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Dr D. Emily Hicks
Dr D. Emily Hicks, San Diego State University
Wednesday 29 August 2007
A personal reflection on mixed ancestry in relation to the Melungeons and hip hop.

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Dr Daniel McNeil
Dr Daniel McNeil, Wilberforce Institute for the study of Slavery and Emancipation and University of Hull
Tuesday 28 August 2007
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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Graham Suppiah
Graham Suppiah,
Friday 24 August 2007
A summary of issues facing mixed-race people/single parents with mixed-race children in today's society.

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Prof Martyn Barrett
Prof Martyn Barrett, University of Surrey
Thursday 16 August 2007
This paper summarises findings from a research study which investigated how 11- to 17-year-old mixed-heritage adolescents living in London negotiate the demands of living with multiple cultures. The study also explored how these adolescents construe themselves in terms of race, ethnicity and nationality. It was found that these individuals had multiple identifications which were subjectively salient to them, and that they were very adept at managing their various identities in different situations. There was no evidence of a sense of marginality, or of being 'caught between two cultures', and there was no difference in the strength of British identification exhibited by these mixed-heritage adolescents and white English adolescents of the same age. However, the identities and cultural practices of the mixed-heritage adolescents were fluid and context-dependent, and they appreciated the advantages of being able to negotiate and interact with multiple ethnic worlds.

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Leon Mann
Leon Mann,
Thursday 16 August 2007
A first person perspective on how football and the experiences of mixed race professional footballers offers an insight into the issues facing mixed race people in society.

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Toby Laurent Belson
Toby Laurent Belson, Artist and designer
Thursday 16 August 2007
Experience of growing up in a mixed West London community with the terms 'Black' and 'White'.

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Hassan Mahamdallie
Hassan Mahamdallie, Arts Council England
Tuesday 14 August 2007
Knowing that someone is of a mixed race background can only be the start of being able to understand who they are and their true potential.

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Rory Campbell
Rory Campbell, twenty-three years old with a keen interest in black history
Monday 06 August 2007
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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