Category: Experiences

Video: Who is Black in America (Full Show, No Commercials)

Compelling documentary produced by CNN. If you didn’t catch it on TV, you won’t want to miss this!

Enjoy!

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Link Feature: 100 Percent Mixed Video Series

Today we’re featuring one of our great links!

Enjoy YouTube video series, 100 Percent Mixed, where people around the world share their experiences of growing up mixed.

Enjoy!

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Here’s  a sample:

Poem: I Am Invisible

I Am Invisible
~by Haley Thurman

I am invisible

I hate to be invisible

I am invisible

Do you think I am invisible?

I think you think I am invisible

You can’t see me

You can’t see Haley

I am a girl

I am biracial and half white

Is it the white in me you don’t like?

Is it my black that’s invisible to you?

I have brown hair and brown eyes

My lips are red

My shirt is yellow

But you don’t see me because I am invisible

Or are you blind?

This was originally on Oprah in November, 1999. Below is the video and interesting segment of being biracial in America (includes singer, Mariah Carey). Maybe we can get an update on Oprah’s #wherearetheynow.  I find it sad that there are still such negative comments written today…your thoughts?

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Video: Through Their Eyes – Pt. 8 Final Interview NKU on Race Relations

Through Their Eyes – A Documentary From the Perspective of NKU College Students (8 part series)

I found this series very interesting and valuable. NKU college takes four groups of students and separates them by ethnicity and interviews them on campus to discuss their views on racial issues. The interviews were conducted by the Interracial Communications class. The 8 part series includes: Stereotypes, Racism Growing Up, Dating & Marriage, Uncomfortable Talking About Race, Diversified Race Organizations, Socializing with Other Groups, Race & Racism on Campus and Final Interview (students see and reflect on how other groups respond).

Your thoughts?

Video: Through Their Eyes – Pt. 7 Race and Racism on Campus

Through Their Eyes – A Documentary From the Perspective of NKU College Students (8 part series)

I found this series very interesting and valuable. NKU college takes four groups of students and separates them by ethnicity and interviews them on campus to discuss their views on racial issues. The interviews were conducted by the Interracial Communications class. The 8 part series includes: Stereotypes, Racism Growing Up, Dating & Marriage, Uncomfortable Talking About Race, Diversified Race Organizations, Socializing with Other Groups, Race & Racism on Campus and Final Interview (students see and reflect on how other groups respond).

Your thoughts?

Video: Through Their Eyes – Pt. 6 Socializing with Other Racial Groups

Through Their Eyes – A Documentary From the Perspective of NKU College Students (8 part series)

I found this series very interesting and valuable. NKU college takes four groups of students and separates them by ethnicity and interviews them on campus to discuss their views on racial issues. The interviews were conducted by the Interracial Communications class. The 8 part series includes: Stereotypes, Racism Growing Up, Dating & Marriage, Uncomfortable Talking About Race, Diversified Race Organizations, Socializing with Other Groups, Race & Racism on Campus and Final Interview (students see and reflect on how other groups respond).

Your thoughts?

Video: Through Their Eyes – Pt. 5 Diversified Race Organizations

Through Their Eyes – A Documentary From the Perspective of NKU College Students (8 part series)

I found this series very interesting and valuable. NKU college takes four groups of students and separates them by ethnicity and interviews them on campus to discuss their views on racial issues. The interviews were conducted by the Interracial Communications class. The 8 part series includes: Stereotypes, Racism Growing Up, Dating & Marriage, Uncomfortable Talking About Race, Diversified Race Organizations, Socializing with Other Groups, Race & Racism on Campus and Final Interview (students see and reflect on how other groups respond).

Your thoughts?

Video: Through Their Eyes – Pt. 4 Uncomfortable Talking About Race

Through Their Eyes – A Documentary From the Perspective of NKU College Students (8 part series)

I found this series very interesting and valuable. NKU college takes four groups of students and separates them by ethnicity and interviews them on campus to discuss their views on racial issues. The interviews were conducted by the Interracial Communications class. The 8 part series includes: Stereotypes, Racism Growing Up, Dating & Marriage, Uncomfortable Talking About Race, Diversified Race Organizations, Socializing with Other Groups, Race & Racism on Campus and Final Interview (students see and reflect on how other groups respond).

Your thoughts?

Video: Through Their Eyes – Pt. 3 Dating and Marriage

Through Their Eyes – A Documentary From the Perspective of NKU College Students (8 part series)

I found this series very interesting and valuable. NKU college takes four groups of students and separates them by ethnicity and interviews them on campus to discuss their views on racial issues. The interviews were conducted by the Interracial Communications class. The 8 part series includes: Stereotypes, Racism Growing Up, Dating & Marriage, Uncomfortable Talking About Race, Diversified Race Organizations, Socializing with Other Groups, Race & Racism on Campus and Final Interview (students see and reflect on how other groups respond).

Your thoughts?

Video: Through Their Eyes – Pt. 2 Racism Growing Up

Through Their Eyes – A Documentary From the Perspective of NKU College Students (8 part series)

I found this series very interesting and valuable. NKU college takes four groups of students and separates them by ethnicity and interviews them on campus to discuss their views on racial issues. The interviews were conducted by the Interracial Communications class. The 8 part series includes: Stereotypes, Racism Growing Up, Dating & Marriage, Uncomfortable Talking About Race, Diversified Race Organizations, Socializing with Other Groups, Race & Racism on Campus and Final Interview (students see and reflect on how other groups respond). 

Your thoughts?

Video: Through Their Eyes – Pt. 1 Stereotypes

Through Their Eyes – A Documentary From the Perspective of NKU College Students (8 part series)

I found this series very interesting and valuable. NKU college takes four groups of students and separates them by ethnicity and interviews them on campus to discuss their views on racial issues. The interviews were conducted by the Interracial Communications class. The 8 part series includes: Stereotypes, Racism Growing Up, Dating & Marriage, Uncomfortable Talking About Race, Diversified Race Organizations, Socializing with Other Groups, Race & Racism on Campus and Final Interview (students see and reflect on how other groups respond). 

Your thoughts?

Talking to Children About Race

At what age should you start talking to your children about race?

Birgitte Vittrup of the Children’s Research Lab at the University of Texas tried to answer that question in her 2006 study. A recent article in Newsweek focused on the results of her study — See Baby Discriminate. Kids as young as 6 months judge other based on skin color. What’s a parent to do? [btw, I hated the title of the article–it begged for a small readership].

While the study was extensive, and I didn’t agree with much of it, it showed that the majority of [white] families simply could not bring themselves to discuss race with their 5-7 year olds. “We don’t want to have these conversations with our child. We don’t want to point out skin color.” 

According to Vittrup, hardly any of these white parents had ever talked to their children directly about race. They might have asserted vague principles—like “Everybody’s equal” or “God made all of us” or “Under the skin, we’re all the same”—but they’d almost never called attention to racial differences. They wanted their children to grow up “colorblind”.

The article also mentioned that in homes of people of color, race is discussed much more openly. I can attest to that in our home. I know from a very early age, we have been careful that our children don’t buy what the media sells (i.e. beauty = blond hair + blue eyes + white skin). It is very much apart of our lives on a daily basis. I personally think efforts are misguided if children are raised to be “colorblind”. Color is the very first thing people see and our society and history dictate the inability to be such.  

I’m curious to hear what other families have to say, how do you talk to your children about race? at what age do you begin?