Biracial Children Learn To Self-Identify |
Biracial Children Learn To Self-Identify
Tell Me More
National Public Radio
2010-04-20
Michel Martin, Host
Interview with:
Kip Fulbeck, Professor of Performative Studies, Video
University of California, Santa Barbara
Author of: Mixed: Portraits of Multiracial Kids
Peggy Orenstein
Author of: Waiting for Daisy: A Tale of Two Continents, Three Religions, Five Fertility Doctors, An Oscar, An Atomic Bomb, A Romantic Night, and One Woman’s Quest to Become a Mother
Heidi W. Durrow
Author of: The Girl Who Fell from the Sky
Co-Host of: Mixed Chicks Chat
An installment of Tell Me More‘s weekly parenting segment focuses on the new book Mixed. It’s a collection of photographs of multiracial children that includes stories celebrating their heritage. Host Michel Martin is joined by the book’s author, Kip Fulbeck, as well as authors Peggy Orenstein and Heidi Durrow, who discuss their own experiences living in multiracial families.
Read the transcript of the interview here. Listen to the interview here.
Note by Steven F. Riley: The term “Hapa” is incorrectly spelled as “Hoppa” in the transcript.
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