Panel discusses effect of race in relationships in second interracial dating panelPosted in Articles, Campus Life on 2015-03-06 17:14Z by Steven |
Panel discusses effect of race in relationships in second interracial dating panel
The Daily Northwestern: Northwestern and Evanston’s Only Daily News Source Since 1881
Evanston, Illinois
2015-03-06
Emily Chin, Assistant Campus Editor
Jakara Hubbard said she has been told throughout her life that her race is a problem and must be difficult to deal with.
Hubbard, who identifies as mixed race, spoke Thursday about different perspectives about mixed-race people during a panel on interracial dating at Northwestern.
The panel, hosted by the Mixed Race Student Coalition, discussed how relationship dynamics differ in monoracial and interracial relationships before a room of more than 80 people. The panel was a celebration of Loving Days, a series of events that commemorate the Supreme Court case Loving v. Virginia, which legalized interracial marriage.
Panelists included Hubbard, a couple and family counselor, Cristina Ortiz, a graduate student at the University of Chicago, and Kai Green, a postdoctoral fellow at NU…
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