Mixed Race Studies

Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.

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  • Should Harris Talk Much About Her Racial Identity? Many Voters Say No.

    Even as Trump plays up racial divisions, many Americans said they would rather not dwell on race or identity. “We can all see that you’re Black.”

  • Why Kamala Harris’ biracial identity upsets Donald Trump so much

    Acknowledging the existence of multiracial identities completely scrambles Trump’s stereotypes.

  • The Lesser-Known Side of Harris’s Identity: Asian American

    The Lesser-Known Side of Harris’s Identity: Asian American The New York Times 2024-07-28 Amy Qin Kamala Harris spoke during the virtual Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Unity Summit in 2021. Erin Scott for The New York Times Some Asian American leaders are rooting for Kamala Harris to become the first Asian American president. But she…

  • Mixed Desis: Stories of Multiracial South Asians

    Embark on an inspiring journey through the captivating narratives of “Mixed Desis,” a book creating community for and gathering the voices of mixed-race individuals, interracial families, and multiracial family researchers. Within these pages, you’ll find the heartfelt stories of trailblazers who dared to defy convention in their pursuit of love and life.

  • Multiracial Generations: (Mis)Identification & Socialization Experiences of Interminority Multiracials and Half-White Multiracials

    We found that phenotypically ambiguous Multiracials were the most likely to experience misidentification. Interminority Multiracials were more likely to be misperceived as a higher-status ethnoracial group and half-White Multiracials were more likely to be misperceived as a lower-status ethnoracial group. Moreover, phenotypically ambiguous Multiracials reported a marginally higher proportion of non-coracial friends. Furthermore, interminority Multiracials…

  • Excerpts from The Space Between by Herb Harris

    This racial ambiguity reflects many generations of mixed heritage that go back to the beginning of the slave trade. My ancestors were both the enslaved and the enslavers who sexually exploited them. I have many white ancestors, but their identities are almost entirely unknown. These perpetrators and their victims still live inside me, where their…

  • Are You a Mixed Race Poet?

    ‘m writing a book called The Mixed + Multiracial Guide to Wellbeing: Navigating Family + Identity + Healing and I’m looking for unpublished poems about mixed race identity to showcase in the book.

  • Populations, individuals, and biological race

    Populations, individuals, and biological race Biology and Philosophy Volume 39, article number 10, (2024) 24 pages DOI: 10.1007/s10539-024-09946-0 M.A. Diamond-Hunter, Teaching Associate Department of History and Philosophy of Science Research Associate, Sidney Sussex College University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom In this paper, I plan to show that the use of a specific population concept—Millstein’s…

  • 2024 Critical Mixed Race Studies Association Conference

    Welcome to the 7th biennial Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference, taking place both virtually and in person at The Ohio State University (OSU) in the OSU Union. We are hosting the conference during the week of Loving Day, the anniversary of the June 12, 1967 Loving v. Virginia U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down…

  • Building a Mixed Race Community: The People, Building, and Sites of the Winton Triangle

    Photoworks is delighted to host the work of acclaimed photojournalist and historian, Marvin Tupper Jones, in the exhibition, “Building a Mixed Race Community.” The show will be on display from February 9th – March 31st.