Mixed Race Studies

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  • The Black Presidency: Barack Obama and the Politics of Race in America

    The Black Presidency: Barack Obama and the Politics of Race in America Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2016-02-02 368 pages 6 x 1.2 x 9 inches Hardcover ISBN: 9780544387669 eBook ISBN: 9780544386426 Paperback ISBN: 9780544811805 Michael Eric Dyson, Professor of Sociology Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. Michael Eric Dyson explores the powerful, surprising way the politics of race…

  • Mixed-Race Youth and Schooling: The Fifth Minority

    Mixed-Race Youth and Schooling: The Fifth Minority Routledge 2016-02-26 256 pages 10 B/W Illus. Hardback ISBN: 978-1-13-802191-4 Paperback ISBN: 978-1-13-802193-8 Sandra Winn Tutwiler, Professor of Education Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas This timely, in-depth examination of the educational experiences and needs of mixed-race children (“the fifth minority”) focuses on the four contexts that primarily influence learning…

  • Black Lives Matter Activist Says Obama Meeting Was Positive

    Black Lives Matter Activist Says Obama Meeting Was Positive TIME 2016-02-18 Maya Rhodan WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 18: U.S. President Barack Obama (C) speaks about race relations while flanked by Brittany Packnett (L), and Rep. John Lewis (D-GA), in the Roosevelt Room at the White House, February 18, 2016 in Washington, DC. President Obama met…

  • Meet Team One Drop: Ben Affleck

    Meet Team One Drop: Ben Affleck Fanshen Cox 2016-02-10 One Drop of Love is a multimedia one-woman show exploring the intersections of race, class and gender – and in search of justice and love. The show is written and performed by Fanshen Cox DiGiovanni. For more information, click here.

  • An Exploration of Racial Considerations in Partnered Fathers’ Involvement in Bringing Up Their Mixed-/Multi-Race Children in Britain and New Zealand

    An Exploration of Racial Considerations in Partnered Fathers’ Involvement in Bringing Up Their Mixed-/Multi-Race Children in Britain and New Zealand Fathering: A Journal of Theory, Research, and Practice about Men as Fathers Volume 13, Number 2 (2015) 26 pages Rosalind Edwards, Professor of Sociology University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom Chamion Caballero, Visiting Senior Fellow…

  • The Complexity of Immigrant Generations: Implications for Assessing the Socioeconomic Integration of Hispanics and Asians

    The Complexity of Immigrant Generations: Implications for Assessing the Socioeconomic Integration of Hispanics and Asians National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts Working Paper No. 21982 February 2016 58 pages DOI: 10.3386/w21982 Brian Duncan, Professor of Economics University of Colorado Stephen J. Trejo, Professor of Economics University of Texas, Austin Because of data limitations, virtually…

  • An inquiry on racial, ethnic, and national identity among ‘mixed race’ persons of Indian and Fijian descent

    An inquiry on racial, ethnic, and national identity among ‘mixed race’ persons of Indian and Fijian descent University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji February 2015 149 pages DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.5141.7360 Rolando Alonzo Cocom A thesis submitted in fulfillment of the partial requirements for the completion of Master of Arts in Sociology This explorative research provides…

  • Mixed marriages are changing the way we think about our race

    Mixed marriages are changing the way we think about our race The Washington Post 2016-02-17 Jeff Guo For all the talk about immigrants refusing to embrace American ways — a defining controversy of this GOP presidential race — the evidence has been scant. The National Academies of Sciences deflated most of the myths in a…

  • No, Bill Clinton, we’re not ‘all mixed race’ – and you of all people should know that

    No, Bill Clinton, we’re not ‘all mixed race’ – and you of all people should know that The Independent London, United Kingdom 2016-02-15 Remi Joseph Salisbury If you’re claiming you’re ‘colour-blind’, you’re not being progressive. You’re part of the problem In a seemingly fear-fuelled attempt to halt the rapidly growing popularity of Bernie Sanders, Hillary…

  • Valentine’s Day special! On love, race and history in Ghana

    Valentine’s Day special! On love, race and history in Ghana Africa is a Country 2016-02-14 Dan Magaziner, Associate Professor of History Yale University Despite colonial administrators’ attempts to sabotage their marriage plans, Brendan (a district commissioner) and Felicia Knight wed in 1945. Fifteen years later, Felicia staged a successful one-woman-protest in front of Flagstaff House…