On October 16, 2003, IV completed an eight year and one month run as the premier independent, information-oriented, networking newsjournal, serving the mixed-race/interracial community in cyberspace. (The September-October 2003 editorials are still posted below as they appeared then.) Yes, we took pride in being what Nathan Douglas refers to as a "loose band of racial iconoclasts" in his insightful, thought-provoking essay entitled "The Multiracial Movement: An Uncomfortable Political Fit".

We resisted the notion posited by the socialist wing of what became known as the multiracial movement that "mixed" individuals are nothing more than the property of their "parent groups" with each minority community still being able to soak up the numbers of its own mixed subset. As God gave us all a modicum of free-will, surely that free-will applies towards not wanting our "racial data" tabulated according to the whims of those who seek to maintain accrued political power by doing so. Additionally, that free-will surely applies to working toward the day when no one should be obliged by any governmental agency to check race and ethnicity boxes.

Interracial Voice will remain in a streamlined archived state for the foreseeable future. Previous editorials, essays, interviews, book reviews and other pages remain online for your perusal. Even with somewhat reduced content, there is no doubt that IV is the richest repository of philosophical thought and interaction regarding the race notion and mixedness extant on this planet. That said, we recommend James Landrith's Multiracial Activist and "Taking The Gloves Off" web offerings.

As the Census 2000 check-all-that-apply scheme allows government agencies to, essentially, one-drop individuals back to the minority parent's so-called race, Frank W. Sweet's OneDropRule: History of U.S. Racialism website is definitely worth checking out. Much of the discussion centers around the continuance of one-drop racism in America. (Archived postings from Frank's original OneDropRule Yahoo! Group are still available.)

Additionally, please take a look at The Unhyphenated American, Mario Delgado's web site for citizens of the United States that view themselves in non-racial terms. This site is dedicated towards having all Americans being treated and viewed by their government as simply Americans and urges all Americans to simply respond human in the "some other race" section of the 2010 U.S. Census questionnaire.

Lastly, my new book "The Bhagavad-gita in Black and White: From Mulatto Pride to Krishna Consciousness" (Backintyme Publishing) is available for purchase from Amazon.com. Please buy this important work. It is said that true intelligence entails knowing the difference between what is temporary and what is eternal. Our bodies and the racial, ethnic and cultural identifiers we attach to them are, at very best, temporary. What is eternal is what survives the body.

Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya.

May God bless you all, as He, not man, deserves praise.

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