Mixed Race Studies
Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.
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- You were either Black or white. To claim whiteness as a mixed child was to deny and hide Blackness. Our families understood that the world we were growing into would seek to denigrate this part of us and we would need a community that was made up, always and already, of all shades of Blackness.
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‘What are you?’ Varsity Cambridge, United Kingdom 2017-02-03 Gabrielle McGuinness Being mixed race defies binaries and confuses people. HILLARY Gabrielle McGuinness talks about being mixed race ‘So, ummmm…what are you?’ ‘I’m sorry, what?’ I say. ‘Like where are you from.’ ‘Oh! I’m British’, I’ll reply enthusiastically, trying to end the conversation there. ‘No, I mean…
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Jordan Peele on a Truly Terrifying Monster: Racism The New York Times 2017-02-16 Jason Zinoman Jordan Peele, who is making his directorial debut with the horror film “Get Out.” Credit Elizabeth Weinberg for The New York Times The sketch comedian takes on racial politics and the “liberal elite” in his debut feature, the horror movie…
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Black and French: ‘Mariannes Noires’ film explores the intersections of identity AfroPunk 2017-02-16 T. McLendon The African diaspora reaches to every corner of the earth and in the Western world Black identity is often formed within the context of white supremacy, white nationalism, and white majorities. For Black people learning, growing and living in France,…
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I’m A Mixed-Race Woman But Everyone Thinks I’m White — Which Hurts My Pride But Gives Me Privilege Bustle 2017-02-07 Danielle Campoamor Source: Courtesy of Danielle Campoamor “We can’t help you here,” was all the receptionist would tell me. I was 20 years old, living in Plainview, Texas, and trying to see a doctor —…
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Black Indians Heritage Feature – Hot Ticket Cox 11 Hampton Roads Local Television Channel 2014-02-20 This special feature in honor of Black History Month provides insight into the high percentage of local African Americans that also have Native American heritage.
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Within the context of the panel, the paradox refers to the “in-between” space in which mixed-race people find themselves, neither here nor there. Our faces occupy visual markers in society. On-lookers file faces into categories in unconscious, routine assessment. In that instant they assign identities to people that can usher in a whole set of…
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But contrary to popular narratives, interracial heterosexual relationships and their result, multiracial children, are not the antithesis of white supremacy, but can be easily co-opted as the glittery mask behind which racism and antiblackness continue to thrive. To be clear, though, interracial relationships themselves are not under critique here. The danger, rather, is in how…
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‘To be black doesn’t have to mean anything more than what I already am’ The Philadelphia Inquirer 2016-02-06 Sofiya Ballin, Staff Writer Sonia Galiber, Director of Operations at Urban Creators Michael Bryant For Black History Month, we’re exploring history and identity through the lens of joy. Black joy is the ability to love and celebrate…