Mixed Race Studies

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  • Mix-d: uk: A Look at Mixed-Race Identities

    Mix-d: uk: A Look at Mixed-Race Identities Pelican Press, Manchester, United Kingdom September 2008 32 pages ISBN: 978-0-9559505-0-6 Bradley Lincoln, Editor & Designer Richard Milnes, Photographer Mix-d: uk is a publication looking at mixed race identities from the Multiple Heritage Project [now mix-d] and the Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Education Trust. It celebrates the UK’s diverse…

  • Raising Chicanos in the Great White North: A White Mother’s Muse

    Raising Chicanos in the Great White North: A White Mother’s Muse Qualitative Inquiry Volume 15, Number 7, (July 2009) pages 1155-1177 DOI: 10.1177/1077800409338033 Traci Fordham-Hernández, Assistant Professor of Performance and Communication Arts St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY This article explores paradoxes in being the White mother of Mexican American children and discusses how some of its…

  • Dr. Maria P. P. Root Guest on Mixed Chicks Chat

    Dr. Maria P. P. Root Guest on Mixed Chicks Chat Mixed Chicks Chat (The only live weekly show about being racially and culturally mixed. Also, founders of the Mixed Roots Film & Literary Festival) Hosted by Fanshen Cox, Heidi W. Durrow Website: TalkShoe™ (Keywords: Mixed Chicks) Episode: #113 – Maria P. P. Root, Ph.D. Wednesday,…

  • When Race Matters: Racially Stigmatized Others and Perceiving Race as a Biological Construction Affect Biracial People’s Daily Well-Being

    When Race Matters: Racially Stigmatized Others and Perceiving Race as a Biological Construction Affect Biracial People’s Daily Well-Being Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin Volume 35, Number 9 (September 2009) pages 1154-1164 DOI: 10.1177/0146167209337628 Diana T. Sanchez, Associate Professor of Psychology Rutgers University Julie A. Garcia, Associate Professor of Psychology California Polytechnic State University Stigmatized group…

  • Mixed-Race Looks

    Mixed-Race Looks Contemporary Asthetics Special Volume 2, 2009 Ronald Sundstrom, Associate Professor of African American Studies University of San Francisco The multiracial population is growing larger and so is popular awareness about multiracial or mixed-race identity. Simmering beneath the growing public recognition of multiracial identity are questions about the legitimacy of mixed race, multiracial, or…

  • “Our Duty to Conserve”: W. E. B. Du Bois’s Philosophy of History in Context

    “Our Duty to Conserve”: W. E. B. Du Bois’s Philosophy of History in Context South Atlantic Quarterly Volume 108, Number 3 (2009) pages 519-540 DOI: 10.1215/00382876-2009-006 Robert Bernasconi, Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Philosophy Pennsylvania State University When restored to its historical context, W. E. B. Du Bois‘s “The Conservation of Races” emerges less as…

  • A New Take On A Old Idea: Do We Need Multiracial Studies?

    A New Take On A Old Idea: Do We Need Multiracial Studies? Du Bois Review: Social Science Review on Race Volume 3, Issue 2 (September 2006) pages 437-447 DOI: 10.1017/S1742058X06060280 Victor Thompson, Assistant Professor of Sociology Rider University, Lawrenceville, New Jersery Publications about multiracial identity and the multiracial population increased significantly prior to the 2000…

  • ‘Canadian’ and ‘Being Indian’: Subject Positions and Discourses Used in South Asian-Canadian Women’s Talk about Ethnic Identity

    ‘Canadian’ and ‘Being Indian’: Subject Positions and Discourses Used in South Asian-Canadian Women’s Talk about Ethnic Identity Culture & Psychology Volume 15, Number 2 (2009) pages 255-283 DOI: 10.1177/1354067X09102893 Rebecca L. Malhi University of Calgary, Canada, rmalhi@ucalgary.ca Susan D. Boon University of Calgary, Canada, sdboon@ucalgary.ca Timothy B. Rogers University of Calgary, Canada Ethnic identity descriptions…

  • The Face and the Public: Race, Secrecy, and Digital Art Practice

    The Face and the Public: Race, Secrecy, and Digital Art Practice Camera Obscura Volume 24, Number 1, 70 (2009) pages 37-65 DOI: 10.1215/02705346-2008-014 Jennifer González, Associate Professor of History of Art and Visual Culture Contemporary Art, Race and Representation Harvard University Contemporary digital artists have been exploring the function of the face and its relation…

  • `Caucasian and Thai make a good mix’

    `Caucasian and Thai make a good mix’ European Journal of Cultural Studies Volume 12, Number 1 (February 2009) pages 59-78 DOI: 10.1177/1367549408098705 Jin Haritaworn, Assistant Professor in Gender, Race and Environment at the Faculty of Environmental Studies York University, Canada This article examines the current celebration of Eur/Asianness in the media and popular culture. It…