MiXed at Cornell Illustrates Diversity of ‘Multiracial Experience’ at CornellPosted in Articles, Campus Life, Media Archive, United States on 2016-04-11 18:13Z by Steven |
MiXed at Cornell Illustrates Diversity of ‘Multiracial Experience’ at Cornell
The Cornell Daily Sun
Ithaca, New York
2016-04-10
MiXed at Cornell — a student organization dedicated to creating community among mixed race individuals — will host its first ever Blend Conference in Klarman Hall this weekend.
The two-day conference will focus on the “awareness of the multiracial experience and the community’s marginalization of identity,” and its main themes are engagement and inclusion, according to the organization’s website.
“We wanted to bring together a conference that … brings to light different issues and unique experiences that mixed people have,” said Erika Axe ’18, incoming co-president of MiXed.
Axe said the Blend Conference was established to celebrate every mixed person’s individual identity.
“As an organization we’ve found that we can’t put one definition on what is mixed race because it’s so unique to every person,” she said…
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