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PHOTOS: Bridging the Gap Poetry Showcase Recap
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On April 4, 2012, BHS hosted a poetry showcase featuring Nichole Acosta, Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai, Adrienne Lyric, and Tara Betts. Organized by Nichole Acosta, poets from Bridging the Gap used their voices, words, history, and music to discuss mixed heritage, racial identity, and gender issues.

On Containing Multitudes
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via Rookie: young women growing up biracial
PHOTOS: Our Children Will Be President
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What does this 1967 movie have to do with President Obama?
Asian-American Interracial Marriage Rates Bucking Trend
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"For Asian-American Couples, A Tie that Binds"
Map of Surnames in US
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Check out this map of common last names in the United States via National Geographic.

Measuring the US Melting Pot
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An interactive map showing the distribution of certain ethnic heritages around the US.
Racial Colonies
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A 1920 map of Brooklyn showing where various ethnic groups were living.
The Rise of Intermarriage
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The Pew Research Center released new data on The Rise of Intermarriage: Rates, Characteristics Vary by Race and Gender.
PHOTOS: Talking about Race, Assumptions, & Vin Diesel
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Photos from BHS's screening & discussion of Vin Diesel's short film Multi-Facial
More Culture than Color
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Check out the latest article in The New York Times' Race Remixed series:

"For Many Latinos, Racial Identity Is More Culture than Color"

 

PHOTOS: Kip Fulbeck presents The Hapa Project
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Artist Kip Fulbeck engaged a lively audience in talking about his Hapa Project and other works.
PHOTOS: Jungle Fever discussion at BAM
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Photographs of the post-screening discussion of Spike Lee's Jungle Fever.
PHOTOS: Talking about the Crown Heights Riot
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Photographs of a discussion about how we remember the Crown Heights Riot of August 1991.
Season Two of acclaimed web series Black Folk Don't
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"Sometimes you substitute 'black' for 'lower class' and they're not the same." - from Black Folk Don't

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