Mixed Blessing – Embracing the Fullness of Your Multiethnic Identity

Chandra Crane (MA, Reformed Theological Seminary) is the mixed ministry coordinator for the multiethnic initiatives department of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship and has written for In All Things, The Well, and The Witness: A Black Christian Collective. Growing up in a multiethnic/multicultural family in the Southwest and now happily transplanted to the Deep South, Chandra is passionate about diversity and family and is a member of the multiethnic Redeemer Church in Jackson, Mississippi. Jemar Tisby is the author of the New York Times bestselling book The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church's Complicity in Racism. His writing has been featured on CNN, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, and The New York Times. He is the founder and president of The Witness—a Black Christian Collective and the cohost of the Pass the Mic podcast. He is a PhD candidate in history at the University of Mississippi.

Foreword by Jemar Tisby



Introduction: What Are You?

1. Multiethnicity 101: The Foundation of Being Mixed

2. Multiethnicity 102: The Story of Being Mixed

3. Rejecting Stereotypes, Understanding Prototypes, Embracing
Stories

4. Mixed Folks: Minorities of Minorities

5. Mixed Identity in the Multiethnic Christ

6. Exploring and Nurturing Mixed Identity

7. Mixed Identity in Our Families and Communities

8. Mixed Identity in the Church and Society

Epilogue: Our Story



Acknowledgments

Appendix A

Appendix B

Study Guide

Notes

Name Index

Subject Index