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 [...]
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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 [...]
The Coloureds of Southern Africa
The various Coloured communities in southern Africa developed out by events of the Dutch colonization of South Africa. In 1652 a small company of employees of the Dutch East India Company were settled on the southern tip of Africa in order to establish a refreshment station for the Company’s ships en route to the Far [...]
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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Multiracial Student Experience: What Faculty and Campus Leaders Need to Know
It was the first day of a sociology graduate course on race and students were going around the table introducing themselves and their areas of interest. When it was my turn, I stated my name and described my interest in the racial identity development of multiracial people and how such identities might affect our current [...]
Beyond Racial Identity
No matter where you are in the world, at some point or the other you will be accosted with an idea, a thought, a concept or a word that designate a distinction between people either based on race, color, creed, religion or belief. More often than not this serves as signpost of brewing and growing [...]
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Beyond Race: I Am Not This Body
The notion posited by the socialist wing of what became known as the multiracial movement that “mixed” individuals are nothing more than the property of their “parent groups” with each minority community still being able to soak up the numbers of its own mixed subset. As God gave us all a modicum of free-will, surely [...]