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Matt Kelley
Matt Kelley (born 1978) is a mixed-race Korean-American writer, public speaker and consultant born in Spokane, Washington, and living in Seoul, South Korea. He is the co-editor of the ''Multiracial Child Resource Book: Living Complex Identities'' (2003) with Maria P. P. Root and is producer of the documentary film, Chasing Daybreak: A Film About Mixed Race in America' (2006), which features U.S. President Barack Obama. In 1998, as a 19-year-old, first-year student at Wesleyan University, Kelley createMAVIN magazine one of the first print publications about racially mixed people. In 2000, he founded the Seattle, Washington-based Mavin Foundation, a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization whose mission is to build “healthy communities that celebrate and empower mixed heritage people and families". Under his direction the organization created projects including the award-winninMatchMaker Bone Marrow Project thMixed Heritage Centerand thGeneration MIX National Awareness Tour He left ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mixed-race
Mixed race people are people of more than one race or ethnicity. A variety of terms have been used both historically and presently for mixed race people in a variety of contexts, including ''multiethnic'', ''polyethnic'', occasionally ''bi-ethnic'', '' Métis'', '' Muwallad'', ''Colored'', ''Dougla'', ''half-caste'', '' ʻafakasi'', ''mestizo'', ''Melungeon'', ''quadroon'', ''octoroon'', '' sambo/zambo'', ''Eurasian'', ''hapa'', ''hāfu'', ''Garifuna'', ''pardo'' and ''Guran''. A number of these terms are now considered offensive, in addition to those that were initially coined for pejorative use. Individuals of mixed-race backgrounds make up a significant portion of the population in many parts of the world. In North America, studies have found that the mixed race population is continuing to grow. In many countries of Latin America, mestizos make up the majority of the population and in some others also mulattoes. In the Caribbean, mixed race people officially make up the major ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Wesleyan University People
This is a partial list of notable people affiliated with Wesleyan University. It includes alumni and faculty of the institution. Administration and faculty Academia, past and present * Debby Applegate – former faculty, American history, 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography * Hannah Arendt – fellow 1961–1963, Center for Advanced Studies (now the Center for the Humanities), political theorist * Wilbur Olin Atwater (1865 Wesleyan B.S.) – first professor of chemistry; first to quantify the calorie; pioneer, utilization of respiration calorimeter * Reginald Bartholomew – former professor of government; former U.S. Ambassador to Italy, to Spain, to Lebanon * Edgar S. Brightman – faculty 1915–19, philosopher, promulgated the philosophy known as ''Boston personalism'' * Nathan Brody – emeritus professor of psychology; known for his work on intelligence and personality * Norman O. Brown – faculty 1946-196?; professor of classics; wrote "Love's Bod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
