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NEGRO is a docu-series exploring identity, colonization, racism and the African Diaspora in Latin America and the Caribbean and the color complex among Latinos. Through candid interviews from Latinos, the social manifestations and consequences of the deep-seated color complex is deconstructed. FILM SCREENING Wednesday, June 19th 7pm-9pm Panamerican Shipping Services 710 Franklin Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11238 [...]
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Ask a Muslim: New Web Series Promotes Understanding of a Misunderstood Religion It starts with interfaith dialogue—the real, unstaged, not-necessisarily-PC kind. That’s what it takes to change public sentiment about Muslims. As it is, all the dialogue in intrafaith, non-Muslims talking to other non-Muslims about Muslims and Muslims talking to other Muslims about Muslims. The [...]
Watch & Learn, Great Films for Free The first ever PBS Online Film Festival has begun and 20 short films from independent film makers are available for viewing, absolutely free. Every Monday through March 30th, a new category of films will be available to watch via the PBS website and the PBS YouTube channel. And for the [...]
Interracial Loving I laid in bed last night, beautiful husband asleep next to me, precious fourth child (who thinks we are in his bed) sound asleep between us, and I imagined the sheer terror we would experience if a team of law enforcement officers broke down our door and rushed into our bedroom, guns [...]
Image via pbs.org This post is part of a new series on Multicultural Familia called, “Films That Teach”. You can follow the series by clicking clicking the tag “Films That Teach” If you have a recommendation for an upcoming feature, please add it to the comments! Slavery and the Making of America One of [...]
Part of the Mixed Community is the Hapa Community. What is a Hapa, you ask? Hapa is Hawaiian for “half”. The term became popular in Hawaii first as “hapa haole”, which means “half white”. Hapa is most often used in a positive light. Hapa haole however is sometimes used as a put down. The first [...]
The Foundation of The American Muslim Project The American Muslim Project (AMP) is a website full of short videos, but they aren’t just any videos. They’re videos of Muslims, talking about, well, whatever they want. No long dissertations on Muslim-American relations. No sermons. No speeches. Just casual talk about the things that make them tick. [...]
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