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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.

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Confronting racism through global travel, biracial life in Canada, and transracial adoption, with Jordana Manchester, Ep. 63

May 1, 2016

Ep. 63: Jordana Manchester is Biracial (White mom, Black dad).  She was raised by her her mother and her White adoptive father (he married her mother when she was 4 years old and they had her younger brother a year later). So she was raised in an all-White household. 

After several years in Winnipeg, where she suffered overt racism, Jordana and her family moved back to Vancouver, which marked the beginning of her ethnic and culturally confused adolescence. She was the only Black kid in school and kids swung from expecting her to "act Black" to accusing her of being "not Black enough" or acquaintances would refer to me as the "Whitest Black person I know." 

After high school, Jordana embarked upon world travel, which eventually led her to study anthropology and these two things (travel and her studies) led her to create the travel and culture website, The Urban Xenophile, which Jordana hopes will help bring own racial barriers by inspiring ALL ethnic groups to travel and exchange ideas with one another.

For more on host, Alex Barnett, please check out his website: www.alexbarnettcomic.com or visit him on Facebook (www.facebook.com/alexbarnettcomic) or on Twitter at @barnettcomic

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Intro and Outro Music is Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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