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Multiracial identity on "Talk of the Nation" (NPR)

Written by A.D. Powell

Thursday, 26 April 2007

I've heard that "multiracial identity" will be the topic on National Public Radio's "Talk of the Nation" this afternoon (2 pm Eastern Time)

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9849015

A.D. Powell

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1 Guests?
Written by jlandrith, on 26-04-2007 06:30
I will be shocked and amazed if the pro-self identification guests and callers outnumber the one-drop rule supporter guests and callers.

Shocked and amazed.

Typically, such discussions involve a few proponents of self-identification and about three times as many guests and callers who are of varying degrees of hostility toward self-identification.

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2 Re: Guests?
Written by padpowell, on 27-04-2007 12:49
Talk of the Nation, April 26, 2007 · Led by mixed race celebrities like Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) and Tiger Woods, race, culture and identity are changing in America. Is being multi-racial an identity all its own, or a delicate balance of old divides?

Orin Starn, cultural anthropologist at Duke University

Debra Dickerson, author of The End of Blackness

Sundee Frazier, author of Check All That Apply: Finding Wholeness as a Multiracial Person

Orin Starn was unqualified to speak on this subject. He repeated the myth that the "one drop rule" has always existed as well as the myth that it was invented to increase the number of slaves and make anyone with black ancestry subject to enslavement. I looked at his academic qualifications and he has done no work in this area.

Debra Dickerson was a pleasant surprise in that she made it clear that she rejected the ODR for both her children and others. She also criticized Frazier's use of the term "multiracial African American," stating that people should have the right to drop the "African American."

Dickerson was wrong when she claimed that the white descendants of Sally Hemings started to identify as "black." I have seen no evidence to support that. I think she is talking about Julia Westerininen (a very guilt-ridden liberal), who claimed that she marked "black" on the census form because the blacks "need the numbers" (???). Brent Staples, the black ODR-loving New York Times columnist loved her for that. But Dickerson did say that it would be ridiculous for the white descendants of Hemings to indentify as black.

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3 Re: Re: Guests?
Written by LSGH, on 21-10-2007 04:46
it REALLY sickens me when White Libs do that...
they spend enough time in the ghetto;
THEN see what they mark! [LOL!]

Dickerson's unquestionably one of the more
authentic African-American voices out there!

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