These are the beautiful, complex Blaxicans of Los Angeles

Posted in Articles, Arts, Latino Studies, Media Archive, United States on 2015-10-01 02:23Z by Steven

These are the beautiful, complex Blaxicans of Los Angeles

Fusion
2015-09-24

Jorge Rivas, National Affairs Correspondent

Back when Walter Thompson-Hernandez was in graduate school, his friends and family would give him blank stares as he explained what he was studying.

Finally, in an effort to make his work more accessible, he started an Instagram account dedicated to his research: @BlaxicansOfLA.

Thompson-Hernandez, who grew up in Los Angeles, identifies as Blaxican—his mother is Mexican, and his father is black.

“The term Blaxican is really is an example of the reinvention of language that exist in the U.S,” said Thompson-Hernandez, now a researcher at the University of Southern California who studies the impacts of interracial mixing between African Americans and Latinos in South Los Angeles…

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Obama Talks Race, Calls Himself a ‘Mixed Kid From Hawaii’

Posted in Articles, Barack Obama, Media Archive, Politics/Public Policy, United States on 2012-09-14 04:52Z by Steven

Obama Talks Race, Calls Himself a ‘Mixed Kid From Hawaii’

ColorLines: News for Action
2012-09-13

Jorge Rivas, Multimedia Editor / Pop Culture Blogger
Los Angeles, California

Lately it’s been a rare occurrence when President Obama talks race but at a campaign stop in Colorado Wednesday he mentioned it and even identified himself as mixed-raced.

“Education was a gateway for opportunity for me, let’s face it, as a mixed kid from Hawaii born to a single-mom, it’s not likely to become President of the United States,” Obama told supporters at a campaign stop Golden, CO…

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