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Tag: Storytelling

Making Space to Talk About Race
Exhibit

Oral history allows for multiplicity: for the varied, nuanced, and complicated stories of identity and experience to be told, instead of flattened to static racial categories.

Cross-Cultural Fusion in the Art of Japanese Tattooing
Exhibit
While adaptation may destroy or change certain aspects of a traditional art form, fusion is also a natural progression that promotes growth and strengthens traditions for a new generation, ensuring its survival.
Mixed Mondays Film Series - Toasted Marshmallows
Article
Part 3 of Mixed Mondays film series is the first U.S preview of Toasted Marshmallows' documentary about mixed-race women in North America
Thoughts on "Racial-Type Photography"
Article
Is modern race-photography celebrating the dismantling of race or...?
Zines from the Borderlands: Storytelling about Mixed-Heritage
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Come talk about race, gender, sexuality and media with four zinesters, activists and media-makers.
10 Children's Books Exploring Mixed Heritage
Article
Recommendations from GrowingUpBlackxican.com
PHOTOS: Science Fiction & Multiraciality event
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From Octavia Butler to Harry Potter to new visionary fiction
Suzanne Lacy's Stoop Talk: Gender, Labor, and Gentrification
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Report back from Between the Door and the Street
Between the Door and the Street
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A public performance about gender politics, labor, and women's rights in Brooklyn; initiated by Suzanne Lacy with Creative Time and Brooklyn Museum
Science Fiction and Multiraciality: From Octavia Butler to Harry Potter
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Join us for an interactive presentation and dialogue about mixed-race identity and the role of science fiction in creating racial justice.
3rd Annual: What Are You? - A Discussion about Mixed Heritage
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Let's talk about race, ethnicity, and identity as it relates to art, filmmaking, and media. Join us for a panel discussion and interactive conversation!
"We Are Not Travyon Martin" Tumblr Examines White Privilege
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New Tumblr explores the politics of solidarity.
Reflections on Critical Mixed Race Studies conference
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Rita Kamani-Renedo reports back from Chicago