Comments on: Multiracial Marginalization https://contemporaryracism.org/5007/multiracial-marginalization/ An academic blog about whiteness, implicit bias, and systemic racism Fri, 18 Sep 2020 05:53:31 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: GUEST ROOM | Create a Mixed-Race Studies Department at Cornell | The Cornell Daily Sun https://contemporaryracism.org/5007/multiracial-marginalization/comment-page-1/#comment-1033 Fri, 18 Sep 2020 05:53:31 +0000 http://contemporaryracism.org/?p=5007#comment-1033 […] Mixed Race Studies Minor at San Francisco State University. Their program seeks to “address mono-racialization within the structure of racial hierarchies; historical and contemporary constructions of mixed race […]

]]> By: Robin https://contemporaryracism.org/5007/multiracial-marginalization/comment-page-1/#comment-984 Wed, 10 Apr 2019 23:54:08 +0000 http://contemporaryracism.org/?p=5007#comment-984 In reply to Maia Brint.

I think the answer above maybe to simplistic. Many students at Muhlenberg Identify as Multiracial and have chosen to focus on whatever salient characteristic connect them to their peers or they refuse to focus on any.

In my time st Muhlenberg I have never met a student who has requested a multiracial group but if they wanted one it would be supported.

Never put students of color, LGBTQIA or multi racial students against one another—that to me is the way racism and homophobia operates to ensure infighting.

]]> By: Maia Brint https://contemporaryracism.org/5007/multiracial-marginalization/comment-page-1/#comment-983 Wed, 10 Apr 2019 17:37:03 +0000 http://contemporaryracism.org/?p=5007#comment-983 Michael I’m glad you talked about this in your post. When studying students of color, or people of color, anywhere, it is easy to get caught up in binaries. This is something we have been socialized to do, whether it is gender, sexuality, or even race and ethnicity. Recognizing that someone’s identity can be intersectional and fluid is difficult and equally necessary and important. People are too often judged based off of their appearance or the way they dress or act, they are misinterpreted and misunderstood. We need to find more compassion, understanding, and acceptance. Especially at Muhlenberg, I have noticed that there is not necessarily a counterspace for multi-racial or bi-racial students. Even the multicultural house focuses on specific racial categories, but does not necessarily have a space for students who might not be monoracial.

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