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.

Dramatizing Loving v. Virginia onstage with the founders of the multiethnic producing collective Radical Evolution, Meropi Peponides and Beto O'Byrne, Ep. 123

Jun 25, 2017

Ep. 123: Meropi Peponides and Beto O'Byrne are multiethnic, multicultural people. She's Indian and Cypriot. He's Irish and Mexican. They are a dynamic and fascinating couple and the founders of Radical Evolution (http://www.radicalevolution.org/) a multiethnic producing collective committed to creating...

Multiracial family life and public service as a person of color with Angeline and Stephan Thomas, Ep. 122

Jun 18, 2017

Ep. 122: Angeline and Stephan Thomas each are Multiracial people. They also are husband and wife and have their own Multiracial family together with a second-generation Multiracial child. Theirs is truly a Multiracial experience.

However, Angeline's and Stephan's Multiracial lives are not solely personal. Each works...

Exploring multiracial life onstage and in the arts with Fanshen Cox DiGiovanni, creator of the one-person show One Drop of Love, Ep. 121

Jun 11, 2017

Ep. 121: An award-winning playwright, actor, producer and educator, Fanshen Cox DiGiovanni is currently touring the one-woman show she wrote and performs in: One Drop of Love. One Drop travels near and far, in the past and present to explore the intersections of race, class and gender in pursuit of justice and love. The...

Race and racism and multiracial experience in the Caribbean and around the World with Patrick Bennett, cofounder of Uncommon Caribbean, Ep. 120

Jun 4, 2017

Ep. 120: Patrick Bennett is a Black, St. Croix native who moved to the mainland United States. He is married to a White, German woman and has two Biracial sons. His is truly a multiracial, multicultural experience.

Patrick is also the co-founder of Uncommon Caribbean, (https://www.uncommoncaribbean.com/), a...