Susan Graham | Project Race

It’s Famous Friday!

Susan Graham2020-10-23T02:51:43+00:00October 23rd, 2020|

Happy Friday everyone! This week’s Famous Friday is on American Singer-Songwriter Tori Kelly. Kelly was born December 14, 1992, and is of Jamaican, Puerto Rican and Irish descent. She currently lives in Wildomar, California and is married to André Murillo. Kelly has been singing since she was three, learned how to play piano at 12, the guitar at 15, and by 16, the drums. From a young age her musical talents were recognized. From starting a Youtube Channel and posting a viral cover of “Thinking About You” by Frank [...]

Legitimizing Multiracial Identities

Susan Graham2020-10-22T20:26:20+00:00October 22nd, 2020|

Stigma Impacts Psychological, Physical Health of Multiracial People The multiracial population is one of the fastest-growing minority groups but faces stigma challenges 21-Oct-2020 3:20 PM EDT, by Rutgers University-New Brunswick favorite_border Newswise — Policy changes can help to fight stigmas of multiracial Americans, one of the fasting growing minority groups in the United States according to a Rutgers University-led study. Published in the journal Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences, the study finds that such stigmas may be combated by legitimizing multiracial identities. Despite the increasing prominence of multiracial celebrities and [...]

DID THE CENSUS BUREAU “ALLOW” MULTIRACIAL PEOPLE ANYTHING?

Susan Graham2020-10-19T13:53:46+00:00October 19th, 2020|

Did the Census Bureau “allow” multiracial people anything? A new scholarly paper has come out, published by Sage Publications. It’s called “How Policies Can Address Multiracial Stigma” and begins with this: On the second anniversary of the first U.S. Census that allowed Americans to indicate more than one race, public policies and interventions should consider addressing Multiracial-specific forms of stigma. Some of the writers of this paper have written before that the U.S. Census Bureau “allowed” multiracial people to choose more than one race in 1997. One of the writers, [...]

It’s the Weekend!

Susan Graham2020-10-16T17:51:11+00:00October 16th, 2020|

You are a busy person. Taking care of business, family, relationships, and everything else you must accomplish is overwhelming. Sometimes we forget things. Did you forget that it is time for the Project RACE Fall Fundraising weekend? While we’re planning next year’s events, it’s a good time to give to non-profit organizations so we can run more efficiently and represent you and your families. Project RACE is the national organization responsible for making life easier for interracial families and multiracial individuals. We deal with Washington and communicate with every [...]

NO to the New York Times

Susan Graham2020-10-16T14:31:12+00:00October 16th, 2020|

TO THE NEW YORK TIMES: AN OPEN LETTER TO THE ETHICIST It is ironic that Kwame Anthony Appiah is “the ethicist” for the New York Times. An ethicist is a person who specializes in or writes on ethics or who is devoted to ethical principals. Appiah is “the ethicist” for the NY Times and wrote a column last week titled “I’m Jewish and Don’t Identify as White. Why Must I Check that Box?” The particularly important first fact is that the writer doesn’t have to check the White box at [...]

Finally!

Susan Graham2020-10-14T12:47:23+00:00October 14th, 2020|

The 2020 Census. Yesterday, the Supreme Court gave the Trump admin the green light to stop its count of the US population – ahead of schedule. The ruling is considered a win for the admin, which had moved up the deadline from October 31 to September 30, saying it needed to finish early to have enough time to process the data by the end of the year. But civil rights groups sued, arguing the change would lead to a serious undercount – particularly of immigrants and people of color. And [...]

Voters View Multiracials

Susan Graham2020-10-09T21:06:39+00:00October 9th, 2020|

Kamala HarrisWikipedia Psychology Today has published an article titled "How Voters Tend to Perceive Multiracial Individuals" by Jacqueline Chen PhD. It's certainly worth a read although I'm not sure there is much in it that we don't know. https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/race-in-new-world/202010/how-voters-tend-perceive-multiracial-individuals

It’s Famous Friday!

Susan Graham2020-10-09T13:01:47+00:00October 9th, 2020|

Happy Friday everyone! We hope that you are staying as safe and as healthy as possible during these uncertain times. This week’s focus is on writer and musician James McBride. McBride was born on September 11, 1957, in New York City. McBride’s mother is Caucasian and Jewish while his father was African American. While mainly known for his literary works, it should also be known that McBride is an active saxophonist and composer. After graduating from Oberlin College in Ohio, McBride decided to pursue a career in writing. His [...]

Ms. Magazine Tries a Little Harder, but gets Confused

Susan Graham2020-10-08T20:51:43+00:00October 8th, 2020|

Ms. Magazine tries harder, but gets confused. Two of their writers, Janice Rhoshalle Littlejohn and Haley Taylor Schlitz wrote an article titled "Politicizing Blackness, Multiracial Love and Identity: "That we Make of this Moment is on Us." They say, "For our part, we both identify as Black women. Janice is a Gen-X Californian born to two African American parents. Haley is a Texas Gen-Zer of mixed-parentage: half-white and half-Black. But in an America still held hostage by the vestiges of slavery, and the “one drop rule,” we are both seen as [...]

NBC Missed the Mark

Susan Graham2020-10-08T20:34:10+00:00October 8th, 2020|

NBC MISSED THE MARK Saloni Gajjar of NBC completely missed the concept of Kamala Harris being biracial when he wrote this: “Sen. Kamala Harris' facial expressions while Vice President Mike Pence was responding to questions about the administration's Covid-19 response during Wednesday's debate were a hit across social media. And Asian Twitter and Black Twitter put their own spin on it. Many joked that Harris, who's the first Black person and the first Indian American to appear on the vice presidential debate stage, was giving looks reminiscent of a disapproving [...]

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