Here is the transcript from our TweetChat on Friday, August 26, 2011: Interracial Relationships and “Dating While Mixed.” If you didn’t get to participate and want to weigh in on this topic now, please leave a comment below and share your thoughts!
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#SwirlChat Transcript – Interracial Relationships and “Dating While Mixed”
Posted in #swirlchat, Community, Dialogue, Identity, Mixed, opinion, Race, Transcript, tagged dialogue, identity, mixed, tweetchat on September 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Introducing SwirlStarkville!
Posted in Activism, Community, Identity, Mixed, Swirl, tagged activism, chapter, identity, mixed, organizing, Swirl on August 24, 2011 | 4 Comments »
The Swirl team is happy to welcome its newest chapter on board – SwirlStarkville (in Mississippi)! And at its helm, Sheena Gardner (pictured at left).
The establishment of SwirlStarkville comes at a time when an increasing number of individuals are identifying as multiracial in a state which traditionally sees race in black and white. Because the chapter is located in a college town, the organization will focus primarily on serving the student population. (more…)
#SwirlChat Transcript – How do you respond to the “What are you?” question?
Posted in #swirlchat, Dialogue, Identity, Mixed, opinion, Race, Transcript, tagged dialogue, identity, mixed, tweetchat on August 16, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Here is the transcript from our TweetChat on Friday, August 12, 2011: How do you respond to the “What are you” question?
If you didn’t get to participate and want to weigh in on this topic now, please leave a comment and share your thoughts! (more…)
The Painted Man in: Hair Club (for Boys)
Posted in Family, Identity, Mixed, Race, tagged children, mixed, parenting, race on July 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Originally published at Color Magazine
Desmond Williams is a freelance writer and JUNO magazine columnist. He lives in Brooklyn, NY, is half of a mixed-race couple and father to a rambunctious, comedic, and inquisitive six-year-old (all great fodder for parenting articles). His writing, with its injected wit and humor, tends to add a light touch to the general gravity of parenting. Desmond is currently working on a graphic novel for mixed-race parents titled ‘The Painted Man’.
The Painted Man in: Marriage Rules
Posted in Family, Identity, Mixed, Race, Uncategorized, tagged children, mixed, parenting, race on June 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Originally published at Color Magazine
Desmond Williams is a freelance writer and JUNO magazine columnist. He lives in Brooklyn, NY, is half of a mixed-race couple and father to a rambunctious, comedic, and inquisitive six-year-old (all great fodder for parenting articles). His writing, with its injected wit and humor, tends to add a light touch to the general gravity of parenting. Desmond is currently working on a graphic novel for mixed-race parents titled ‘The Painted Man’.
Just Cause I’m Mixed
Posted in Identity, Mixed, Poetry, Race, Reflection, tagged identity, mixed, multiracial, poem on June 13, 2011 |
by Afro DZ ak
Just Cause I’m Mixed, that don’t mean that I’m mixed up
Inherently confused or I need to be fixed up
Just Cause I’m Mixed, that don’t mean I’m a mule
So don’t call me ‘mulatto,’ thinkin it’s cool
Just Cause I’m Mixed, that don’t mean I’m adopted
Yes, she’s white, and yes, she’s my biological mama
But whether or not I was adopted, you ain’t got the right
To stare or make comments cause my mother is white (more…)
The Painted Man #2 – First Day of School
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged mixed, parenting, race, thepaintedman on November 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Desmond Williams is a JUNO magazine columnist, freelance writer and dad living in Brooklyn, New York. He is currently putting the finishing touches on his book, The Painted Man: What My Young Son Taught Me About Race, a collection of coming of race memoirs that finds a dad confronted by racially charged questions posed directly by his young son and the people with whom they come into contact.
Let’s find the racist! And then let’s shame the racist!
Posted in Reflection, tagged activism, mixed, race, racism, structural racism, Swirl on October 16, 2009 | 10 Comments »
by Jen Chau, originally published at The Time Is Always Right
This is – I think – our favorite game to play when it comes to race. Locate the racist, focus on the racist, blog and tweet the crap out of that racist, and shame that racist as much as possible. The racist shouldn’t be able to carry on life as he knew it. I too hope for change in the person who took a misstep, but I think we are missing the bigger picture. We use magnifying glasses to focus on individual events rather than seeing the connections and the patterns that point to larger societal problems.
The Painted Man #1 – Parents’ Night Out
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged comicstrip, mixed, parenting, race, thepaintedman on September 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Desmond Williams is a JUNO magazine columnist, freelance writer and dad living in Brooklyn, New York. He is currently putting the finishing touches on his book, The Painted Man: What My Young Son Taught Me About Race, a collection of coming of race memoirs that finds a dad confronted by racially charged questions posed directly by his young son and the people with whom they come into contact.
