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Watch Out for La Llorona!
Every culture has its version of story-telling designed to teach kids, maybe even scare them, to do the right thing. Joe Ray, our eclectic friend and artist, remembers the impact that the story of La Llorona had on he and his friends growing up. The message and the story have stuck. Joe still doesn't go by the water at night without thinking twice or wondering if his Tia Ramona is nearby to protect him.Read More »
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Characters for a New Generation
The Amy Hodgepodge series of children's books was born from the reality of the blurring cultural lines that authors Kim Wayans and Kevin Knotts are witnessing around them every day in the city they call home, Los Angeles, and in their extended family. The two actors are introducing young people to characters that really reflect the world they live in.Read More »
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More Mixed Roots
If you attended the 2008 Mixed Roots Film & Literary Festival you know that the event connected people of all ages, backgrounds and interests around the common ground of books, film, performance and community-building. If you didn't, plan to be in L.A. this June 12 & 13 to celebrate diversity with others who share your interest in the Mixed Experience.Read More »
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Trying on Other People’s Skin
The approach that Seattle's Rhoda Berlin takes to understanding her clients' needs as a marriage and family therapist is directly a result of her own survival techniques developed while growing up in multicultural Los Angeles. The methods that she has applied all of her life to observing those around her and fitting in can provide all of us insight to relating better to others, regardless of their backgrounds.Read More »
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Personal Reflections on Building a Family
Members of the BLUR community, Art & Laura Dague, like a growing number of Americans, adopted their two beautiful children from outside of the United States. And like a growing number of Americans, (some estimates place the number at over 500,000 families who have adopted across ethnic and cultural lines) they have begun a multicultural family of their own.Read More »
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Optimism Through a Critical Lense
Author and talk show regular Richard Rodriguez remains up-beat about the blending of cultures in America, even as he takes on Mexican American clannishness and other pet peeves.Read More »
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A Unique School with a Global Mission
John Stanford International School teaches its students to embrace diversity through the makeup of its enrollment and its culturally relevant curriculum.Read More »
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In Her Footsteps
Kelly Jackson's experiences as a multiracial person growing up in America have encouraged her to consider what this might mean for her niece Kaylie Jo.Read More »
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Multicultural Education : Where Are We Now
As the school year nears or begins for many families across the country, BLUR talks to experts about how multiculturalism can be better reflected in our children's learning environments.Read More »
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Making the World a Little Smaller
For Gene Cernan, it took leaving earth (three times) to see the world through a BLUR lens.Read More »
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What Happens at the Intersection?
The Medici Effect has been around for a while, but Frans Johansson's position that diversity facilitates creativity and innovation remains fresh.Read More »
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