Being Mixed Race: What are the identity politics of the million-strong ‘Jessica Ennis generation’?Posted in Identity Development/Psychology, Live Events, Media Archive, Social Science, United Kingdom, Women on 2013-03-13 03:16Z by Steven |
Being Mixed Race: What are the identity politics of the million-strong ‘Jessica Ennis generation’?
Women of the World Festival
Southbank Centre
2013-03-06 through 2013-03-10
Sunday, 2013-03-10, 12:00-13:00Z
Level 5 Function Room
Royal Festival Hall
Panelists:
Emma Dabiri, Teaching Fellow
Africa Department, School of African and Oriental Studies, London
Visual Sociology Ph.D. Researcher, Goldsmiths University of London
Reya El-Salahi, Radio broadcaster, television presenter, writer and journalist
Kay Montano, Make-up Artist
Chair:
Emine Saner, Feature Writer
The Guardian
In the 2011 census over a million people in the UK classed themselves as ‘mixed race’—but for some, the label is meaningless.
So what are the identity politics of the ‘Jessica Ennis generation’?
Join broadcaster Reya El-Salahi, celebrity make-up artist Kay Montano, and Irish-Nigerian visual sociologist Emma Dabiri as they discuss the joys and challenges of being a dual heritage woman in modern-day Britain.