Ep. 3: Unfixed

Update: 2023-10-30

Description

In the third episode of On Being Biracial, hosts Daralyse Lyons and Malcolm Burnley and their guests answer an essential question for multiracial people: Is our racial identity fixed, or is it fluid?

In this episode, you will learn:

Why the U.S. Census and other demographers are carefully embracing mixed-race or multiracial options in the racial data gathered in surveys.

How group-identity categorization within the queer community has provided a helpful framework for many mixed-race people to understand their racial identity.

Why identity suppression, denial, and restriction by society can harm multiracial individuals and others.

What sociological research confirms about the fluidity of identity labels among multiracial people.

This season's interviewees are: Ashanti Martin, Azaria Keys, Bárbara Idalissee Abadía-Rexach, Carter O'Brien Ford, Cat Dyson, Chantelle Fitzgerald, Charlotte Gill, David Ryan Barcega Castro-Harris, Drew Allmond, Evan Fong Jaroff, Hannah Wallace, Ian Burnley, Jewel Love, John Blake, Jourdin Davis, Kimberly Ortiz-Hartman, Lise Funderburg, Mat Johnson, Nora Elmarzouky, Rachael Go, Rachel Lauren, Samonte Cruz, Sandra Clark, Sarabella Rocha, Sarah Gaither, Sienna McWhirter, Tyla Taylor, Tyler Sloane, W Kamau Bell, Zein Hassanein, and Mark Hugo Lopez.

Click here for a transcript of the episode: Ep. 3 - Unfixed - Transcript

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For more content referenced in this episode from our hosts and guests on these topics, please check out the following links:

Bad at Sports Podcast, featuring Gregg Bordowitz and David Getsy

John Blake's More Than I Imagined

Mark Hugo Lopez & Pew's Multiracial in America Survey

Lise Funderburg's Black, White, Other