Mixed Race Studies
Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.
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- The Routledge International Handbook of Interracial and Intercultural Relationships and Mental Health
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- Call for Proposals: 2026 Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference at UCLA
- Participants Needed for a Paid Research Study: Up to $100
- 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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Mexico ‘discovers’ 1.4 million black Mexicans—they just had to ask Fusion 2015-12-15 Rafa Fernandez De Castro For the first time in its history, Mexico’s census bureau has recognized the country’s black population in a national survey that found there are approximately 1.4 million citizens (1.2% of the population) who self-identify as “Afro-Mexican” or “Afro-descendant.” The…
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New book ‘A Chosen Exile’ WREG-TV Memphis, Tennessee 2015-12-17 For nearly 200 years, countless African-Americans chose to leave their families, friends and communities to live in exile. Allyson Hobbs reveals this piece of history and how it affected race relations in her new book “A Chosen Exile.” Watch the interview here.
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The Rise and Rise of Misty Copeland The Year in Style 2015 The New York Times 2015-12-18 Ruth La Ferla This year, Misty Copeland’s fame rose from her performances in ballet, on Broadway and in commercials. Credit Bon Duke for The New York Times, taken at Steps on Broadway in New York City. Captivating a…
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Putting racism, white supremacy, and white privilege in context Chimes: The official student newspaper of Calvin College Grand Rapids, Michigan 2015-12-11 Joseph Kuilema, Professor of Social Work A group of students went to write positive messages on snow on cars following the racist comments that were written. Photo Credit Katelyn Bosch On Sunday, Nov. 22,…
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Play means to help people of mixed race find sense of belonging MPR News Minnesota Public Radio 2015-12-15 Marianne Combs, Arts and Culture Reporter “Purple Cloud,” written by Jessica Huang and directed by Randy Reyes, looks at three generations of hapa, or mixed race, Chinese immigrants as they search to find a place where they…
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Putting History in Its Place: An Interview with Bernardine Evaristo Contemporary Women’s Writing Volume 9 Issue 3 November 2015 pages 433-448 DOI: 10.1093/cww/vpv003 Jennifer Gustar, Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada Bernardine Evaristo was born in Woolwich, London, to an English mother of Irish descent…
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Rachel Dolezal: ‘I wasn’t identifying as black to upset people. I was being me’ The Guardian 2015-12-13 Chris McGreal, Senior Writer Guardian US Rachel Dolezal at her home in Spokane. Photograph: Annie Kuster for the Guardian She became a global hate figure this year when she was outed as a ‘race faker’. Here, she talks…
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First Baptist unveils historic marker The Tennesseean Nashville, Tennessee 2015-12-09 Jennifer Easton If people of faith go to First Baptist Church on East Winchester Street looking for a sign, they’ll find it. Sumner County’s oldest known African-American church celebrated another milestone Dec. 6 with the dedication of a historic marker commemorating the 150-year-old church’s early…