from Nancy Stiefel
What: Social Justice Film Series present “Multiracial
Identity”
When: 7 PM, Sunday, Nov. 9
Where: Unitarian
Universalist Fellowship at the corner of 27th Avenue and 16th Street in Vero
Beach
One of the most popular programs on PBS these days is
“Finding Your Roots” with Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. Every participant learns that he/she is
multi-ethnic and often multiracial. November’s Social Justice Film is titled
Multiracial Identity. It explores the
social, political, and religious impact of the multiracial movement in America
and the experience of being multiracial.
Multiracial people are the fastest growing demographic in
the US, yet there is no official political recognition for mixed-race people.
The U.S. Bureau of the Census currently predicts one in five Americans will be
multiracial by 2050.
Different racial and cultural groups see multiracialism
differently. For some Whites, multiracialism represents the pollution of the
white race. For some Blacks, it represents an attempt to escape blackness. And
for some Asians, Latinos, and Arabs, multiracialism represents the dilution of
their culture and the end of their cultural traditions.
The Fair Trade Corner will be open one-half hour prior to
this one hour documentary. The film is
free, but, as always, donations to cover the screening rights fee are
gratefully accepted.
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