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‘Belonging,’ A Journey Through Racial Identity And Family Secrets
“Belonging: A Daughter’s Search for Identity Through Loss and Love,” a book by Michelle Miller. For readers who love their stories plain-spoken and true, this memoir promises to be a must read. Michelle Miller, the effervescent CBS Saturday Morning co-host […]
Black Expats Spotlighted In Award-Winning Reality Show on Prime Video
What happens when expats return to the United States, adjust and unexpectedly leave the U.S. again to settle into a new culture on another continent? For Kynon and Juanita Ingram and their two children, it’s an unforgettable journey. ‘EXPATS’ SERIES […]
How The Amazing Spam Musubi Blends Asian And U.S. Cultures Into A Delicious, Inexpensive Snack
(Note: This article refers to “Matthew James Berrafato” because he has an uncle, Matthew Berrafato, who is also a photographer.) Irish-Italian-American photographer and all-around outdoorsman Matthew James Berrafato, a Third Culture Adult (TCA), missed the Hawaiian islands he had grown to […]
Could The Growth In Popularity Of The Holi Festival Of Spring Lose Its Significance?
The Holi Festival of Spring is a traditional celebration growing in mainstream popularity, but will this result in a loss of culturally religious significance? To discuss this concern, Tushta Krnsa das, the director of the Denver Krishna Temple in Colorado, […]
How The Outdoors Can Soothe the Turbulence of a Chaotic Cross-Cultural Lifestyle
Life can be stressful for a person who consistently straddles multiple cultures and environments, regardless of how or why, because it is always changing. Third Culture Kids (TCKs) or Cross-Cultural Kids (CCKs) may struggle to find stability within the chaos […]
Destinations With Doni: Dr. Jenn On How To Talk To Your Mixed-Race Kid (VIDEO)
If you’re the parent of a mixed-race child, chances are that your lived experiences will be markedly different from your kid’s, according to Dr. Jenn. Consequently, what are the questions you need to ask yourself before a situation arises where […]
On The Delight And Defiance Of Dancing To ‘Naatu Naatu’
One of the most common byproducts of listening to music is dancing, or just the need to dance. There are those songs, however, that implore you to shake a tail feather, do a jig, cut a rug, scrub the floor […]
Military B.R.A.T. Kennedy Brown, Learning New Ways Of Barbecue — Part 2 of 3
In Part 1 of this series, we met Military B.R.A.T. Kennedy Brown as she moves from New York City to Georgia, and now to Texas. Transitioning is never easy. Especially for Kennedy Brown, who moved from Brooklyn, N.Y., to Columbus, […]
