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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Blackness and Blood: Interpreting African American Identity Philosophy & Public Affairs Volume 32, Issue 2 (April 2004) pages 171-192 DOI: 10.1111/j.1088-4963.2004.00010.x Lionel K. McPherson, Associate Professor of Philosophy Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts Tommie Shelby, Caldwell Titcomb Professor of African and African American Studies and of Philosophy Harvard University In his Tanner Lectures, “The State and…
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#119: Moving “Multiracial” from the Margins: Theoretical and Practical Innovations for Serving Mixed Race Students The 28th Annual National Conference on Race & Ethnicity in American Higher Education (NCORE) Washington Hilton 1919 Connecticut Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20009 2015-05-26 through 2015-05-30 Part I: Tuesday, 08:30-11:30 EDT (Local Time) Part II: Tuesday, 13:00-17:30 EDT (Local Time)…
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The Psychological Advantages of Strongly Identifying As Biracial New York Magazine 2015-05-22 Lisa Miller As I reported in the most recent issue of New York, a new program at an elite private school in New York aims to combat racism by dividing young children, some as young as 8 years old, into “affinity groups” according…
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Learning to live with complexity and ambiguity
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I’m Black. I’m White. I’m Both. I’m Neither. GPB Blogs: On Second Thought Georgia Public Broadcasting Atlanta, Georgia 2015-05-20 Celeste Headlee I’m black. My grandfather is William Grant Still, the “Dean of African-American composers.” His skin was the color of maple syrup. Mine is the color of café au lait. My grandfather suffered countless indignities…
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“If 2050 is the year that 400 years of racism ends in one fell, photogenic swoop, then sure, I can’t wait. But forgive me if our collective crushes on Rashida Jones, Lolo Jones, and Norah Jones don’t inspire hope. Beauty is a cultural value whose definition has changed dramatically over time. But science and society…