Tag: Identity Issues
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Colorism in the Mixed-Race Family
Hello Meltingpot Readers, When you think of colorism, what’s the first community you think of? Is it the African-American community, with their #teamlightskin #teamdarkskin hashtags? Is it the the Latinx community, considering baseball legend Sammy Sosa and hip hop star Amara La Negra keep making colorism headlines? Maybe when you think about colorism, your mind…
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The Loving Generation Explores Blackness, Whiteness and the Spaces Between
Hello Meltingpot Readers, Back in 2015, I wrote about a fascinating documentary called, Little White Lie. It was about one woman’s search for her true racial identity, after years believing she was White. That filmmaker was Lacey Schwartz and now she has directed a new digital documentary series that also explores race, biracial identity and…
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Slavery and Americana in Brazil
Hello Meltingpot Readers, It’s been a realllllly long time since I’ve posted here and I deeply apologize. I could spend a reallllly long time trying to make it up to you but who wants to hear me beg and plead for you to give me another chance to be your absolute favorite blog hangout? I’m…
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And Speaking of Books…Same Family, Different Colors is Almost Here!
Hello Meltingpot Readers, Remember way back in May 2014, when I announced that I’d gotten a new book deal and I would be writing a book about skin color politics in diverse communities? Well Ms. Meltingpot has been chugging along and things are moving so quickly, I can hardly believe it. The book is now…
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Dear Black People: An Open Letter to the Black Families on Philly’s Main Line
Dear Black People on the Main Line, No, not all the Black people. I’m sure some of you are super happy there and if you are, please feel free to completely disregard everything I’m about to say. I’m actually talking to the Friday family that was profiled in the depressing and disheartening story in the…
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#TeamLightSkin vs #TeamDarkSkin Take it to the Beach
Hello Meltingpot Readers, If you’re regulars here, then you know I’m working on a book called Same Family, Different Colors that explores colorism in the United States. I’ve been working on the book for quite a while now, and have been completely immersed in the world of colorism, so much so, I didn’t think anything…
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Passing While Black: Black Man Becomes the Indian Liberace?!
Hi Meltingpot Readers, Last week The New Republic posted this fascinating story about the famous Indian singer Korla Pandit. Known as the “Godfather of Exotica,” he had his own TV show that ran in the 1950s and had an impressive recording career as well. He was rich, married –to a White woman – and accepted…
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Author Crush #437: Mat Johnson & Loving Day
Hello Meltingpot Readers, Pardon my absence. I was in the woods of Northern Pennsylvania on a writing retreat all last week. It was absolutely exquisite and I made a lot of progress on my new book, Same Family, Different Colors. I also ate really delicious food, made great new friends and saw a big, black…
