Day: April 6, 2015

  • Multiracial individuals report that the social pressure of having to “choose” one of their racial groups is a primary source of psychological conflict. Yet because of their ability to maneuver among their multiple identities, multiracials also adopt flexible cognitive strategies in dealing with their social environments—demonstrating a benefit to having multiple racial identities.

  • Volunteers Needed for Linguistic Research! It Pays! 2015-01-31 Nicole Holliday, Ph.D. Candidate Department of Linguistics New York University Nicole Holliday, a graduate student in the NYU Department of Linguistics is seeking participants in the Washington D.C. metro area for a research study on how individuals with one black parent and one white parent talk to…

  • Exposure to Racial Ambiguity Influences Lay Theories of Race Social Psychological and Personality Science Volume 6, Number 4 (May 2015) pages 382-390 DOI: 10.1177/1948550614562844 Diana T. Sanchez, Associate Professor of Psychology Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Danielle M. Young Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Kristin Pauker, Assistant Professor of Psychology University…

  • How Europeans evolved white skin Science 2015-04-02 DOI: 10.1126/science.aab2435 Ann Gibbons, Contributing Correspondent ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI—Most of us think of Europe as the ancestral home of white people. But a new study shows that pale skin, as well as other traits such as tallness and the ability to digest milk as adults, arrived in most…

  • Boutté play to explore questions of race and identity Illinois State University 2015-03-25 Eric Jome, Director of Media Relations When Duane Boutté, an assistant professor in the School of Theatre and Dance, read James Weldon Johnson’s novel The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man, the story struck a familiar chord. It also served as further inspiration…

  • Mestizaje and Globalization: Transformations of Identity and Power University of Arizona Press 2014 264 pages 10 photos, 3 illlustrations, 5 tables 6.00 x 9.00 Cloth ISBN: 978-0-8165-3090-8 Stefanie Wickstrom, Senior Lecturer of Political Science Central Washington University, Ellensburg, Washington Philip D. Young (1936-2013), Professor Emeritus of Anthropology University of Oregon The Spanish word mestizaje does…