Brook Lopez (Cuban/White) [American]

See on Scoop.it - Mixed American Life

Known as: Professional Basketball Player (Plays Center for the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets; Twin brother of Robin Lopez)

Awards/Accodlades: 2013 NBA All-Star, 2009 NBA All-Rookie First Team

More Information: NBA: Brook Lopez, CBS Sports: Behind the Screen: Brook Lopez, the man with two minds, Brook Lopez’s Wikipedia page

 
See on dailymultiracial.com

Flashback Thursday: Rashida Jones (African-American/Jewish) [American]

See on Scoop.it - Mixed American Life

Known as: Film & TV Actress (Sister of Kidada Jones; Daughter of Quincy Jones and Peggy Lipton)

TV: “Parks and Recreation”, “The Office”, “Boston Public”, “Wanted”, “Unhitched”, “Chappelle’s Show”, “NY-LON”

Movies: “The Social Network”, “I Love You, Man”, “Celeste & Jesse Forever”, “Our Idiot Brother”


See on dailymultiracial.com

Light-skinned-ed Girl: Mixed Experience History Month 2013: Mance Lipscomb, Blues Great

See on Scoop.it - Mixed American Life

Mance Lipscomb was born April 9, 1895 in Texas. His father was African-American and had been enslaved. His mother was mixed-race: African-American and Choctaw. He took the name Mance from a family friend.

See on lightskinnededgirl.typepad.com

Love Must Take Power

See on Scoop.it - Community Village Daily

“Love that doesn’t take power can never achieve justice” How People Power Generates Change, Moyers & Company


CLICK to Retweet (and for video)


Community Village’s insight:

This is another insightful quote which reminds me of Marianne Williamson’s quote about not being afraid of your own greatness. 

“Your playing small does not serve the world.” -Marianne Williamson


See on communityvillageus.blogspot.com

confessions

See on Scoop.it - Mixed American Life

1) This one’s a confession of sorts because since the Adam Lambert debacle I have not really watched any reality contestant type t.v.  And by “really” I mean never seen a full episode.  One can’t a…

See on mulattodiaries.wordpress.com

Light-skinned-ed Girl: Mixed Experience History Month 2013: Pompey Factor, Decorated Army Scout

See on Scoop.it - Mixed American Life

Born in 1849, Pompey Factor was a Black Seminole. His family fled to Mexico in the 1850s featuring enslavement after the Second Seminole War. He lived in Mexico until 1870 when he was recruited to serve as a US Army…

See on lightskinnededgirl.typepad.com

James Duval (Vietnamese, French, Irish, Native American) [American]

See on Scoop.it - Mixed American Life

Known as: Film Actor

Movies: “Totally Fucked Up”, “The Doom Generation”, “Nowhere”, “Independence Day”, “Donnie Darko”, “May”, “Go”, “Gone in Sixty Seconds”, “Sushi Girl”

 
See on dailymultiracial.com

Yara Shahidi (Iranian/African-American) [American]

See on Scoop.it - Mixed American Life

Known as: TV & Film Actress


Movies: “Alex Cross”, “Salt”, “Imagine That”, “Butter”, “Unthinkable”

TV: “The First Family”, “In The Motherhood”, “Family Guy”, “Lie to Me”, “Wizards of Waverly Place”, “Entourage”, “Cold Case”

 
See on dailymultiracial.com

Bizzy Bone (Italian, Native American, African-American) [American]

See on Scoop.it - Mixed American Life

Known as: Rapper (Member of rap group “Bone Thugs-n-Harmony”)


Music Videos: Tha Crossroads, 1st of tha Month, Look Into My Eyes, I Tried


See on dailymultiracial.com

Severn Cullis-Suzuki (Japanese/White) [Canadian]

See on Scoop.it - Mixed American Life

Known as: Environmental Activist, Speaker, Television Host and Author (Known as “The Girl Who Silenced The World for 5 minutes” for her speech, at the age of 12, to the UN Rio Earth Summit in 1992)


Speeches/Videos: The Girl Who Silenced the World / 20th Anniversary,Severn Suzuki’s speech at the University of British Columbia, RARE: Severn Cullis-Suzuki


See on dailymultiracial.com