The Multiracial Activist
Encyclopedia
The Multiracial Activist (TMA) is a libertarian-oriented activist journal covering social and civil liberties
issues of interest to individuals who perceive themselves to be biracial or multiracial
. In addition, interracial couples and families and transracial adoptees are also constituencies covered.
In addition to covering news on its core constituencies , The Multiracial Activist is involved in multiple civil liberties coalitions. Coalition topics include racial classifications , domestic surveillance , racial profiling, financial privacy , national identification cards , immigration reform and general civil liberties issues . Further, The Multiracial Activist participated as a plaintiff in a controversial lawsuit initiated by the Center for National Security Studies against the Department of Justice in December 2001.
, which eventually led to the repeal of their long-standing ban on interracial relationships among their student population .
In addition to working on racial classification issues, multiracial identity and interracial marriage, The Multiracial Activist and its founder currently serve on a diverse variety of civil liberties coalitions. Most notably are the Coalition for Patient Privacy, Asylum Working Group (sponsored by Human Rights First
), Liberty Coalition
and In Defense of Freedom.
Civil liberties
Civil liberties are rights and freedoms that provide an individual specific rights such as the freedom from slavery and forced labour, freedom from torture and death, the right to liberty and security, right to a fair trial, the right to defend one's self, the right to own and bear arms, the right...
issues of interest to individuals who perceive themselves to be biracial or multiracial
Multiracial
The terms multiracial and mixed-race describe people whose ancestries come from multiple races. Unlike the term biracial, which often is only used to refer to having parents or grandparents of two different races, the term multiracial may encompass biracial people but can also include people with...
. In addition, interracial couples and families and transracial adoptees are also constituencies covered.
History
Founded in April 1997 by James A. Landrith, Jr., The Multiracial Activist is registered with the Library of Congress in Washington, DC under ISSN 1552-3446.In addition to covering news on its core constituencies , The Multiracial Activist is involved in multiple civil liberties coalitions. Coalition topics include racial classifications , domestic surveillance , racial profiling, financial privacy , national identification cards , immigration reform and general civil liberties issues . Further, The Multiracial Activist participated as a plaintiff in a controversial lawsuit initiated by the Center for National Security Studies against the Department of Justice in December 2001.
Advocacy
The Multiracial Activist participated in the efforts in the late 1990s to allow respondents to the U.S. Census and other government forms that collect racial classification data to check more than one racial classification box . Beginning in 1998, The Multiracial Activist published a letter from Bob Jones UniversityBob Jones University
Bob Jones University is a private, for-profit, non-denominational Protestant university in Greenville, South Carolina.The university was founded in 1927 by Bob Jones, Sr. , an evangelist and contemporary of Billy Sunday...
, which eventually led to the repeal of their long-standing ban on interracial relationships among their student population .
In addition to working on racial classification issues, multiracial identity and interracial marriage, The Multiracial Activist and its founder currently serve on a diverse variety of civil liberties coalitions. Most notably are the Coalition for Patient Privacy, Asylum Working Group (sponsored by Human Rights First
Human Rights First
Human Rights First is a nonprofit, nonpartisan human rights organization based in New York City and Washington, D.C....
), Liberty Coalition
Liberty Coalition
The Liberty Coalition is a non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C. that connects politically diverse organizations and promotes transpartisan policies related to civil liberties and basic human rights....
and In Defense of Freedom.