Write Now with Dr. Karabi Acharya

Who are you?I’m Karabi Acharya. I’m a public health anthropologist, a mom, and now an author. I’m also Multiracial. My mother was White American of English and German ancestry, and my father is Bengali from India. I grew up in both India and the US.What do you write?I’ve just written my first book, Multitudes, which is a hybrid memoir about the Multiracial experience. The book explores many of my own questions about being Multiracial. I wanted it to be a guide to how to be Multiracial in the US along the lines of What to Expect When You’re Expecting. I interviewed about 30 people and did lots of research on identity, belonging and the history of race. I hope that it’s a guide for Multiracial individuals and families to navigate the current world and that it offers ways that we can change our systems and cultures to see and celebrate the fastest growing racial group in the US.Where do you write?I’ve always romanticized writers and when I thought about being a writer, I imagined a small…

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