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Project News

As Black as We Wish to Be

an episode of State of the Re:Union

May 25

Mixed Heritage Storytime!

“Baby brother or sister, will you look like me?”

Apr 18

U.S. Census: Rationalizing Race

How do you describe your Race on the U.S. Census?

Mar 30

Researching Your Roots

Genealogy workshop with Wilhelmena Kelly

MLK Oral History

A previously unreleased interview from 1961-67 (via WNYC)

Thank you, Council Member Vann!

CBBG awarded Department of Youth & Community Development grant

Mar 16

Racial Realities: Writing about Race in the First Person

8-session literature and writing workshop focusing on stories that reflect experiences of race and identity

Mixed Race Britain

Readers share thoughts on being mixed race in Britain via The Guardian

A documentary-in-progress about the rise of multiracial people

Facing Race 2012

Sady Sullivan reports back from Baltimore

Reflections on Critical Mixed Race Studies conference

Rita Kamani-Renedo reports back from Chicago

Comedians Key & Peele

Talk about how biracial identity influences their comedy (via Bullseye with Jesse Thorn)

Nov 3

#CMRS2012 in Chicago

CBBG will present at the 2nd Biennial Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference - FREE and open to the public

Disney's First Latina Princess?

“Princess Sofia is a mixed-heritage princess in a fairy-tale world." via NBCLatino

Answering "What Are You?"

Photographs from a great event!

Slavery's Legacy

Healing Journey of a Daughter of Slavery and a Son of the Slave Trade

None of Your Business

on getting questions about racial background via Jezebel.com

Growth of Multiple-Race Population

2010 US Census shows the population identifying as multiple-race grew faster than single-race population

2011 American Community Survey released

Detailed social, economic, demographic, and housing data from the U.S. Census Bureau

Occupations by Color and Nationality in 1890

a 19th c. data visualization via HandsomeAtlas.com & Brooklyn Brainery

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