Author Zoe Wicomb gave this rare interview to David Robinson of the Scotsman and gives us a glimpse of life as a mixed-race person under apartheid. Zoe Wicomb, South Africa-born but living in Glasgow for the last 11 years, is a writer of rare brilliance. On the cover of her latest book, Nobel laureate Toni [...]
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The Explosion In Mixed Race Studies
A new generation of academics is pushing the boundaries of ethnic studies, compelling people to look beyond the traditional minority groups, to the experiences of mixed race individuals in America.By Erica Schlaikjer. April 2003 Just five years ago, you would have been hard-pressed to find a college course that addressed mixed race issues. But ever [...]
Mixed Race Ethnicity
‘I won’t victimise myself…it’s just part of growing up.’ US singer Amerie recently spoke to Sixshot.com about her mixed racial background. Amerie was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts to an African-American father and a Korean mother. Her father was in the United States military and this enabled Amerie to travel to and live in many different [...]
Modern Identity Is Not All Black Or White
Where Harlesden had been black, Oxford was white. I went from being the only white kid on the team to the only black kid on the team. Are you black, brother? Growing up, I just was. My mum was white and my dad was brown. My mum’s relatives lived here, and the old ones had [...]
Race Ebonics – Different names, the same people!
All around the world, proud individuals of mixed ancestry, heritage, religion and heritage define and identify themselves that are particular to their country and culture. Some of the words are offensive but they do not in any way reflect the ideas, aims and principles of the Beyond Identity family. We are people because of other [...]
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Multi-racial Britain
Martin Luther King aspired to a society where a man’s character was more important than the colour of his skin. Diane Abbott asks whether a a truly multi-racial society ever be achieved in modern day society. The myth of a pure society As a woman of African descent, I have got used to the surprise [...]
Mixed-race Britons to become biggest minority
MIXED-RACE Britons are poised to overtake Indians to become the country’s largest ethnic minority within 25 years, the government’s new rights watchdog has forecast. Trevor Phillips, chairman of the Commission for Equality and Human Rights, said the mixed-race group was seeing an ‘astonishing rise’ and would reach 1.24m by 2020. But while cross-racial marriages are [...]
Mixed race, mixed feelings
Do people of mixed race feel caught between two stools or are they nestling in the best of both worlds? As delegates from more than 150 countries gather at the World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance in Durban, South Africa, Outlook examines inter-racial relationships. Britain currently has one of the highest [...]
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Poor little mixed-race girls
Personally speaking, being re-branded from half-caste to mixed race came as welcome relief. Yet, try as we might to change our image, we tragic ‘mulatresses’ remain as doggedly woeful as the salivating madwoman in Mr Rochester’s attic. Confused, miserable and in perpetual limbo, we are now apparently abundant in the world of celebrity.There is the [...]
The Hidden race: Colour blind
Tiger Woods opened America’s eyes to the inaccuracy of seeing ethnic identity in terms of black and white. In Britain, the debate has not begun – but, in a series of exclusive interviews, Observer Sport reveals a surprising depth of feeling. When Tiger Woods went on Oprah to declare himself mixed race, not black, it [...]