Multiracial Family Man

Comic and writer Alex Barnett is the White, Jewish husband of a Black woman (who converted to Judaism) and the father of a 6-year-old, Biracial son. Join him and his guests each episode as they discuss the issues that confront multiracial people and multiracial families (including the dynamics between members of the same family who are of different races).

Within the Multiracial Community, Alex is active as a performer and advocate. Alex was a featured performer at the 2012 New Orleans Loving Festival, the 2015 Mixed-Remixed Festival in Los Angeles, and the 2016 Blend Conference at Cornell University.

Alex is the co-founder of Multiracial Media (http://multiracialmedia.com/) a website that showcases the voices of the Multiracial Community.

Alex also is the co-creator of the comic strip, The Bronze Panther, about a four-year-old, biracial superhero.

Alex has performed at clubs, colleges and venues throughout the country. He's appeared on the Katie Couric Show, been featured on Sirius/XM Radio’s “Raw Dog Comedy,” and NBC’s EVB Live, and in VH1.com, The Wall Street Journal, The Huffington Post, and CNN.com.

Adopting multiracial kids and interracial marriage with Vice Provost of U. Penn Law, Anita Allen, Ep. 6

Mar 29, 2015

Ep. 6: Anita Allen is the Vice Provost for Faculty and Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania. Professor Allen also is in an interracial marriage, and she and her husband adopted two multiracial children. Listen as Anita and Alex discuss the Multiracial experience, including Anita's own experiences as...

The Mixed Remixed Festival and writing about multiracial experience with NYT bestselling author, Heidi Durrow, Ep. 5

Mar 22, 2015

Ep. 5: Heidi Durrow, author of the New York Times bestseller, The Girl Who Fell From the Sky, is also the founder of the Mixed-Remixed Festival. For more on Heidi, please see: http://heidiwdurrow.com/. Listen as Heidi and Alex discuss the biracial experience, including Heidi's own experience as a biracial person of...

Interracial relationships and raising a multiracial family with journalist and mommy blogger, Christelyn Karazin, Ep. 4

Mar 15, 2015

Ep. 4: Christelyn Karazin is the author of the multiracial dating book, Swirling (http://www.amazon.com/Swirling-Relate-Mixing-Culture-Creed/dp/1451625855) and the founder/creator of the multiracial dating website: Beyond Black & White (www.beyondblackwhite.com). Listen as she discusses her own interracial marriage...

The Mulatto Diaries and the multiracial experience with vlogger and blogger, Tiffany Jones, Ep. 3

Mar 8, 2015

Ep. 3: Tiffany Jones is the creator of Mulatto Diaries (Youtube vlog/blog hosted by Wordpress), which has been used as a resource in college lectures on race, and has been noted as a relevant example of new media in the Society of Professional Journalists' Quill. Born in Detroit, MI, Jones holds a BFA in Theatre...

We Are the 15 Percent and chronicling the growth of multiracial families with Michael David Murphy, Ep. 2

Mar 1, 2015

Ep. 2: Michael David Murphy is the founder of the website, WeArethe15percent.com, which celebrates multiracial families and the fact that multiracial marriages now represent about 15% of all new marriages. Listen as Michael and Alex discuss how the website was founded in the wake of the controversial multiracial family...