TV Media Appearances

Carmen’s perspectives on race and racism have been featured in Newsweek, USA Today, The New York Times, The Nation, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Boston Globe, and The Miami Herald. Carmen has appeared on MSNBC Live, NPR’s News & Notes, Washington Post Radio, American Public Media’s Marketplace, and PBS’s Asian America.

She has provided expert commentary on the following topics:

  • Race and diversity in the workplace
  • Media representations of people of color
  • Parenting and race
  • Interracial relationships
  • Biracial or multiracial people
  • Hate crimes
  • Racial stereotypes
  • Social media, including blogs and podcasts

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    Carmen Van Kerckhove
    Co-founder and President
    New Demographic
    Tel: 917.657.3886
    carmen@newdemographic.com
    New York, NY

    Paula Zahn Now on CNN
    August 25, 2006
    Jen Chau comments on the reality show “Survivor’s” decision to pit contestants of different races against one another

    Lou Dobbs Tonight on CNN
    August 25, 2006
    Jen Chau comments on the reality show “Survivor’s” decision to pit contestants of different races against one another.

    MSNBC Live
    August 24, 2006
    Carmen Van Kerckhove comments on the reality show “Survivor’s” decision to pit contestants of different races against one another.

    MSNBC Live
    August 24, 2006
    Jen Chau comments on the reality show “Survivor’s” decision to pit contestants of different races against one another.

    Asian America on PBS
    August 2004
    Jen Chau relates a childhood experience that was instrumental in shaping her sense of identity, and discusses Swirl, Inc.

    Asian America on PBS
    August 2004
    Carmen Van Kerckhove discusses the profound demographic shifts taking in America and the multiracial baby boom.

    The John Walsh Show
    February 2004
    Jen Chau discusses the resources available today to mixed race people, interracial couples and mixed families.

    Naked New York on MetroTV
    April 2003
    Jen Chau explains how Swirl, Inc. has created a home for mixed people who up until now never had their own community.

    The Ananda Lewis Show
    2002
    Jen Chau discusses what interracial couples need to think about in regards to having a mixed race child.

    Wolf Blitzer Reports on CNN
    2000
    Jen Chau discusses how she didn’t always find acceptance as a mixed race child, even within her own extended family.