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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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New Orleans Loving Festival with festival founder, Jerald White, Ep. 119

May 28, 2017

Ep. 119: In anticipation of the 50th Anniversary of the Supreme Court's landmark decision of Loving v. Virginia (holding as unconstitutional laws that forbid interracial marriage), which occurs this June 12, 2017, we talk with community activist, lawyer, artist, filmmaker, Jerald White, the founder of the New Orleans Loving Festival, about the New Orleans Festival, what led Jerald to create it, and his hopes and aspirations for the Festival and for New Orleans generally.  For more information about the Festival, please go here: http://www.lovingfestival.org/

And, for more on Jerald, and his multifaceted career, please check out his LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bottletree/

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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