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Microaggressions

On racial, ethnic, & gender slights & insults via The New York Times

The Heathen School

A new book about a 19th c. mission school & interracial marriages via NPR

"What Are You?" Is Not an Icebreaker

PSA by Singer/Songwriter Andromeda Turre via Huffington Post

1870's Interracial Couples

African-American / Irish couples in 1870s NYC via The New York Times

10 Children's Books Exploring Mixed Heritage

Recommendations from GrowingUpBlackxican.com

Who Coined the Term "Miscegenation"?

via Brooklyn Historical Society

Afro Latinos' Mixed Identity

via NBC News

PHOTOS: Science Fiction & Multiraciality event

From Octavia Butler to Harry Potter to new visionary fiction

PHOTOS: Muslim And...? Portraits of American Muslims

Photos and report back from Muslim And...? event

Navigating Mixed Families

From race to income to religion and more - via WNYC

Tri-Racial American

Being Mixed in Today's America via Diverse Issues in Higher Education

Photographic portraits of mixed families by Yael Ben-Zion

One Drop - Many Views

Shifting the Lens on Race - via NYTimes.com LENS

Passing for White and Straight

How my looks hide my identity via Salon.com

PHOTOS: 3rd Annual What Are You?

A discussion about mixed heritage

Richard Cohen & the Gag Reflex

Washington Post political opinion writer's remarks on NYC Mayor-elect Bill De Blasio's family

We're All Mixed Up

A Tumblr for mixed people of color challenging the monoracial lens

Chinese Cubans: Transnational History

A new book by Kathleen López

Interfaith LGBTQ Couples

Marriage equality achieved, now the challenge is finding support for interfaith ceremonies (via The New York Times)

Coming Out as Biracial

Stephanie Georgopulos on her mixed experience, via Medium

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