Kansas City Artist Shane Evans, Co-Author Taye Diggs Demystify Mixed-Race Families In New Book |
Kansas City Artist Shane Evans, Co-Author Taye Diggs Demystify Mixed-Race Families In New Book
KCUR 89.3
Kansas City, Missouri
2015-12-04
Laura Ziegler, Special Correspondent
 Shane Evans at KCUR studios to talk about illustrating new children’s book (Laura Ziegler KCUR) |
Kansas City artist Shane Evans was raised by a mother and father whose racial and cultural backgrounds were different from one another. But to Evans they were just mom and dad. He’s also raising a mixed-race daughter.
That’s why Evans was eager to collaborate with his friend, actor Taye Diggs, on a children’s book that takes on the complex issues of growing up in a mixed-race household. Diggs has a six-year-old son with actress and singer Idina Menzel, who is white.
The book, Mixed Me, came out in October. Evans is the illustrator…
Listen to the interview (00:30:46) here.
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