Mixed Blessing, Chandra Crane
Mixed Blessing, Chandra Crane
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Mixed Blessing
Embracing the Fullness of Your Multiethnic Identity

Author: Chandra Crane, Jemar Tisby

Narrator: Cindy Kay

Unabridged: 5 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/15/2020

Synopsis

Chandra Crane has keenly felt the otherness of having a mixed multiethnic and multicultural background. But those of us with a mixed heritage have the privilege and potential to serve the Lord through our unique experiences. Crane explores what Scripture and history teach us about ethnicity and how we can bring all of ourselves to our sense of identity and calling.“So what are you?” Chandra Crane knows what it’s like to get that question. She has a Thai birth father, a European American mother, and an African American father who adopted her when she was five. With this mixed multiethnic and multicultural background, she has keenly felt the otherness of never quite fitting in. Where do people of mixed ethnicity belong? Those of us with multiethnic backgrounds may have pain surrounding our mixed heritage. But we also have the privilege and potential to serve the Lord through our unique experiences. Crane explores what Scripture and history teach us about ethnicity and how we can bring all of ourselves to our sense of identity and calling. Discover the fullness of who you are. Find out how your mixed identity can be a blessing to yourself and to the world around you.

About Chandra Crane

Chandra Crane is a resource specialist for the multiethnic initiatives department of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship and a member of the multiethnic Redeemer Church in Jackson, Mississippi. She has written for In All Things, The Well, and The Witness: A Black Christian Collective. She lives in Clinton, Mississippi, with her husband, Kennan, and their two daughters.

About Jemar Tisby

Jemar Tisby (BA, University of Notre Dame; MDiv, Reformed Theological Seminary) is CEO of The Witness, Inc., an organization dedicated to Black uplift. He is also cohost of the Pass the Mic podcast and the author of the New York Times bestseller The Color of Compromise. He has spoken nationwide at conferences, and his writing has been featured by the Washington Post, CNN, and The Atlantic. Jemar is a PhD candidate in history at the University of Mississippi studying race, religion, and social movements in the twentieth century.

About Cindy Kay

Cindy Kay is a Chinese Thai American narrator and educator who grew up in the California Bay Area and lives in the Rockies. Her work has been described as listening to a “cozy best friend.” She narrates fiction and nonfiction, and has studied Spanish, Portuguese, Thai, and Japanese.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Panda on February 16, 2021

Chandra Crane adds a significant perspective to current conversations about race, highlighting the experiences of multiethnic and multicultural people. She writes to them directly throughout the book, while also encouraging monoethnic people of different races to come along and join the conversation......more

Goodreads review by Bob on June 09, 2021

Summary: The author describes her own challenges and blessings of being a person of mixed ethnic and cultural identity, and how the Christian can affirm and include the growing number of mixed identity persons. “So what are you?” can be one of the most difficult questions for a person born of parents......more

Goodreads review by Michelle on December 15, 2020

Finally, someone who has written a book for those of us with multiethnic and multicultural identities (aka for us mixed folks). Chandra Crane's book, Mixed Blessing, is inspiring and equips us to better navigate the struggles as well as blessing of being multiethnic...and what that means for our own......more

Goodreads review by Timothy on March 08, 2021

As a person of mixed ethnic identity, i thought Chandra’s words and insight in this book were incredibly affirming. She put to words what feels common to mixed folks, yet unknown to many of who are monoethnic. I thought particularly Chandra’s insight on how to cultivate a multiethnic identity in a w......more

Goodreads review by Mary on August 12, 2022

Although I am not mixed, as a transracial adoptee much of what Chandra wrote about resonated with me. As a mother of two mixed children, I’m grateful to have read this. “Being honest about grief can foster places of connection, belonging, and rest for us mixed folks. As Soong-Chan Rah explains, to a......more

Quotes

“Chandra Crane’s important book Mixed Blessing speaks a needed word about the complexities and blessings of embodying a multiethnic identity in a world that often overlooks these voices. As a white person, this book has opened my eyes and helped me begin to better understand the experience of multiethnic people, something that will help me better minister in my church and in my community.” April Fiet, pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Scottsbluff, Nebraska

“This book is everything I needed for the ‘mixed’ students, neighbors, and family members in my life. Most importantly I found a framework I need to parent my own biracial sons.” Sandra Maria Van Opstal, executive director of Chasing Justice

“I have often wondered who in the next generation would write about the mixed-race experience from a Christian perspective, and I am so glad it was Chandra Crane.” Sundee T. Frazier, author of Check All That Apply: Finding Wholeness as a Multiracial Person

“Mixed Blessing is required reading for anyone who wants a glimpse of the complex and hopeful future of the church in this country.” David W. Swanson, pastor and author of Rediscipling the White Church

“This is the book I’ve been waiting for! As a person of mixed ethnicity, I’ve long struggled to know who I am, where I belong, and how to faithfully embrace and engage both the privilege and burden of straddling multiple worlds. Chandra is a wise and compassionate guide for all of us who walk these winding paths or seek to love and serve those who do.” Ben Lowe, cochair, Christians for Social Action

“In reading Mixed Blessing, I felt seen and understood. This a welcomed and needed resource!” Marlena Graves, author of The Way Up Is Down

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