...
http://atlantablackstar.com/2013/03/18/race-in-brazil-a-mix-of-openness-and-exclusion/

Courtesy: Atlantic Black star