March 26, 2001
New York Newsday
"Mixed Races, One Message: New Center is a Resource and an Oasis for City’s Interracial Families," page A19
Jennifer Chau, a contributor to What Are You? is profiled. Jennifer talks about SWIRL, an organization she created for mixed-race people and families in the New York City area.

March 21, 2001
Oak Leaves
"Mixed-Race Families Get Counted," page 9
The Oak Park, Illinois, community newspaper reports 2000 Census figures for mixed-race residents and interviews Gaskins about the mixed-race experience.

July 9, 2000
American Library Association Annual Conference, Chicago, Illinois
"New Voices: Teen Writers and Editors" Panel
Pearl gave a presentation about What Are You?

May 8, 2000
Newsweek
"Color My World: The Promise and Perils of Life in the New Multiracial Mainstream," by Lynette Clemetson, page 70.

May 8, 2000
Scholastic Action Magazine
"Celebrate Who You Are!" page 6.

Spring and Summer 2000
Richmond Art Gallery and Centre A, Vancouver, British Columbia
What Are You? is part of Canadian artist Michael Tora Speier’s Hapa Big Board, a 16-foot interactive skateboard and family–oriented sculpture that is a "fun testament to cultures on the move." The Board deals with issues of cultural change and racial mixing.

April 14-16, 2000
Pan Collegiate Conference on the Mixed-Race Experience, Boston, MA
Pearl is a keynote speaker at this annual conference organized by students at Wellesley College and Harvard University.
See http://www.mavin.net/conference

March 17, 2000
"Eye on New Jersey," WLIB
Darrell Jeffries talks to Pearl about What Are You?

March 6, 2000
The Star-Ledger, New Jersey
"Count Them In: Multiracial Citizens Become an Official Part of the American Family"
Pearl is quoted in a story by Star-Ledger reporter Peggy O'Crowley, Today section, page 33

March 5, 2000
The Vallejo Times-Herald, Vallejo, California
"Mixed Message: Hogan Grad Book Deals with Racially-Mixed People"
by Richard Freedman, Community, page 1

February 29, 2000
The Boston Globe
"A Rich Sense of Self: Many in New Generation of Biracial People Reject Narrow Categorizations," Living section, page A1
Pearl is quoted in this article by Vanessa E. Jones, Globe Staff

February 21, 2000
"Vox Pop," WAMC, Northeast Public Radio
Pearl fields questions from callers about What Are You? and the mixed-race experience.

Fall 2000
Scholastic Read XL * Reading Improvement Program
Real-Life Hero Profile
"Pearl Fuyo Gaskins, Journalist"
A chapter of a reading program text includes a profile of Pearl and excerpts from What Are You?

November 28, 1999
San Francisco Chronicle
"In the Mix" essay written by Pearl, Sunday Ideas Commentary Feedback, page 4
See the article

Winter 1999/2000
What's Hapa'ning, The Hapa Issues Forum Newsletter
"Providing a Voice"
Anthony Yuen interviews Pearl
See the article

October 31, 1999
"City TV," N3TV
Toronto, Canada
Pearl is interviewed in a segment of this variety show.

September 19, 1999
Picnic in Central Park
Pearl and Charles Byrd, editor of the Interracial Voice online magazine, host a picnic for New York area multiracial people, mixed-race couples, and friends.

September 16, 1999
The Montclair Times
"Colors-And Categories-Are Only Skin Deep," page A12
Reporter Deborah P. Neely interviews Pearl

Fall 1999
MAVIN: The Mixed Race Experience
"What Are You? Release Party"
MAVIN's Matt Reid writes about the well-attended celebration for the release of What Are You? The party was held at New York City's George Billis Gallery in July 1999.

June 29, 1999
"On the Line," WNYC--New York Public Radio
Andrea Bernstein talks to Pearl about What Are You? Listeners call in with questions.

January 1999
Scholastic Choices classroom magazine
"Multiracial and Proud!"
In this article, written by Pearl, mixed-race teens relate their experiences. Pearl is cited as the author of What Are You?

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