3rd Annual: What Are You? – A Discussion about Mixed Heritage |
3rd Annual: What Are You? – A Discussion about Mixed Heritage
Brooklyn Historical Society
Crossing Borders, Bridging Generations
Saturday, 2013-11-09, 14:00 EST (Local Time)
From the Travyon Martin murder trial, to racist responses to the Cheerios commercial starring an interracial couple, recent media events illustrate that the U.S is definitely not post-racial. Join BHS in exploring critical questions relating to multicultural and multiracial identity. We’ll discuss big questions like: How do we perform and display our identities? How does media, film, art, humor and photography shape and mediate mixed-race identity?
I will be introducing the panelists.
Panelists include:
- Michael David Murphy and Alyson West, creators of We are the 15%
- Chris Johnson of transmedia project, Question Bridge: Black Males
- Anoushka Ratnarajah and Marcelitte Failla of Toasted Marshmallows, and
- Jay Smooth, host of hip-hop video blog Ill Doctrine and video producer at Colorlines.com.
Plus a dance performance by special guests – We’re Muslim, Don’t Panic.
Co-sponsored by LovingDay.org, SWIRL, MAVIN: The Mixed Heritage Experience, and MixedRaceStudies.org.
Brooklyn Brewery beer and light refreshments will be served.
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Tags: Alyson West, Anoushka Ratnarajah, Brooklyn Historical Society, Chris Johnson, Jay Smooth, Marcelitte Failla, Michael David Murphy