MULTI-RACIAL IDENTITY

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.