Muhammad Ali was an amazing man. A world champion fighter, a civil rights activist, and a hero to many people. When he passed away this summer it was a great loss to the world. My mom worked for Muhammad for a number of years and was lucky to consider him a special friend. Below you can see pictures of some of the fun times they shared. But as much as my mom and people around the world will miss The Greatest, there are, of course, few people who will miss [...]
Many people believe that interracial families and multiracial people are a relatively new thing. But, while our numbers are growing really quickly these days, mixed-race families are definitely nothing new. There is tons of historical evidence that families like mine have been around for many centuries, long before the United States was even founded. Throughout Europe, African migration (some through slavery and some by choice) resulted in the birth of a multitude of multiracial people . This week's Famous Friday is one of those prominent multiracial people from the 1500s! Alessandro de’ Medici was believed to be the child of [...]
Today's Famous Friday features two really young, but really popular multiracial kids. North and Saint West. They are the son and daughter of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West. Their daughter, North West, is only 3 years old. Their son, Saint West, is not even a year old yet! At such a young age, these tiny tots have already made some pretty awesome memories. North celebrated one of her birthdays with a 'Kidchella' party, which was a spinoff of the popular music festival Coachella. It [...]
As the world tunes into The 2016 Olympic Games, Project RACE wants to highlight all of the multiracial athletes who are competing. For this week’s Famous Friday we will be taking a closer look at the fabulous Jessica Ennis-Hill. Jessica was born on January 28th, 1986, and she is of Jamaican and Caucasian ancestry. She is a British Track and Field athlete. At 29 year’s old she is a World and Olympic heptathlon champion!! In case you were wondering, a heptathlon is a track and field competition that consists of 7 [...]
Ellen Pompeo is an American actress and producer. Pompeo married Chris Ivey in November 2007 after years of dating. Chris is a music producer and he and Ellen met in a grocery store in Los Angeles before she was “Meredith Grey”. They welcomed their first child Stella in Sept of 2009. In Sept of 2014 the couple had their second child named Sienna with help from a surrogate mother. Pompeo recently was quoted in People Magazine “my daughters are black so it’s very important to me that they see a [...]
Coffey Anderson is a popular country and contemporary Christian singer. Since I do not usually listen to country music, except unwillingly when my sister Kendall is home, it is not a surprise that I had not heard of Coffey until recently. I have always found most country music a little silly, but the reason this country singer came to my attention is not silly at all. With the recent officer-involved shootings of people of color, Coffey made a video giving advice on exactly how to behave if you are stopped by police to increase [...]
Maria dela Soledad Teresa O’Brien Soledad O’Brien is a forty- nine year old anchor of CNN in America and author of Latino in America. O’Brien’s parents were both immigrants. Her mother was from Cuba and her father was from Australia. Her father was three quarters Irish and one quarter Scottish descent. Her mother a Cuban from Havana was Afro-Cuban. O’Brien was the fifth of six children to graduate from Harvard University. O’Brien currently lives with her husband and four children in Manhattan. O’Brien sees herself as a multiracial, first generation [...]
Vanessa Amy Hudgens Vanessa is a twenty- seven year old American actress and singer. She was born in Salinas, California and raised by her multiracial parents. Vanessa’s multiracial family is made up of her Irish and Native American father, her Filipino and Chinese mother, and her younger sister Stella, who is also an actress.Vanessa was home schooled since the seventh grade, she has stated she always dreamed of being prom queen because she missed out on the high school experience. Interestingly, even though she did not go to high school [...]
Since this week is Multiracial Heritage Week, I wanted to switch Famous Friday up just a bit. Instead of celebrating just one awesome multiracial individual, for the rest of this week I encourage you to celebrate all multiracial people. Celebrate who you are. Celebrate the diverse cultures that you embody. Celebrate how far we as a group of people have came. Celebrate everything that makes you awesome. The great part is the celebration doesn't have to end this week! Go to projectrace.com to get involved.