Museum Offers Interactive Oral History of Mixed Race BrooklynitesPosted in Articles, History, Identity Development/Psychology, Media Archive, United States, Videos on 2014-12-30 20:26Z by Steven |
Museum Offers Interactive Oral History of Mixed Race Brooklynites
NY1 News
New York, New York
2014-12-29
Jeanine Ramirez, Brooklyn Reporter
A new interactive website offers an interracial, multi-ethnic view of Brookynites. NY1’s Jeanine Ramirez filed the following report.
Deborah Schwartz clicks on the latest resource at the Brooklyn Historical Society, an oral history project about self-identity, showcasing those who are of mixed race and heritage.
“We’re not just telling a sweetness and light story. This is not just that America is kind of the perfect melting pot. But rather that this is something that’s had very powerful impact on people both positive and negative, said Schwartz.
The project, “Crossing Borders, Bridging Generations,” offers a view into the lives of Brooklynites who have to balance different cultural worlds. The more than 100 oral histories collected can be listened to online. There’s Park Slope resident Alexander David who started the Half Asian Club at his school…
Read the entire article and watch the video here.