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About Project RACE

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Project RACE is a non-profit NATIONAL organization advocating for multiracial individuals. We advocate for “multiracial” or “check two or more” classifications on forms. We hold schools, business, the media and other institutions responsible for treating multiracial people fairly, especially children. We do this by speaking directly with them, providing materials, writing opinion pieces, sharing experiences, etc. We are proactive. We also provide information on medical issues and hold bone marrow donor drives. We have very active divisions: Teens, Kids, and Grandparents, which hold Multiracial Heritage Week every year from June [...]

Did you Know?

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Project RACE is an approved charity for donations from Amazon through the AmazonSmile program. Please remember this whenever you buy anything on Amazon. It does not cost you anything—a small percentage of your purchase goes to support Project RACE. Sign up at smile.amazon.com on Amazon to get started and designate Project RACE as your charity. Then when you buy from Amazon, just log on through amazonsmile.com. Your Amazon donations and any other donations to Project RACE will be used for operating expenses to keep our organization running and bringing the [...]

Are You in an Interracial Family?

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Project RACE is very pleased to announce that we have been asked to participate in a photographic project by the amazing photographer Ben Baker! He has photographed the Obamas, many other Presidents, entertainers, politicians, and other famous people. He is looking for interracial families to photograph in New York this weekend or next. This could be any combination of backgrounds: black/white, Asian/black, Hispanic/white, African American/American Indian, etc. Please email me at susangraham@projectrace.com if you are interested. Let’s help Ben make this a huge success!

Important Update

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Project RACE Update August, 2018 Census Undercount of the Multiracial Population – IMPORTANT! The US Census Bureau does not want multiracial or biracial people to be counted as multiracial. Numerous organizations both non-profit and governmental do not want the multiracial population counted as two or more races. They want to count us, but as single-race individuals. Outreach programs have been started that systematically omit the multiracial community. This will continue until the 2020 Census. Every community has been asked to be a part of the efforts to count their population [...]

It’s a Royal Famous Friday!

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Famous Friday: HRH Meghan Duchess of Sussex There was clearly no other choice for this week’s Famous Friday. The whole world is talking about HRH Meghan, Duchess of Sussex! Her wedding! Her dress! Her carriage ride… and her race. The last time we featured multiracial actress Meghan Markle on Famous Friday was in November of 2016 and at that time former PRT Co-President Lexi Brock wrote about Meghan’s “rumored romance” with Prince Harry. Well what do you know… the rumors were true! Fast forward a year and a half and [...]

It’s Famous Friday!

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Famous Friday: Karson Baldwin My awesome co-president was so sweet to use last week’s Famous Friday post to write about me! Well, guess what? It’s my turn to write the blog and I bet you can guess who I’ve decided to write about! Three years ago, I joined Project RACE’s youth leadership team of high achieving, hard working teens who were passionate about multiracial advocacy. The youngest and the one with the longest history with Project RACE was Karson Baldwin! Karson was only 13 then, but he’d been working with [...]

A Great Famous Friday!

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Famous Friday: Makensie McDaniel Each week our Project RACE youth leadership team features a multiracial person of interest here on our blog. Typically those featured are a celebrity, someone renowned in their field, and someone we consider to be a good role model for the multiracial community. This week, I chose for the first time to write about someone within our organization who fits that description, my awesome Co-President of Project RACE Teens, Makensie Shay McDaniel. A lot of people know Makensie as a beauty queen. She was named Miss [...]

IMPORTANT! Project RACE Update

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PROJECT RACE UPDATE – April, 2018 I have been asked some questions about Project RACE recently, so an update is in order. I have chosen to do this in a question and answer format. Please feel free to send your comments to me at SusanGraham@projectrace.com Why doesn’t Project RACE use the terms “mixed” or “mulatto”? The term “mulatto” is outdated and offensive; the literal meaning is small mule. We don't like to use "mixed" because it is the opposite of "pure," and we don't want to go [...]

Happy Holidays!

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Real American: A Memoir BOOK REVIEW

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Book Review by Susan Graham Real American: A Memoir I read a review of Real American: A Memoir by Julie Lythcott-Haims in The New York Times yesterday. It said Julie Lythcott-Haims’ new memoir is about growing up biracial. It’s not. It’s about growing up black. If you want to get really angry, read this book. In fact, it should be required reading for anyone even thinking about being in an interracial relationship and especially parents of multiracial children. In so many ways, it’s a primer on what not to do. [...]