Oregon Multicultural Archives

African American, Mixed Heritage Focus Group

Title
African American, Mixed Heritage Focus Group
Interviewee
Martinez, Charlene McAloney, Kim Gipple, Mackenzie Davis, Keyshawn Keller-Robbins, Breonna Al-Jilani, Marwah Quartey, Justeen Fifita, Hevani
Description
The group interviewees share their names and identities before talking sharing stories about belonging as people with mixed African American heritage. They discuss how they are viewed based on skin tone and how they are constantly perceived as either being not black enough or not white enough because of that. They also discuss the value of having a group to identify with. They move on to discussing the differences between where they grew up and OSU in terms both of ethnic makeup and how they were treated. They talk about micro aggressions they have experienced in their lives here as well. The group discusses how multiracially conscious different spaces at OSU are; the culture centers vs other places on campus. They close the discussion out by writing down messages on index cards and sharing them with each other. OSU Multiracial Beavers Oral History Project, 2016-2017 http://wpmu.library.oregonstate.edu/oregon-multicultural-archives/2017/08/04/multiracial-beavers/
Work Type
oral histories (literary works) transcripts
Date
2017-05-16
Identifier
African-American-Mixed-Heritage-Focus-Group-2017-05-16
Rights
In Copyright
Local Collection Name
Oregon Multicultural Archives Oral History Collection (OH 18)
Type
Text
Format
application/pdf
Set
Oregon Multicultural Archives OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
Institution
Oregon State University
Biographical Information
Charlene Martinez, associate director at Diversity and Cultural Engagement; Kim McAloney, a professional faculty member at OSU who works in the Educational Opportunities Program; Mackenzie Gipple, Keyshawn Davis, Breonna Keller-Robbins, Marwah Al-Jilani, Justeen Quartey, and Hevani Fifita, all OSU students at the time of the interview.