Black Authors Statistics – WordsRated — Read on wordsrated.com/black-authors-statistics/ Being a Black male writer is more than a hurdle, it’s a mountain that I’m ready to climb.
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Mixed Racial Heritage Archives •
Mixed Racial Heritage Archives • — Read on http://www.blackpast.org/tag/native-american-ancestry/ Stumbled across this very exhaustive list of interesting mixed race people throughout history.
Part 2 New Connections
Well, they say there is nothing like being on the ground to understand another country and all it has to offer. During my short visit to Kenya, all of my preconceptions were dismantled, and in their place, I found new friends and a beginning of an understanding of the terrain of a foreign land. ThisContinue reading “Part 2 New Connections “
No Connection
One Mixed Race Man’s to Africa from America I am traveling to Africa, specifically Kenya, for the first time at the age of 46. As a Black American rustling with the history of slavery, current relations of Africans with their United States counterparts, nature, and tourism, I have many questions about this visit. When firstContinue reading “No Connection”
“I’m Glad To Be A Latina … Even Though I Don’t Look Like It”: UFC Highlights Ronda Rousey During Hispanic Heritage Month, But Isn’t She Black? – The Shadow League
“I’m Glad To Be A Latina … Even Though I Don’t Look Like It”: UFC Highlights Ronda Rousey During Hispanic Heritage Month, But Isn’t She Black? – The Shadow League — Read on theshadowleague.com/im-glad-to-be-a-latina-even-though-i-dont-look-like-it-ufc-highlights-ronda-rousey-during-hispanic-heritage-month-but-isnt-she-black/
We need a new language for talking about mixed-race identities | Letters | The Guardian
Letters: Jenanne Fletcher, George Harrison, David Douglas James Chan and Richard Milner on the lack of appropriate terms to describe people’s varied backgrounds and cultures — Read on http://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/01/we-need-a-new-language-for-talking-about-mixed-race-identities Great piece on identity and the core idea behind my first novel.
‘The Mixed-Race Experience’s Naomi & Natalie Evans On Texturism, Beauty, & Belonging
The sisters and founders of @everydayracism reflect on how the internet changed the relationship they have with their hair for the better. — Read on http://www.bustle.com/style/the-mixed-race-experience-naomi-natalie-evans-interview-texturism-beauty-belonging
Working Inside The Box
Reflecting on my 20 years in the wine industry is bitter-sweet
Breaking Out of The Glass Box
All one has to do is look at the Board of Directors for any distributor, wine region, or other wine-related organization to see that these boards are not inclusive. Leadership is not given away quickly, and if the position is not directly related to selling wine, you will be hard-pressed to find an inclusive atmosphere. Equally, the largest Black-owned wineries have less than stellar records regarding personnel in positions that are unrelated to the face of the company or came from nepotism. Most of the established Black-owned wineries are with large distributors with little BIPOC throughout their organizations. Many brands that enjoy the most significant revenues from the BIPOC community have little outreach to support them these communities in their time of need; some of these brands have even expressed displeasure with Black people drinking their wines in the past.
Passing is not just a ‘Black Thing’
http://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRUyJp8t/ In search of diversity and representation in the media we consume it may have seemed like we are battling from a non existent pass but Hollywood has always had diversification, but did it just keep it hidden? What roles do the actors themselves have in representing diversification? Why does diversification even matter? As aContinue reading “Passing is not just a ‘Black Thing’”