Mixed Race Studies

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  • Blood, Race, and National Identity: Scientific and Popular Discourses

    Blood, Race, and National Identity: Scientific and Popular Discourses Journal of Medical Humanities Volume 23, Numbers 3-4 (December, 2002) Pages 171-186 Print ISSN: 1041-3545; Online ISSN: 1573-3645 DOI: 10.1023/A:1016890117447 Allyson Polsky McCabe, Lecturer in English Yale University This essay examines the symbolic significance of blood in the twentieth century and its role in determining the…

  • Meeting the Needs of Multiracial and Multiethnic Children in Early Childhood Settings

    Meeting the Needs of Multiracial and Multiethnic Children in Early Childhood Settings Early Childhood Education Journal Issue Volume 26, Number 1 (September, 1998) Pages 7-11 Print ISSN 1082-3301; Online ISSN: 1573-1707 DOI 10.1023/A:1022974423276 Francis Wardle Early childhood programs have been in the forefront of implementing a multiracial curriculum. Early childhood educators need to extend these…

  • Examining Ethnic Identity and Self-Esteem Among Biracial and Monoracial Adolescents

    Examining Ethnic Identity and Self-Esteem Among Biracial and Monoracial Adolescents Journal of Youth and Adolescence Volume 33, Number 2 (April, 2004) pages 123-132 Print ISSN: 0047-2891; Online ISSN: 1573-6601 DOI: 10.1023/B:JOYO.0000013424.93635.68 Jeana R. Bracey University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Mayra Y. Bámaca University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Adriana J. Umaña-Taylor Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium The psychological…

  • Biracial-Bisexual Individuals: Identity Coming of Age

    Biracial-Bisexual Individuals: Identity Coming of Age International Journal of Sexuality and Gender Studies Issue Volume 5, Number 3 (July, 2000) Pages 221-253 ISSN 1566-1768 (Print) 1573-8167 (Online) DOI: 10.1023/A:1010137025394 J. Fuji Collins, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Student Health & Wellness – Vice Chancellor University of California, Merced There is considerable controversy regarding the means by…

  • Multiracial Children in Child Development Textbooks

    Multiracial Children in Child Development Textbooks Early Childhood Education Journal Volume 35, Number 3 (December, 2007) Pages 253-259 Print ISSN: 1082-3301; Online ISSN: 1573-1707 DOI 10.1007/s10643-007-0157-8 Francis Wardle The 2000 US census was the first to allow respondents to check more than one race/ethnic response for their identity. About 6.8 million Americans did so, and…

  • The racial canons of American sociology: Identity across the lifespan as biracial alternative

    The racial canons of American sociology: Identity across the lifespan as biracial alternative The American Sociologist Volume 31, Number 1 (March, 2000) pages 86-93 Print ISSN: 0003-1232; Online ISSN: 1936-4784 DOI: 10.1007/s12108-000-1006-z Ronald E. Hall, Professor of Social Work Michigan State University The fabric of American sociology is woven from societal belief and tradition. Sociology…

  • White Women in Interracial Families: Reflections on Hybridization, Feminine Identities, and Racialized Othering

    White Women in Interracial Families: Reflections on Hybridization, Feminine Identities, and Racialized Othering Gender Issues Volume 14, Number 2 (June, 1994) pages 49-72 Print ISSN: 1098-092X, Online ISSN: 1936-4717 DOI: 10.1007/BF02685656 Carmen Luke, Emeritus Associate Professor of Education, and Director of the Centre for Women’s Studies James Cook University, Queensland, Australia Interracial unions, biracial and…

  • Are multiracial adolescents at greater risk? Comparisons of rates, patterns, and correlates of substance use and violence between monoracial and multiracial adolescents.

    Are multiracial adolescents at greater risk? Comparisons of rates, patterns, and correlates of substance use and violence between monoracial and multiracial adolescents. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry Volume 76, Number 1 (January, 2006) pages 86-97 DOI: 10.1037/0002-9432.76.1.86 Yoonsun Choi, Associate Professor of Social Service Administration University of Chicago Tracy W. Harachi, Associate Professor of Social Work…

  • Under and Beyond Constraints: Resource Allocation to Young Children from Biracial Families

    Under and Beyond Constraints: Resource Allocation to Young Children from Biracial Families American Journal of Sociology Volume 112, Number 4 (January 2007) pages 1044–1094 ISSN: 0002-9602/2007/11204-0003 DOI: 10.1086/508793 Simon Cheng, Associate Professor of Sociology University of Connecticut Brian Powell, Rudy Professor of Sociology Indiana University Using data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class…

  • Biracial identity and social marginality

    Biracial identity and social marginality Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal Issue Volume 7, Number 4 (August, 1990) Pages 319-337 Print ISSN: 0738-0151, Online ISSN: 1573-2797 DOI 10.1007/BF00757029 Philip M. Brown Phoebe Hart House, Portsmouth, New Hampshire This comparative analysis of classic and recent literature explores the developmental and social implications of biracial identity in…