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New Multiracial Media Column: Your Multiracial Kids Hair

How did we at Multiracial Media come up with the idea to have a column about Multiracial kids hair?

On Saturday I shared an article published on the Metro, a British publication. It’s about a woman named Keisha Omilana, owner of A Crown of Curls, which is a workshop that teaches White parents how to care for their Multiracial kids hair. For my lead in I first made a suggestion and then I posed a question.

Maybe Multiracial Media should keep a list of people who do that in various countries. Or going bigger, would you in the #MultiracialCommunity like us to offer more tips for your Multiracial kids hair?

Here is a screen shot of the response to my question. If you know anything about Facebook and their algorithm for businesses (versus your personal Facebook profile), they limit the number of people who can see content that takes people away from Facebook. In other words, if it’s a meme or something that doesn’t direct traffic away from Facebook, they’ll let a ton of people view it. However, Facebook rewards business pages if posts seem to be popular. How does Facebook define popular? Posts that get a lot of engagement: Likes, shares and comments.

  What did this tell me? It told me the Multiracial Community is clamoring for tips on how to care for their Multiracial kids hair.

With one exception, all the comments indicated that people in the Multiracial Community wanted Multiracial Media to offer tips for their Multiracial kids hair. There was one exception and I think my response to her clarified things because later in the thread she agreed and apologized.

My response:

As I say, later she apologized and explained it’s a touchy subject for her, which makes sense. Hair is a very touchy subject for all PoC, because of White Supremacy and the eternal quest to emulate Euro-centric beauty standards, which is complex.

I did a little thinking about all of this and saw how important it is to provide tips to moms and dads of all races and ethnicities about their Multiracial kids hair—in particular when their kids have hair that’s curly, coily, kinky and/or highly textured and mom or dad has straight hair or has been relaxing their hair and never learned how to care for their own textured hair.

So to that end, I went on a hunt to find a writer who could deliver four blogs a month about caring for Multiracial kids hair. I hadn’t anticipated so many people to respond but then again it doesn’t surprise me. I’ve narrowed it down to four. So each week, starting next Tuesday (July 11), a writer will share her personal tips on caring for Multiracial kids hair.

Please let us know in the comments section of this post if there are particular tips you’d like us to explore.

New Multiracial Media Column: Your Multiracial Kids Hair if you want to check out other voices of the Multiracial Community click here Multiracial Media

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Multiracial Media Presents: Multiracial Media Music Café

Multiracial Media Music Café

Multiracial Media is proud to present: Multiracial Media Music Café.

Before I explain what Multiracial Media Music Café is, I’ll explain why Multiracial Media Music Café is.

You’ve no doubt heard the concept of universal languages? These are forms of communication that every person on earth can understand. They cross cultures, religions, races, and they transcend whatever language is spoken in our homes. They are essentially the same or extremely similar no matter where we reside on earth.

Examples of universal language are math, dance, love and music.

The first one—math—is fixed. No matter where you live in the world, 1 + 1 equals 2, algebra is the same and a 90 degree angle is also the same.

The other three aren’t so fixed, but they’re all forms of expression every culture, religion, race and ethnicity use. And oftentimes they are expressed simultaneously. This isn’t to suggest that if you were raised on Hip Hop, Salsa, jazz, bachata, whatever, you can go to another country and without lessons know instantly how to dance they way people who’ve lived there their whole lives do, but one thing is universal: you hear music and something happens inside our bodies and it makes us want to sing, dance, tap fingers on the table, close our eyes, smile, go deep into thought, make love, etc.

For people who don’t have much of a singing voice or who, as the expression goes, have two left feet when it comes to dancing (I am the former, but not the latter), it doesn’t matter. By and large, no matter where our talents lie, music makes us want to do something.

At Multiracial Media, we’re all about being a platform of artistic expression.

To that end, we’ve launched something new, different and completely unique: Multiracial Media Music Café.

You walk in the café. It’s Saturday afternoon, almost evening, cocktail hour. As you approach the bar, you notice that all around you people are engrossed in conversation, reading, writing, drawing. They seem so diverse and different, but they also seem to be moving, talking, engaging with one another on the same wavelength. That’s when you notice the music. It’s not loud, but it’s not too subtle either. It’s not music you’ve heard before, yet it seems so familiar. There are hints of jazz and house and rock. You notice bass and drums, and a singer intoning lyrics that you hear but cannot discern. You find yourself moving to the beat. Not much. Not actually dancing. Just slowly swaying. That’s when the bartender catches your eye. He is friendly and confident. He smiles at you as if he’s known you all your life. You lean in and ask him: “What is this?

“It’s the Multiracial Media Music Café. We’ve been waiting for you.”

Multiracial Media Music Café – the soundtrack you know and love.

If you are a musical artist in the Multiracial Community (e.g., musician, singer, DJ), we want to showcase your work. Please click here to submit your work, which we will be honored to feature here. We look forward to hearing from you!

  Multiracial Media Presents: Multiracial Media Music Café if you want to check out other voices of the Multiracial Community click here Multiracial Media

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This is off-base from what I normally post, but I figure some people might be interested in or benefit from it, especially in the current climate.

I do work on a site called Multiracial Media which is a place for the Multiracial Community to come together in a safe place to share art and ideas. Really the about page can explain it better than I can: http://multiracialmedia.com/about-multiracial-community/

Beyond user submissions both owners create content as well and one does a podcast (it’s also on the site)

They’ve also just started an Advice Column: one post from that http://multiracialmedia.com/2017/01/19/ask-lisa-advice-for-the-multiracial-community-2/ and there’s a link to a form to submit questions.

So if it sounds interesting, check it out and maybe the spread the word?