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Famous Friday!

multiracial2017-10-06T07:09:46+00:00October 6th, 2017|

North and Saint West Celebrities Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are the parents of two multiracial children and soon to be three. Kim and Kanye married in May of 2014. North West was born in June of 2013 and their son Saint West was born two years later in December of 2015. They are now expecting their third child via surrogate. Kim began considering a surrogate after doctors told her it would be too risky for her to get pregnant again. Kim and Kanye are raising their children to be [...]

Famous Friday! Peyton Elizabeth Lee

multiracial2017-09-29T05:18:02+00:00September 29th, 2017|

Famous Friday: Peyton Elizabeth Lee 13 year old Peyton Elizabeth Lee is the star of the Disney Channel’s hit show Andi Mack, the number one TV series to date in 2017 among 6 to 14 year old girls. Peyton is the daughter of Chinese actor Andrew Tinpo Lee and Irish-Italian psychologist Jennifer Dormer Lee. Before landing this role she had danced professionally and acted in commercials. When asked about her racial identity, Peyton said, "I would say that it definitely makes me stand apart from the crowd. I wouldn’t say that [...]

Misinformation Warning

multiracial2017-09-28T09:55:41+00:00September 28th, 2017|

This was reported in #MixedRace Daily on September 28, 2017: www.attn.com - In 2015, the Pew Research Center reported an estimated 60 percent of Americans were proud to have a multiracial background. It is entirely untrue. We do not know why #MixedRace Daily continues to mislead the multiracial community. The study done in 2015 by the Pew Research Center only studied 1,555 multiracial people. They did not study all Americans and therefore, the statement is untrue. Sixty percent of Americans are not multiracial. Therefore, the statement is grossly misleading. We [...]

New People – Book Review

multiracial2017-09-02T15:07:15+00:00September 2nd, 2017|

Book Review New People by Danzy Senna New People is about a multiracial woman named Maria. These are some of the terms she uses for multiracial people: Miscellaneous People Mulatto (her favorite word, which means little mule) and Mulatta Multiracial Biracial The “N” Word Odd, twisted girls Racially nebulous Quadroon Negro Born again black people Butterscotch Mestizo Abandoner Mixed “Everything” and my least favorite, “Mutt.” She also says things like, “Being black and looking white was enough of a freak show” and “He was embracing his black identity.” Apparently, biracial [...]

Project RACE in the News!

multiracial2017-08-30T05:59:40+00:00August 30th, 2017|

http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2017-08-28/human-rights-racial-justice/could-multiracial-americans-ease-racial-tensions/a59186-1

For Your Information

multiracial2017-08-20T10:01:32+00:00August 20th, 2017|

For Your Information I have recently come under scrutiny by two members of the “mixed race” community. They verbally attacked me on social media because I do not use the term “mixed.” I prefer the term “multiracial.” That is my personal preference. I feel that everyone should use the terminology with which they are most comfortable. I was recently speaking with the mother of one of our Project RACE Teen members who told me her son used “multiracial” and “mixed” interchangeably and was that OK? I assured her [...]

Thank you!

multiracial2017-06-14T06:42:02+00:00June 14th, 2017|

Thank you to everyone who helped make Multiracial Heritage Week a success again this year! Since its inception in 2014, we have received state proclamations from Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, and Washington, DC. This year we also reached out to city mayors in addition to states. We held numerous celebrations and special events for the children throughout the United States because at Project RACE, it’s about the kids! We gave them “skin tones of the world” multicultural crayons with paper [...]

New York Times Q & A

multiracial2017-05-03T05:53:11+00:00May 3rd, 2017|

This "The Ethicist" column appeared in the Sunday New York Times. My mother is from Central America. She came to the United States for college and met my American father. I am, therefore, 50 percent Latino genetically, but I don’t identify as Latino. There were (to my regret) no Central American influences in my upbringing — no Spanish language, no Latino relatives, no foods from “the old country.” There was also no discrimination directed at me or my mother (we look “white”). Is it ethical to identify as Latino in [...]

multiracial2017-04-17T07:04:53+00:00April 17th, 2017|

Babies show racial bias at nine months, U of T study suggests Two new U of T studies suggest racial bias can develop in babies before they've even started walking. According to a U of T study, nine-month-old babies looked at their own-race faces paired with happy music for a longer period of time, as well as other-race faces paired with sad music. (SHUTTERSTOCK) Two new University of Toronto studies suggest racial bias can develop in babies at an early age — before they’ve even started walking. Led by the school’s [...]

Famous Friday: YOU!

multiracial2017-04-07T06:41:09+00:00April 7th, 2017|

Famous Friday: YOU ! This week's Famous Friday is featuring you! You will be worthy of fame in our minds if you become a partner in our advocacy and help us make this the best Multiracial Heritage Week yet. We need volunteers from every state. Please click the link below to become famous! http://www.projectrace.com/MHW