I just randomly found this community and I thought it was pretty cool so...::waves::

[name] cassandra
[where you live] new jerseyyyy
[siblings] 1 sister
[age] 20
[what's it like being mulatto in your eyes] it's like...being a human? race really was never an issue to me. my white mother raised me so obviously i feel more connected to my white ( Read more... )

I have often had that feeling myself, that us mixed kids should stick together more. I wonder, however to what extent we even fit in with each other ( Read more... )

Just wondering here for a moment. What is this community to be used for? Are you guys making friends (hope so)?

Here's a topic: therapy/issues/upset

I noticed *MANY* of young people (YOUNG I SAY) around 17-30, really have some issues. My best friend has attended therapy sessions nearly all her life, no joke. And she says it has helped, but I ( Read more... )

Call for Proposals:
The Mixed Race Experience
***Deadline February 8th***
( postponed 1 week... )

[name] Aja
[where you live] Jefferson City MO,USA
[siblings]None
[age]21
[what's it like being mulatto in your eyes]I never really liked the word mulatto. It always seemed like that word that was used to label me as SOMETHING. I don't want to be called that, in fact I don't want to be called anything. I'm not ashamed of my mixture, my father is black ( Read more... )

( It's Time )

The National Student Conference on the Mixed Race Experience!!!

http://www.macalester.edu/bridges

Please pass the link on to anyone you think might be interested.

x-posted like whoa. Sorry.

I was reading through some posts on a multiracial group on Myspace, when I came across this post from an older gentleman, inquiring about the topic of the "mixed" label:

If a person is 'african/american', 'asian/white', phils/hawaiian, whatever, does tha tmake them that label? Are they not just another person wiht different culrural backgrounds? I ( Read more... )

Hey all. I'm in the planning stage for a major mixed-race conference.
Right now, we're developing the website, and are trying to put together a list of mixed-race/transracial adoptee communities.

Could you possibly just list come that you are a member of/know of?

Thanks,

-Danni

It is urgent that we send letters to the US Department of Education, which must be received by September 21st. They have finally proposed their guidelines on racial classifications for schools. THIS IS THE LAST CHANCE FOR US TO GET A TRUE MULTIRACIAL CATEGORY ON A FEDERAL LEVEL FOR SCHOOLCHILDREN!

To go to the sample letter, click ( Read more... )