Mixed race identity: A reading list
A sampling of some of the books, articles, music, and films that helped inform the creation of my new podcast, Other: Mixed Race in America
3 min readApr 27, 2017
Before I started conducting interviews for my new podcast, Other: Mixed Race in America, I took a few months to try and read everything I could find about mixed race theory. Every article I found would lead to another book, another facet of the discussion.
In the interest of transparency, I thought it would be fun to share my media consumption list over the last year with you all.
Books
Collections/anthologies/nonfiction
Black, White, Other: Biracial Americans Talk About Race and Identity — Lise Funderburg
Half and Half: Writers on Growing Up Biracial and Bicultural — edited by Claudine Chiawei O’Hearn