Tragic Mulattos and Exotic Temptresses: (Mis)representations of Mixed Race People in the Media

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Generation E.A. : Ethnically Ambiguous

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Sophie Okonedo “ But the full story of Okonedo's battle against the odds to reach international acclaim at 36 has never been told before. She was five when her Nigerian father left her Jewish mother to bring her up on Wembley's Chalkhill Estate. "It was very rough," she says. At school, the half-black, half-Jewish girl faced discrimination from both sides. "I came across as much racism in the Jewish community as I did outside the Jewish community," she says.”

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The Impressionist by Hari Kunzru Symptomatic by Danzy Senna

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Halle Berry, Jennifer Beals

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Verizon’s “The Elliotts” Ad Campaign

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