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Can Art Amend History? | Titus Kaphar

2017

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Artist Titus Kaphar makes paintings and sculptures that wrestle with the struggles of the past while speaking to the diversity and advances of the present. See more...

12:53 min

The Whiteness of ‘Coming Out’: Culture and Identity in the Disclosure Narrative

Ideas of visibility and the closet have largely been shaped by white America and the gay liberation movement of the 1970s. Refusing to subscribe to this narrative gives us space to connect with our gender, our culture and our sexuality on our own terms.

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The Double Culture Shock of Becoming a Mom While Living Abroad

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6 Tips for Navigating Intercultural Relationships

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In Love and Relationships, Family of Origin Matters

Whether we were raised in a family we are proud of or one we don’t get along with, our family life is a unique culture that leaves its imprint on us.

How Cultures Around the World Think About Parenting

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Parenting a Third Culture Kid

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Call Me Okaasan: Adventures in Multicultural Mothering

What happens when your child doesn’t speak your native language? How do you maintain cultural traditions while living outside your native country? And how can you raise a child with two cultures without fracturing his/her identity? From our house to your house—to the White House—more and more...

Raising Multiracial Children: Tools for Nurturing Identity in a Racialized World

The essential guide to parenting multiracial and multiethnic children of all ages and learning to support and celebrate their multiracial identities In a world where people are more likely to proclaim color-blindness than talk openly about race, how can we truly value, support, and celebrate our...

Our Children Are Growing Up Straddling Two Different Cultures—and It’s Not Always Easy

Our child is not just one of us. He is both of us. He is both our cultures. And as a family, we are both cultures together.

I Knew I Wasn’t What My Future Mother-in-Law Wanted

I’d never felt so white in my life—and that was before she saw me completely naked.

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