Panel discusses race, identityPosted in Articles, Campus Life, Census/Demographics, Media Archive, Social Science, United States on 2010-09-25 01:47Z by Steven |
Panel discusses race, identity
Indiana Daily Student
2009-11-06
Graduate student Fileve Palmer said though her parents always talked about their diverse backgrounds with her, she still struggled to find a way to relay her identity to others.
She struggled throughout her life to retain her African-American identity, while society viewed her as Puerto Rican.
“I have always been dealing with this,” Palmer said. “I always was familiar with what I was.“
She was part of a group of panelists who spoke Thursday on “Race and Ethnic Classification: Can Identity be Negotiated?” the final installment of the Choices of Color Series. The panel began with questions about how each of the participants acquired their own sense of identity while growing up in a multi-racial household.
Joseph Stahlman, interim director of the First Nations Educational and Cultural Center, served as moderator. He said his life has been a struggle preserving his Native American heritage because people would often simply see him as white…
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