By Guest Contributor Restructure!, originally posted at Restructure!
Canada is an officially multicultural country, but multiculturalism does not address racism.
The Continuum on Becoming an Anti-Racist Multicultural Institution shows six stages from being a monocultural institution to becoming an anti-racist multicultural institution. Canada appears to be at Stage Three:
3. Symbolic Change: A Multicultural Institution

Makes official policy pronouncements [...]

By Guest Contributor CVT, originally published at Choptensils
Okay, I’m done.  Just done with this sh–.  I am so sick of hearing people talk about mixed folks like we are some sort of science experiment.  “Positive” stereotyping out of ignorance and lack of exposure to make us just a new kind of “other.”  And I know [...]

By Guest Contributor Miriam Pérez, originally published at RH Reality Check
This article is part of a series appearing on RH Reality Check, written by reproductive justice advocates responding to recent efforts by the anti-choice movement to use racial and ethnic myths to limit women’s rights and health. Recent articles on this topic include those by [...]

By Deputy Editor Thea Lim
From How to Raise Racist Kids by Jonathan Liu:

Step One: Don’t talk about race. Don’t point out skin color. Be “color blind.”
Step Two: Actually, that’s it. There is no Step Two.
Congratulations! Your children are well on their way to believing that <insert your ethnicity here> is better than everybody else.
Surprised? So [...]

By Special Correspondent Thea Lim
The other day in convo with a friend, I burst into tears when he mentioned a couple he knows who are in the process of adopting. As a Korean couple, they have been discussing the potential race of their baby and whether or not having a Korean child is a priority [...]

by Guest Contributor Sumeia Williams, originally published at Ethnically Incorrect

I came across an article on the Pact website written by Elizabeth Bartholet. In it she says:

The research does indicate some interesting differences in transracially-adopted people’s attitudes about race and race relations, which critics of transracial adoption cite as evidence that supports their position. But this [...]

by Guest Contributor Kenny Darter, originally published at Hate on Me

“What color is she?”
White ladies have a bunch of kids and get TV shows. A Hispanic woman pumps out eight babies and gets scorn – and maybe a few high-profile interviews.
California woman Nadya Suleman birthed octuplets late last month after having six kids earlier this [...]

by Guest Contributor Marisol LeBron, originally published at NACLA (North American Congress on Latin America)

Political pundits have celebrated president-elect Barack Obama’s sweeping and historic victory as evidence that the United States has taken an initial step toward a “post-racial” or “colorblind” society.

In a recent Los Angeles Times Op-Ed, Shelby Steele provocatively asked, “Doesn’t a black [...]

by Guest Contributor Maegan “La Mala” Ortiz, originally published at Mamita Mala

Last night, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin accepted the nomination to the vice-presidency at the Republican National Convention.
Originally the buzz about Palin, focused on her having a vagina. Her presence was analyzed as a calculated McCain strategy to lure disgruntled, hard core Hillary Clinton supporters.
Then [...]