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A CRE eConference · 4-6 September 2007
Papers by keyword: 'interaction'
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Expert opinion - interaction
Expert panel
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Expert panel,
Date posted
Wednesday 05 September 2007
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Responses to papers relating to interaction by Dr Chamion Caballero, Sharron Hall and Dr Rob Berkley.
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Judgement of Solomon
Savita De Sousa & John Simmonds
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Monday 03 September 2007
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The title of this paper comes from the story of King Solomon, who made a judgement in the case of two women who came to see him carrying a dead baby and a living one with each claiming the living child as her own. Solomon ordered that the living child be cut in two and that half be given to each mother. When one woman gave up her claim rather than see the child killed, Solomon at once recognised her as the true mother. This powerful story is indicative of the kind of judgement that social workers are often in the position of making when deciding which family to place a 'looked after' child with, including those of mixed heritage.
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Not Black Enough
Lin King
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Lin King,
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Friday 31 August 2007
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I was born in 1949 to a white woman and a black father. I was put into care from birth. I do not think that this was unusual at the time. Although I do not know of any research to substantiate this, I believe the pressure on white women to give mixed race babies up existed at that time. The pressure may still exist, as the care system today, is full of mixed race, hard to place children.
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Thai-British Families: Towards a deeper understanding of 'mixedness'
Jessica Mai Sims
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Jessica Mai Sims, The Runnymede Trust
Date posted
Wednesday 29 August 2007
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Little Britain's characters Ting Tong Macadangdang and her White British husband Dudley, have become the most famous Thai-White British relationship in British media. This sketch, along with press coverage of Thai women migrating to Britain, have set the standard profile of the life of a Thai woman in Britain, not as a woman, or someone of Thai ethnicity, but as a 'Thai Bride' found on the internet through dating agencies.
This article will explore the challenges Thai-White British relationships face, the strategies couples employ to confront stereotypes and the implications of the lack of positive images of Thai culture and mixed Thai relationships for Thai and mixed Thai/British young people. The following case presented here of both mixed Thai-White British families and mixed Thai/White British people will endeavour to present a deeper understanding on the meaning of 'mixing' and 'mixedness' for Britain.
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You wouldn’t let it lie
Dr Daniel McNeil
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Dr Daniel McNeil, Wilberforce Institute for the study of Slavery and Emancipation and University of Hull
Date posted
Tuesday 28 August 2007
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This short paper connects the author's past in England to Donna Bailey Nurse, a contemporary critic in Canada who has made a number of problematic comments about mixed-race people and their relationship to 'authentic Blackness'. It then goes on to discuss a Black Atlantic and the dangers of a mononational approach to 'race' and 'mixed-race'.
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'Mixed' families: assumptions and new approaches
Dr Chamion Caballero
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Dr Chamion Caballero, London South Bank University
Date posted
Friday 24 August 2007
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Couples from different racial and ethnic backgrounds and their 'mixed' children are increasingly visible in the public eye. Though Britain has long been host to mixed relationships and population groups, since the 1990s there has been a noticeable public interest in those who are part of, or a product of, mixed relationships; what has been dubbed 'Beige' or 'Brown Britain'.
However, while more and more is known about those who identify themselves as belonging to the group the Census has called 'Mixed', parents of mixed children in Britain continue to be subject to longstanding assumptions and stereotypes, ones which often presume their racial, ethnic and socioeconomic profiles, their inability to raise their children with healthy racialised identities or the hypersexual nature of their marriage or relationship.
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On being mixed race
Sir Keith Ajegbo
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Sir Keith Ajegbo, consultant
Date posted
Saturday 18 August 2007
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This is a personal reflection on being mixed race and what I see as the issues for mixed race children now. It is based on being a headteacher in inner London for many years and working with mixed race students. It is not based on researched evidence.
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Ethnic Intermarriage: Love is not enough
Bina Radia-Bond
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Bina Radia-Bond, University of London
Date posted
Saturday 18 August 2007
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Mixed relationships are indubitably a rising global trend. Britain has the highest rate in Europe. This should not, however, be taken as a utopian move towards the romantic blurring of ethnic boundaries: the majority of people are still most comfortable with a partner who shares their cultural background and social history.
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Equality and mixed couples: the final frontier
Ashley Chisholm
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Ashley Chisholm, MixTogether.org
Date posted
Friday 17 August 2007
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This paper is drawn from the collective experience of MixTogether.org.
It addresses some of the difficulties facing couples who would like to mix.
It argues that years of work on equality have created an atmosphere where more and more young people have the confidence to mix. However, this also means that everyone who has supported equality now has an obligation to support mixed couples.
Many young mixed couples face strong family opposition. To allow this to continue unchecked, risks undermining the moral case for all work on equality. More importantly, it risks the happiness of young mixed couples. They should be given help to thrive, so that they can serve as an example to the rest of society.
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Mixed Race and Mixed Families in Britain: The Case of Growing up in a Mixed Faith Family
Dr Elisabeth Arweck
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Dr Elisabeth Arweck, University of Warwick
Date posted
Thursday 16 August 2007
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The present contribution presents a research project which is currently underway at the University of Warwick. It is concerned with the religious identity formation of young people who grow up in mixed faith families. The paper embeds the issues involved in the wider context of 'mixedness', communities, and cohesion.
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Black and White doesn't do the trick
Toby Laurent Belson
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Toby Laurent Belson, Artist and designer
Date posted
Thursday 16 August 2007
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Experience of growing up in a mixed West London community with the terms 'Black' and 'White'.
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The elephant in the room
Tanya Datta
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Tanya Datta, BBC
Date posted
Wednesday 15 August 2007
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Last year, journalist Tanya Datta made a documentary called 'The Last Taboo' for BBC Radio 4. In the programme, she explored inter-racial romance between Asian and African-Caribbean people and why it can often spark fierce opposition.
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Identity as relationship
Bob Macintosh
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Bob Macintosh, amateur philosopher and charity worker
Date posted
Thursday 09 August 2007
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A personal reflection on being white in a mixed race family.
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Mixed Race Britain - Through My Eyes
Rory Campbell
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Rory Campbell, twenty-three years old with a keen interest in black history
Date posted
Monday 06 August 2007
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I am Rory Campbell. My mother is white and my father is black. I don't remember ever meeting my father and have been raised by my mother my whole life. I don't feel I have ever had a positive black role model but my mum always tried to make me aware of my black history and I feel that this helped me to form the belief that all people are equal and anyone who thinks otherwise is just wrong.
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