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The Pigment of Your Imagination by Joy Zaremba explores the mixed race experience
"Where does white end and black begin?"
"What is the mixed race experience?"
The Pigment of Your Imagination explores these and other questions within the United States and througout the world.
By combining vivid anecdotes of her travels, historical context, and oral histories from mixed-race families, Joy Zarembka examines the notion of race in order to explore the vastly different interpretations of racial identity in various parts of the world in her new book, "The Pigment of Your Imagination: Mixed Race in a Global Society" (Madera Press 2007).
Alicia Keys is Hooked on Running
April 6, 2007--Las Vegas, Nev. -- Singer-turned-actress Alicia Keys was so highly inspired with long-distance running while training for her role in a movie, “Smokin’ Aces,” that she ran a marathon. The R&B singer picked up this new sport as a hobby from her debut film. Her love for marathon running grew to such an extent that she traveled to Greece to run on the original marathon route. She found that it alleviated her senses. “The cardio side of it just put my mind at ease,” she said. Read more.
Panama-born Miss Tennessee Wins Miss USA 2007 Competition
March 23, 2007--Hollywood, Ca.--21-year-old Rachel Smith realized her dreams and was crowned Miss USA® 2007. The bi-racial beauty queen’s accomplishments include humanitarian efforts that have allowed her the opportunity to travel the world; she has been to Mexico twice and multiple times to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Smith graduated from Belmont University, Tenn., Magna Cum Laude with a BS in Journalism. She attended on a full scholarship and was extremely active during her studies. She served as the Managing Editor of the campus newspaper, The Belmont Vision, and news director for the campus radio station. She also interned locally at Nashville's CBS affiliate WTVF and nationally with Harpo Productions, Inc., in 2006, spending eight months in Chicago.
Smith was born on an army base in Panama. However, she grew up in Clarksville, Tenn., after her parents were reassigned to Fort Campbell. Read more.
Métisse Magazine Online Hires Socially-Conscious Consulting Firm
February 12, 2007--Richmond, Va.--Métisse Magazine online has hired a new consulting firm – Impact Makers – to help with its Web site design and content. Impact Makers is a start-up IT/Management/Web Site consulting firm that gives all its profits to charity. The first charitable partner for Impact Makers is Safe Harbor, a Richmond-based organization with shelters and services for victims of domestic abuse (www.safeharborshelter.com). By simply using the services of Impact Makers, Métisse Magazine Online will also be making a contribution to this important non-profit in the community. Impact Makers was founded in Richmond, Va., and it is pioneering its new business model in that area. See Impact Makers.
Hollywood Films Portray Biracial Couples Negatively, if Shown at All
October 11, 2006--Gainesville, Fla.--Despite growing numbers of mixed couples in America, movie relationships between men and women of different races are most likely to be short-lived, oversexed and downright dangerous, a new University of Florida study finds in a report.
“A man and a woman of different races in the movies have a greater statistical probability of dying than of getting married or dating seriously,” said Nadia Ramoutar, who did the research for her doctoral dissertation in mass communications at UF and is now a communications professor at Flagler College in St. Augustine. Read more.
Miss Puerto Rico Wins Miss Universe 2006
July 23, 2006--Los Angeles, Ca.--The life of 19-year-old Zuleyka Rivera changed forever as she was crowned Miss Universe 2006, live from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, Ca. Hailing from Salinas, Puerto Rico -- a small coastal town off the Caribbean Sea -- Zuleyka is the eldest of three children. Extremely close with her two younger brothers, she has always considered family her top priority. "My parents always provided both my brothers and me with all the necessities in life, but taught us that what matters most is being a part of a united, loving family where respect and honesty prevail." An aspiring actress, Zuleyka has already worked on several commercials and television programs, as well as tested her skills as an emcee. "I would love to be a crossover actress and work in both Latino and American cinema.” Read more.