multiracial

Famous Friday: Edmonia Lewis Our country’s recent reckoning with race has ignited a great deal of interest in African American history. My family has been doing a lot of reading and recently began taking an online African American history course offered by Yale University. It is fascinating and heartbreaking to continue to learn more about the history of my ancestors on my father’s side. With that eye toward history, I decided to focus this week’s Famous Friday on an incredibly accomplished multiracial woman of history. Edmonia Lewis was born a [...]

We are hoping with this announcement, CNN plans to cover their race beat with inclusion of the multiracial population. We doubt it, but we'll see what happens. Project RACE  CNN Announces Expansion Of Team Covering Race Beat By Ted JohnsonCNN’s Jeff Zucker announced the expansion of its beat covering race, with plans for several new positions. Delano Massey will lead the beat, and the network is creating new positions for a senior editor, senior writer and breaking and trends writer. “This team will break news and cover the stories and conversations around race,” Zucker [...]

With the start of Project RACE (Reclassify All Children Equally) in 1990, I have been in this battle for 30 years. We’ve had our successes and defeats. It’s all part of a large community issue. I have always been positive that we would eventually get the respect for accurate wording for the multiracial population. Now I’m not so sure. Since Black Lives Matter (BLM) let’s take a look at how things have changed. First, we were never afraid to make multiracial statements that were positive for the multiracial community. Unlike [...]

Patrick Mahomes This week’s article is about NFL quarterback and MVP Patrick Mahomes. Born September 17, 1995, Mahomes is of Caucasian descent on his mother’s side and African American descent on his father’s. Even at a young age, Mahomes was surrounded by professional sports as his father, Pat Mahomes, was a major league pitcher. Growing up, Mahomes played football, basketball, and baseball. During his senior year of high school, Mahomes threw for over 4,600 yards as a quarterback and managed a 16 strikeout no-hitter in his spring season. His athletic [...]

Biracial man charged with fatally shooting White teen was acting in self-defense, attorney says By Pamela Kirkland Marc Wilson (CNN)The legal team for a biracial man charged with felony murder in the shooting death of a 17-year old in Statesboro, Georgia, last month claims their client was defending himself against an angry group of White people. Marcus "Marc" Wilson, who is biracial, was in Statesboro visiting his girlfriend, who is White. The two were driving on their way home from Taco Bell around 12:30 a.m. ET on June 14 when they claim [...]

FLOAT   We bought Disney Plus for Hamilton and stayed for "Float," a short animated film that tells the story of what it is to be treated as different in our society. I think the message is especially important in light of today's issues and encourage everyone to watch it. Susan Graham

A biracial woman says she was set on fire in Wisconsin. Authorities are now investigating the incident as a hate crime By Amir Vera, CNN In this undated photo provided by the family of Althea Bernstein shows Bernstein on a fishing outing in Madison, Wisconsin. (CNN)Madison police and the FBI have launched a hate crime investigation after an 18-year-old biracial woman was set on fire. The assault took place early Wednesday morning when the woman was driving and stopped at a red light and "heard someone yell out a racial epithet," [...]