Category: Identity Politics
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“By Law, By Love: A Documentary about Race, Family and Identity” by Angel Hogan
Hello Meltingpot Readers, If you’ve been listening to Season 2 of the MAMP podcast, then you know that the Meltingpot is a media partner for a Philadelphia-based organization called the 5 Shorts Project. The 5 Shorts Project helps aspiring filmmakers create their first short film, from concept to finished product and then gets those films…
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Why We Can’t Wait to Talk About Colorism
Hello Meltingpot Readers, Can we talk about colorism? What I mean is, are we allowed to talk freely, out in the open, about colorism? It’s always been deemed a taboo topic, something we don’t speak about in polite company. So, has that changed in the last few years? Has something shifted in the cultural zeitgeist…
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My American Meltingpot Live! This Friday March 8
Hello Meltingpot Readers, If any of you are in the Philadelphia area and would like to participate in a live meltingpot experience this Friday, please consider coming to my first in-person event. I will be a guest of New Season Books and Media at their pop-up HeArt Space experience in Landsdowne, PA, talking about my…
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“Bao” Film Nominated for 2019 Oscar
Hello, Meltingpot readers. Remember last summer, I wrote a long post about the short film, Bao, a Pixar short that premiered with The Incredibles II? The film is about a dumpling that comes to life and is reared by a lonely Chinese woman. The eight-minute masterpiece covers a lot of different issues (which I discuss…
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MAMP Podcast Ep #4: Revisiting the One-Drop Rule
On episode #4 of the MAMP podcast, we’re revisiting the one-drop rule with two women who both believed they were white, until they discovered by accident, that they weren’t. My guests are Gail Lukasik and Shannon Wink. Gail is the author of the new book, White Like Her: My Family’s Story of Race and Racial…
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It’s Not Too Late to Recognize Native American Heritage Month
Hello Meltingpot Readers, Today is November 21, and I’m just getting around to mentioning that November is Native American Heritage Month. I am deeply ashamed. Here I am claiming to be a diversity diva, calling myself Ms. Meltingpot, but I forgot that November is Native American Heritage month. This is a particularly appalling lapse in…
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Racing Toward Race Forward
Hello Meltingpot Readers, If somebody wanted to create the perfect conference for Ms. Meltingpot to attend, it would have to be a conference where the unifying theme was race. The attendees and speakers would be activists, journalists, artists and academics. And the goal of the conference would be to find a way to dismantle racism…
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Five Racist Halloween Costumes to Always Avoid
Hello Meltingpot Readers, Halloween is just around the corner, so I thought I should take this opportunity to remind parents that there are some costumes that should be avoided because they could be considered racist. Now, I know, dear readers, that most of you would never dream of putting your child into a racist Halloween…
