It’s Famous Friday!
Happy Friday! Today’s Famous Friday features the former actress and author Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, Meghan. Celebrity Meghan Markle, whose full name is Rachel Meghan Markle, is a well-known figure in modern pop culture, generating popularity as an actress, and later as the Duchess of Sussex. Markle's Multiracial identity is a critical part of who she is and portrays some of the crises Multiracial individuals undergo, leading her to become a prominent advocate for the Multiracial community, regardless of skin tone. Born on August 4th, 1981, in Los Angeles, [...]
Interracial Marriage Problems?
No Thanks to Idina Menzel and Taye Diggs Shame on them. Idina Menzel and Taye Diggs have been making comments about the fact that they were an interracial couple led to their split. They say that “the interracial aspect” led to their divorce in 2014. They should have thought about that long before they got married if it was in case a fact. Hollywood couples get divorced all the time, it seems, and the marriage of two “stars” must have its own problems. I have not been a fan of [...]
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Happy Friday! Today’s Famous Friday features the songwriter, singer, actress and radio host Crystal Kay. Kay was born in 1986 in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan to a Korean-Japanese mother who was a professional singer and an African-American father who was stationed in Japan for the US Navy. Through attending various shows with her parents, she was able to meet singers such as Diana Ross and Bobby Brown. After singing in TV commercials at age 4 and making her first professional debut, at 12 years old, she created “Eternal Memories”, [...]
Depression and Multiracial Adolescents
Multiracial Adolescents More Prone to Major Depression, Receive Treatment Less Frequently October 9, 2023 Chelsie Derman Only roughly 21% of adolescents with mental health issues receive outpatient treatment, according to a new study. A new study reveals multiracial adolescents have a higher rate of major depressive disorder (MDD)—or at least they did during the COVID-19 lockdown, according to data analyzed from 2021. The new study also found adolescents who were Asian, Black, Latinx, and/or multiracial r received fewer treatment compared to their White adolescent peers.1 The study, led by Michael Flores, PhD, MPH, of [...]
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Conan Lee Gray is an American singer and songwriter. Born in Lemon Grove, California on December 5, 1998, to a father of Irish ancestry and a Japanese mother. Gray was raised in Georgetown, Texas. In 2018, Gray signed a record deal with Republic Records, which released his debut EP, Sunset Season. With the viral success of "Maniac" and "Heather", Gray’s studio album Kid Krowdebuted at number five on the U.S. Billboard 200, making it the biggest U.S. artist debut of the year. His second studio album, Superache, debuted in the [...]
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Happy Friday everyone! I’m AJ Rempel and I’m highlighting the singer Laufey Lin Jónsdóttir! Laufey is an artist who sings a mix of jazz-pop and bedroom pop. On April 23, 1999, Laufey was born in Reykjavík, Iceland to a Chinese mother and an Icelandic father. Her mother was a classical violinist and her grandfather, Lin Yaoji, was a violin teacher. Her mother and her grandfather were both inspirations for her love of music. Laufey has been involved with music since she was very young, she started to learn the piano [...]
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Welcome to this week's Famous Friday! This week we are highlighting Malika Andrews who is an American sports reporter and journalist. She is the host of NBA Today and joined ESPN in October 2018 as an online NBA writer. Later on she debuted as ESPNs youngest sideline reporter for a broadcast during the 2020 NBA bubble. She was named one of Forbes 30 under 30 in the sports industry for 2021. Andrews was born in Oakland California to her father, Mike, who is of African American descent and a personal [...]
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Happy Friday! Today’s Famous Friday highlights the professional basketball player Blake Griffin! Blake Griffin is an NBA player currently playing for the Boston Celtics. Griffin was born on March 16, 1989, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. His father is African-American, while his mother is of Caucasian and Native American descent, providing him with the unique experiences of those in the Multiracial community. His father was a fabled player and coach, developing a love for basketball in his two sons at a young age. Blake pursued this passion fervently, playing collegiate basketball [...]