Category: Identity Politics
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“Made in Mexico” Shatters Stereotypes but Puts Them Back Together Again
Hello Meltingpot Readers, Netflix has debuted a new original reality series called, Made in Mexico. The show follows the lives of a handful of Mexico’s young, wealthy, elite as they live their “passionate,” “dramatic” lives in Mexico city. Based on the trailer, the show looks like Real Housewives of Mexico City, but in Spanish…and with…
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Colorism Chronicles: Four Kids: 2 Dark, 2 Light
Hello Meltingpot Readers, It’s time for another installment of the colorism chronicles. This is my video series that was created as a companion piece for my book, Same Family, Different Colors:Confronting Colorism in America’s Diverse Families. Each video features a profile subject and their experience growing up in a family where everyone was the same…
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The Colorism Chronicles: Daddy’s Black, but his Son Looks White
Hello Meltingpot Readers, In today’s episode of The Colorism Chronicles, you’ll meet Sidney Gantt, a stand-up comedian with a very “colorful” family. Sidney is Black, his wife is white and their three children fall somewhere in between. I actually convinced Sidney to participate in my Same Family, Different Colors video series after stalking him in…
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The Colorism Chronicles Episode #2: Anthony Dickey on the True “Color of Beauty”
Hello Meltingpot Readers, It’s time for this week’s installment of The Colorism Chronicles, my video project on colorism and skin color politics in the American family. In today’s episode, you’ll meet world-famous hairstylist, salon owner and founder of Hair Rules hair products, Anthony Dickey. Dickey, as he’s known, was kind enough to share his memories…
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The Colorism Chronicles: When Mommy is White But Her Kids are Brown
Hello Meltingpot Readers, The summer after my book Same Family, Different Colors: Confronting Colorism in America’s Diverse Families was released, I decided to create an accompanying video series to further explore what life was like in nuclear families where skin color variations and colorism were part of the family dynamic. Because conversations around color are…
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A Biracial Boy Yearns to be Ashy: More About Lotion and Identity Politics
Hello Meltingpot Readers, Just last month I wrote a post about a theory I was forming connecting lotion use in white people with their “wokeness.” After hearing from a wide selection of white people and discussing it with some lotion “experts,” I realized that my theory was a bit off. Lotion use does not seem…
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Loving Someone with Melanin Doesn’t Make You Woke & White
Hello Meltingpot Readers, I’m introducing another new feature here on The Meltingpot, called “Woke & White Wednesdays.” These will be posts, on Wednesdays obviously, where I celebrate white people who are “woke” – where woke means that they understand, respect and advocate for people of color and other marginalized groups. Because this is my blog…
