Resources

Organizations & Web Sites

American Anthropological Association: www.understandingrace.org

Association of Multi-Ethnic Americans (AMEA): www.ameasite.org

Journal of Social Issues: March 2009 Issue

Loving Day, in honor of Richard and Mildred Loving: www.lovingday.org

Mavin Foundation: www.mavinfoundation.org

Mixed Chicks Chat: www.mixedchickschat.com

Mixed Chicks Hair Care: www.mixedchicks.net

Mixed Heritage Center: www.mixedheritagecenter.org

Mixed Student Resources: www.mixedstudentresources.com

Multi-Ethnic Education Program: www.multiethniceducation.org

Swirl: www.swirlinc.org

In The News

Updated April 25, 2010

Obama checks black, and black alone

by The Associated Press/CBS News

Multiracial Americans and the Census

by Mara Schiavocampo of NBC News (Schiavocampo is also biracial. Read her bio here.)

“Multiracial No Longer Boxed In By Census”

by Haya El Nasser of USA Today

“Framing Mixed Race”

by Jennifer Modenessi of the San Jose Mercury News/Contra Costa Times

Louisiana Justice of the Peace Resigns Over Interracial Marriage Flap

by CNN.com

Elliott Lewis Shares Firsthand Multiracial Experience

by Mike James of The Daily Independent

My Op-ed on Louisiana Interracial Marriage Flap

by Elliott Lewis for Essence.com

Obama Effect? Interracial Family Seen As Positive for NY Politician

by Ben Smith of Politico

“Multiracial Americans Fastest-Growing U.S. Group”

by Hope Yen of the Associated Press

“Are Mixed Race Children Better Adjusted?”

by John Cloud of Time magazine

“Obama Election Stokes Debate Over What is Biracial”

by L.A. Johnson of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

“Obama Reflects Growth of Biracial America”

by Dianna Marder of The Philadelphia Inquirer

Viewpoint: Is Obama Black?

by Kimberly McClain-DaCosta on the BBC website

“This is Who I Am”

by Lornet Turnbull of The Seattle Times

Biracial Americans Discuss Racial Identity on NPR

Elliott Lewis, Fanshen Cox, and Paul Foreman on “Tell Me More with Michel Martin”

“Multiracial Americans Surge in Number, Voice”

by Mike Stuckey, MSNBC

“Loving v. Virginia and the Secret History of Race”

by Brent Staples in The New York Times (Op-ed)

"Identities Shifting in Multiracial America"

by William Wood of the Kalamazoo Gazette

"Racial Identities Spawn New Terminology"

by Mackenzie Carpenter of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

"OMA Event Speaker Challenges Race"

by Sarah Perrin of The Exponent, student paper of the University of Alabama-Huntsville

"Lewis Discusses Mixed Heritage"

by Jessica Feinstein of the Yale Daily News, student newspaper of Yale University