Links
of Interest to the Multiracial Community
Multiracial.com
Associations and Organizations
Biracial, Multiracial, and Transracially-Adopted Children
Biracial, Multiracial, and Transracially-Adopted Individuals
Biracial/Multiracial
Celebrities and Historical Figures
Intercultural and Interracial Couples and Families
Interracial Dating Resources
Magazines and Newsletters
Multicultural, Multiracial, and Transracial Adoption
Resources
On-line Exhibits
On-line Multiracial Communities
Other Resources
Personal Web Pages
Associations and Organizations
- A.M.E.A. (Association of Multi-Ethnic Americans)
- Hapa Issues Forum (A national non-profit organization that celebrates the mixed race Asian American experience)
- International Interracial Association (Promoting interracial and intercultural harmony worldwide)
- Interracial Family Circle (IFC) (A Washington DC-area based group dedicated to providing a community for multiracial families, couples and individuals)
- People in Harmony (An interracial anti-racist organisation which promotes the positive experience of interracial life in Britain today and challenges the racism, prejudice and ignorance in society).
Biracial, Multiracial, and Transracially-Adopted Children
- The Center for the Study of Bi-Racial Children
- Children's and Young Adult Books with Interracial Family Themes
- Great Owl Books (Great Owl Books' Butternut Collection, chosen specifically for the interracial community).
- Mixed Mama (The Website for Mothers Raising Multiracial Children)
Biracial, Multiracial, and Transracially-Adopted Individuals
- About.com: Bi-racial and Multiracial Individuals
- "All Mixed Up" (Salon.com presents a Special Report on Multiracial America)
- All One Heart (Diversity Tolerance Education)
- Bill of Rights for Racially-Mixed People (Written by Maria P.P. Root, who is also the author of The Multiracial Experience: Racial Borders as the New Frontier).
- "Black and White and Taboo All Over" (Hollywood is More Phobic than Ever about Interracial Love, But Now It's Blacks Who Are Putting on the Brakes)
- Black Women/White Men: Interracial Romance in the Movies
- The Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America (Brown University)
- Claiming Place: Bi-Racial American Portraits
- "Do the Multiracial Count?" (A February 2000 Salon.com article: "This year the Census Bureau will finally let mixed-race Americans tell the truth about their backgrounds. So why are civil rights groups upset?")
- Eurasian Nation (A community for people of mixed European and Asian descent)
- Everything Eurasian (This site is a compilation of materials by and for people who are Eurasian. Who is Eurasian? Someone of Asian and European heritage (e.g., a Corean mother and French father, a German mother and Chinese father, one or several generations ago, and so on). While the term is also sometimes used to refer to the Central Asian republics of the former Soviet Union (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and others) as well as the inhabitants of those countries, in this document "Eurasian" refers solely to people whose Asian-European heritages have come together in more recent times (roughly post-Renaissance).
- Growing Up Black in Germany (A Real Audio file of an April 1, 2002 interview on the Tavis Smiley Show with Ika Hugel Marshall, a biracial German citizen. Marshall is the author of Invisible Woman: Growing Up Black in Germany).
- The Half-Korean Page
- Race Bridges (Lots of helpful links of interest to the biracial, multiracial, and multicultural communities)
- You Don't Look Japanese (A web site that aims to be as inclusive as possible with regards to biracial/interracial issues, including not so pleasant URLs).
Biracial/Multiracial Celebrities and Historical Figures
- Blurred Racial Lines of Famous Families
- Celebrity Interracial Individuals and Couples (courtesy of International Interracial Association)
- Eurasian Celebrities (courtesy of Eurasian Nation)
- Famous Arab-American Celebrities (courtesy of the Arab American Institute)
- Multiracial/Multiethnic and Intermarried Celebrities (courtesy of AMEA)
- Multiracial Celebrities and Historical Figures (courtesy of The Multiracial Activist)
- Noteworthy Eurasian Individuals (courtesy of Everything Eurasian)
- Prominent Half/Mixed Korean Individuals (courtesy of Half Korean)
Intercultural and Interracial Couples and Families
- American Love Stories (A PBS website. There are many different American Love Stories on this site -- stories about couples who have established intimate relationships that cross not just racial differences, but religious, ethnic, geographical, age and other boundaries as well).
- "An American Love Story" (A PBS special, which is the story of Bill Sims and Karen Wilson -- a black man and white woman who have struggled for 30 years against the racial stereotypes and societal prejudices that have tried -- sometimes viciously -- to divide them).
- Colorful Couples
- Frontline: Secret Daughter (The story of a mixed race daughter and the mother who gave her away).
- The International Couples' Homepage
- Suite101.com: Interracial Relationships
- U.S. Census Bureau (Statistics on Interracial Relationships)
- Interracial Connections International
- Interracial Dateline
- INTERRACIALSINGLES.COM (A community for those who date or are interested in dating interracially created by Deb Brown).
- The Abolitionist Examiner (Every other month, TAE will explore concepts promoting freedom from "racial identity" and "racial group-think" through commentary and direct action. TAE believes that "race" is no longer a valid or necessary identifier and continued dependence and allegiance to "race" is only holding back the 'Human Race' from achieving it's true potential. It's time to break the chains and liberate ourselves).
- INTERRACIAL VOICE ("The VOICE of CONSCIENCE of the Global Mixed-Race/Interracial Movement")
- MAVIN Magazine (An internationally distributed print and online magazine that celebrates the mixed race experience. The mixed race experience is an inclusive term that recognizes the diversity of people's experiences. The term includes but is not limited to: mixed race people, transracial adoptees, interracial couples, mixed race families, and the friends and extended family members of these people. Even if someone is not mixed-race him/herself, if they have a friend or family member who is multiracial, then they too have a "mixed race experience").
- The Multiracial Activist (TMA) (The Multiracial Activist is a libertarian oriented activist journal covering social and civil liberties issues of interest to individuals who perceive themselves to be "biracial" or "multiracial," "interracial" couples/families and "transracial" adoptees).
- NEW PEOPLE: Your Interracial e-Mag
Multicultural, Multiracial, and Transracial Adoption Resources
- CLNet Diversity Page (An extensive listing of gophers, listservs and WWW sites for multicultural resources on the net).
- Ethics Update: Literature on Race, Ethnicity, and Multiculturalism
- Interracial Interactions Thread (Originally a list gathered by instructors for a class, it's a great list of books and plays that deals with not only biracial people, but how people react to others of another race).
- Pollywannacracker (The Internet Resource for Interracial Relationships)
On-line Multiracial Communities
- Multiracial2 (Forum for the biracial and multiracial Community) (This forum is be used to talk about any issues pertaining to multiracial, mulatto, mixed, eurasian, metis, coloured, cablinasian, creole, anglo-indian, hapa, amerasian, mestizo, latino, mixed-race folks such as, identity, discrimination, history etc.).
- Mixedrace.com - Beauty in diversity (From multiracial issues to interracial dating, Mixedrace.com is the ultimate online community for our changing society).
- My Shoes.com (A support group in cyberspace hosted by clinical psychologist, Dr. Juanita Brooks, for multiracial children, adolescents and adults who have a white appearance).
- Deb Smyre's Home Page
- Gabrielle's Interracial Links (Your Interracial Web Research Page)
- Jei's Interracial Resources Page (formerly the Interracial Individuals Discussion List Home Page) (This page is provided for those of us who consider ourselves interracial, multiracial, biracial, etc-racial. For those who refuse to choose between their heritages, those who do choose, but still admit they are interracial, for the parents of interracial children and all other interested parties).
- Karen Downing's Home Page (Karen's Home Page features sections on "My Interracial Family" and "Resources by and about Interracial & Multicultural People").
- Of Many Colors: Portraits of Multiracial Families (A Traveling Photo-Text Exhibition and Book)
- Cookies & Cream: bi & multiracial pride products (t-shirts & more)
Thanks to Cheri Wilson!