Cherrye S. Vasquez

Bonus Multiracial Heritage Week Family!

2020-06-15T06:43:15+00:00June 15th, 2020|

Cherry Vasquez and Family As a multiracial family - Roy, Kelly and I just live our lives. Though we realize we’re a multiracial family, it’s never pointed out. We’ve never really had to deal with issues until it was time for Kelly to begin elementary school. As parents, we dreaded each year having to fill out the ‘first day of school’ forms. In these instances, we almost always selected Roy’s race on paper which is White because it’s noted on his birth certificate (something I'll never understand except for his [...]

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Guest Column

2017-02-13T08:46:11+00:00February 13th, 2017|

Below is a guest column by Cherrye S. Vasquez, Ph.D. in response to my “A New Concern” blog entry and email. I think this response is particularly thoughtful and thorough. We had a great response to “A New Concern” with people stressing that yes, they do care about the bullet points regarding some of the recent concerns and they are very wary of the negative media portrayal that being multiracial is a hindrance. Project RACE continues to get out positive messages about the multiracial community. Thanks to all who participated. [...]

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All forms should ideally have a “Multiracial” box to check. As an alternative, you may use the check all that apply format and put this wording in the instructions:

check If you are Multiracial, you may select two or more races.

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