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NPR: "A Revealing History Of A Multiracial America"

Recently, on NPR's News and Notes, author Lise Funderburg spoke with Farai Chideya about multiracial identity in the U.S., and the acceptance of Beige people in popular culture, from a historical perspective:

A Revealing History Of A Multiracial America

by Farai Chideya, NPR

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=96916821  

Election Night Party (with special guest Ludacris) in St. Louis, MO

Beige World editor in chief David Burnett gives his impressions of Election Night at EXO in St. Louis, MO.

QUESTION OF THE DAY: Obama's rise in the polls = Racism is on the decline?

Alexandra Marks (The Christian Science Monitor) speculates that Barack Obama's rise in the polls is a sign that racism is on the decline in the U.S.:

Surging Obama Campaign Suggests U.S. Racism On The Wane

Prejudice Lingers, But There's Evidence It's Becoming A Thing Of The Past

by Alexandra Marks, The Christian Science Monitor

http://features.csmonitor.com/politics/2008/10/22/surging-obama-campaign-suggests-us-racism-on-the-wane/

So what's your take on this?  Here's today's Beige World Question of the Day:

Do you believe that Barack Obama's rise in the polls is a sign that racism is on the decline in the U.S.?

Post a comment, and let us know what you think.

Multiracial Identity Week (October 16th - October 31st)

Brown University's Third World Center is celebrating Multiracial Identity Week (October 16th - October 31st) with inside/OUT, a series of events and activities that explores the social and political issues concerning multiracial people:

 

http://brown.edu/Student_Services/TWC/multiracial-identity-week.html

QUESTION OF THE DAY: Is America ready for a Beige president?

 

According to multicultural expert and lecturer Rebecca Walker (the biracial daughter of Alice Walker, author of the bestselling novel The Color Purple), America is ready for its first Beige president in Barack Obama, and his biracial heritage is an asset:

U.S. is ready for biracial president, multicultural leader Walker says
by Samara Kalk Derby, The Capital Times
http://www.madison.com/tct/news/307097

With that in mind, here's today's Beige World Question of the Day:

Do you believe that America is ready for a Beige president?

Post a comment, and let us know how you feel.

Report: Beige population in U.S. is growing

Social Technologies, a global research and consulting firm, issued this press release today about the current and future growth of the Beige population in the U.S.:

Multiracial Americans:  The Lines Are Blurring
Social Technologies Press Release (PRWeb)
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/9/prweb1348374.htm

Any thoughts?  Feel free to post a comment.

QUESTION OF THE DAY: Greater acceptance of Beige people?

 

Earlier this summer, USA Today posted an article about shifting attitudes toward Beige people:

Attitudes toward multiracial Americans evolving
by Todd Lewan, USA Today (Associated Press)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-06-15-race_N.htm

Here's today's Beige World Question of the Day:

Based on your own personal experience, do you feel that there's a greater acceptance of Beige people now than in the past?

Post a comment, and let us know what you think.

COMMENTARY: Biracial people in African-American leadership

Check out this commentary by former Emerge Magazine editor-in-chief George E. Curry on biracial people in African-American leadership:

Taking a second look at biracial 'Black' leaders
by George E. Curry, Chicago Defender
http://www.chicagodefender.com/article-1695-taking-a-second-look-at-bi-racial-lsblackrs-leaders.html

So what's your take on this article - whether or not you're Beige?  Let us know what you think by posting a comment.

QUESTION OF THE DAY: What did you think of Barack Obama's nomination speech?

 

Here's today's Beige World Question of the Day:

What did you think of Barack Obama's nomination speech?  How did you think he did?

Feel free to post a comment, regardless of your party affiliation (Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, Green, etc.).

QUESTION OF THE DAY: "Multiracial" racial classification on applications?

Here's an interesting article about a woman's fight with her local school district over the racial classification of her biracial son:

True colors:  Mom protests Unified enrollment form,
claims bias against biracial kids
by Terry Flores, Kenosha News Online
http://www.kenoshanews.com/article_comments/view_comments.php?articleNum=3360178

So here's today's Beige World Question of the Day:

Should there be a "Multiracial" racial classification on applications?

Let us know what you think by posting a comment.