Intermix.org.uk is a website for the benefit
of mixed-race families, individuals and anyone who feels they have a multiracial
identity and want to join us.
Our
online forums are a great place
to meet others, ask questions, voice your opinions and keep in touch. Sign up for our monthly newsletter and delve into our pages.
Having
more than one 'parental' culture should be seen as an asset and welcomed
by society as a step forward towards one nation living together in harmony.
Intermix aim to do the following:
To offer friendship,support, information and
advice to mixed-race individuals, their families and carers, racially
mixed couples and trans-racial adoptees.
To explore the mixed-race experience and to
ensure that both mixed-race individuals, families and society at large
have access to balanced and sensitive portrayals of racial duality.
To highlight the marginalisation and racism
faced by mixed-race individuals and racially-mixed families living in
the UK.
To help mixed-race individuals explore all
of their heritage.
To bring mixed-race individuals together to
explore the concept of racial identity.
To keep mixed-race individuals and other interested
parties informed of mixed-race issues, events and social gatherings.
To promote a positive attitude between and
towards mixed-race individuals, their families, racially-mixed couples
and trans-racial adoptees.
To publish a regular newsletter, highlighting
media coverage, members letters and any other relevant information on
the mixed-race experience and the world at large.
To highlight the achievements of mixed-race
individuals in society.
Intermix is a learning organisation because:
There is a need for mixed-race individuals
to learn as much as possible about themselves and how they want to be
perceived by society.
There is a need for parents of mixed-race
children to understand the diverse cultural needs of their children
and to try and find as much information as possible to help them provide
their children with a balanced cultural upbringing.
There is a need to try and educate racially-mixed
couples about the potential obstacles they may encounter when raising
a mixed-race child.
There is a need for parents of mixed-race
children who are isolated for whatever reason to feel that there is
an organisation that can provide understanding, support and offer advice.
Intermix would like society to further understand
that mixed-race individuals are an assimilation of more than one culture,
being influenced as such means that they have needs that cannot be addressed
entirely by any one community.