Multiracial Book Review

George Crum and the Saratoga Chip

Who wouldn’t love a story about how potato chips were invented? And how cool is it that the inventor was multiracial like me? George Crum grew up in the 1800s. He was both Native American and African American. Besides both being multiracial, I relate to George because he had lots of different interests like hunting, fishing and cooking. There was a lot of prejudice in the 1800s. But George didn’t let that stop him from doing great things. George was a really good cook and got a job cooking at a fancy restaurant with very picky customers. When you read the story you’ll see how one of those picky customers made George invent potato chips almost by accident! Later George opened his own awesome restaurant where he made great food and made sure all people were treated equally. 

 

I am glad Gaylia Taylor wrote this book. I think it’s awesome to know all the great things that have been done by multiracial people, from being President of the United States to inventing one of my favorite snacks! I also like how this story shows that sometimes good things can come from our mistakes. To go along with this great story are really colorful and fun illustrations by an awesome artist named Frank Morrison. 

 

The book is for 3^rd and 4^th graders, but it won lots of awards and I bet younger and older kids will like it too. There is even some information about the Census in the author’s note that my Mom was interested in.

 

Stay tuned for more book reviews from the awesome stack of books that Lee and Low Books sent me to tell you all about!

                                                Like George, Karson has many interests!                          

Karson

President, Project RACE Kids

Multiracial Kids Book Review!

From Project RACE Kids President, Karson Baldwin:

Well, so far I’m having a great time leading Project RACE Kids! I already got to do a radio show, which was pretty cool and to help with our launch party, which was awesome. And now, I get to review some books that we think are great for multiracial kids! 

Cherrye S. Vasquez is an author and the mom of a multiracial kid like me! She sent me three books to review. Two of them are workbooks that you can fill out, Affirmation Daybook and Diversity Daybook. Teachers can use these with their class, or parents can go through them with their kids and talk about it during family time. I liked them both! Even though they are workbooks you don’t feel like you’re doing homework when you do them. They are actually really fun and they are easy because you are mostly writing about yourself, your goals and what makes you special. Sometimes kids get discouraged about little things, but answering these questions gets you thinking about what’s awesome about you on the inside and the outside. It makes you feel really happy and reminds you that you can do something great. 

The other book she sent is, No Tildes on Tuesday, a chapter book about a multiracial girl named Isabella. Isabella’s dad is Mexican and her mom is white. She lives in a mostly white neighborhood and doesn’t speak Spanish or know a lot about the Mexican side of her heritage. But everything changes for her when her family moves to an area where there are mostly Hispanic people. I wanted Isabella to feel like I do about being multiracial, that it doesn’t stop me from fitting in, it helps me fit in! So, I was really happy for Isabella when she began to learn about and love both sides of who she is.

Karson

ANNOUNCEMENT! Multiracial Advocacy News!

ANNOUNCING THE LAUNCH OF PROJECT RACE KIDS AND A NEW PROJECT RACE TEENS PRESIDENT!

We are very pleased to announce the launch of Project RACE Kids with President Karson Baldwin! We will dearly miss Project RACE Teens current President, Kendall Baldwin, and wish her the best as she leaves us to attend Harvard. We are equally as excited about the new Teens President, Olivia Mukendi!

Launch parties are taking place on the East Coast and the West Coast today--so let's get started and check here soon and often for more news!

Announcing Project RACE Kids!

Announcing Project RACE Kids!

Project RACE Kids is almost ready to go! The official launch is July 15, 2012. We have a surprise for you! Karson Baldwin has been named president of Project RACE Kids. Karson and his mother, Kelly, will be on Mixed Race Radio at  http://www.blogtalkradio.com/defaultpii2-5on WEDNESDAY, JULY 11th at noon until 12:45 EST. Below is Karson’s very professional bio:

Karson Baldwin has grown up with Project RACE (his oldest sister became President of Teen Project RACE when Karson was just 4 years old) and starting PR Kids was his great idea! “I wanted to be a part of Project RACE Teens, but I’m not a teen yet. So, I asked if we could start an organization and website for all us multiracial kids,” he said. Karson is a great student and loves to research all kinds of things. He has worked as an actor and model appearing in catalogs, commercials, movies and t.v. shows. He plays basketball every day and is a NBA and NCAA hoops fanatic. One of his proudest moments came earlier this year when he shot the game winning buzzer beater from half court!

We are very excited about Karson and Project RACE Kids! Kids ages 8 to 12 now have a safe place to talk about everything multiracial! Join us.