Multi-heritage / Mixed Race Resources

By Zhaleh Almaee Co Director, Mandala Center for Change

RESOURCES: MULTI-HERITAGE / MIXED RACE IDENTITY

This is a beginning collection (as of Nov 2020) of resources specifically related to folx who identify as mixed race, multi-heritage and bi-racial. It is by no means comprehensive, instead it is intended to inspire and support deepening one’s analysis in regards to racial identity and its complexities in an American framework. Feedback, thoughts, questions, additional resources and musings are most welcome: Contact Zhaleh.

I straddle racial worlds as a white presenting mixed race person. There are many of us “bridge walkers” out there. I believe we have a responsibility to participate in racial healing and justice in central way as we have different insights and life experiences of racial oppression and privileges that support a deepening of understanding. It is my hope that these resources support you to explore the fullness of your identities and gain confidence to overcome the societal pressures to compartmentalize aspects of yourself. It is an invitation to celebrate and more deeply explore ones’ cultural origins, honor experiences of racial oppression, and grow awareness on the impacts of “whiteness” in the quest for personal healing and racial justice. In the name of wholeness, liberation and a culture of possibilities… -Zhaleh