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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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My Family Builders (multiracial family building toy for kids) founder & designer, EZ Karpf, Ep. 19

Jun 28, 2015

Ep. 19: My Family Builders (http://www.myfamilybuilders.com/) is a wooden doll toy set intended to allow children to design and build a family as diverse as their own creativity can imagine. 

Listen as the founder of My Family Builders, toy designer, EZ Karp, talks about his background as a Jewish man from Argentina, how he became a toy designer, what prompted him to create My Family Builders, and the Clark Doll Test (and others like it), which inspired and inspires him to make these dolls available to kids everywhere so that they can build the characters and families of their choosing. Traditional doll sets impose limitations on a child’s imagination, which can have lasting effects. MyFamilyBuilders removes these restrictions and opens their eyes to a world of possibilities.

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.

 

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