Mixed Race Studies

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  • The Fluid Symbol of Mixed Race

    The Fluid Symbol of Mixed Race Hypatia Volume 25, Issue 4 (Fall, 2010) pages 875-890 DOI: 10.1111/j.1527-2001.2010.01121.x Naomi Zack, Professor of Philosophy University of Oregon Philosophers have little to lose in making practical proposals. If the proposals are enacted, the power of ideas to change the world is affirmed. If the proposals are rejected, there is…

  • De Blasio Is Elected New York City Mayor

    De Blasio Is Elected New York City Mayor The New York Times 2013-11-05 Michael Barbaro David W. Chen, City Hall Bureau Chief Bill de Blasio hugged his son, Dante, at an election night party on Tuesday. Chang W. Lee/The New York Times Bill de Blasio, who transformed himself from a little-known occupant of an obscure…

  • Mixed race families are becoming more common in advertising

    Mixed race families are becoming more common in advertising The Oklahoma Daily University of Oklahoma Norman, Oklahoma 2013-11-04 The Editorial Board If an artist was assigned to paint a portrait of the average American family 75 years ago, odds are, he or she would paint a family of one race — typically either white parents…

  • 79-173 Freshman Seminar: Barack Obama and the History of Race in America

    79-173 Freshman Seminar: Barack Obama and the History of Race in America Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Department of History 2013-2014 Well before he was elected the forty-fourth President of the United States, Barack Obama challenged Americans to think anew about the history of race in this country. In this course, we will examine President…

  • Trayvon, Postblackness, and the Postrace Dilemma

    Trayvon, Postblackness, and the Postrace Dilemma boundary 2: an international journal of literature and culture Volume 40, Number 3 (Fall 2013) pages 139-161 DOI: 10.1215/01903659-2367072 Richard Purcell, Assistant Professor of English Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania If President Barack Obama crystallizes the intersection of postrace and postblack idealism, nothing has exposed the fraught relationship between…

  • New Book on Racial Identity by Dr. Yaba Blay to be Released on Black Friday with Launch Party at the Painted Bride

    New Book on Racial Identity by Dr. Yaba Blay to be Released on Black Friday with Launch Party at the Painted Bride Drexel Now Drexel University 2013-11-04 News Media Contact: Alex McKechnie, News Officer, University Communications Phone: 215-895-2705; Mobile: 401-651-7550 On Black Friday, Nov. 29, a new book on racial identity by Drexel University’s Dr.…

  • Diverse Neighborhood Has Mixed Enthusiasm About New York City Mayor’s Race

    Diverse Neighborhood Has Mixed Enthusiasm About New York City Mayor’s Race The New York Times 2013-11-03 Cara Buckley The last presidential candidate Steve Waldman voted for was Hubert H. Humphrey. The last mayor he cast a ballot for was Edward I. Koch. And he’ll be darned if he is going to break his nonvoting streak…

  • Multiracial America Makes Census Boxes Obsolete

    Multiracial America Makes Census Boxes Obsolete The Root 2013-11-04 Keli Goff As the nation becomes more multiracial, some question whether the survey can accurately reflect the country’s true diversity. Editor’s note: This is the first of three in a series. (The Root) — In 30 years, America will look very different than it does now.…

  • Blood: The Stuff of Life [Lecture]

    Blood: The Stuff of Life [Lecture] The CBC Massey Lectures CBC Radio-Canada 2013-11-04, 19:00Z (14:00 EST) Blood is a bold and enduring determinant of identity, race, gender, citizenship and belonging. But should it be? In this visual narrative based on excerpts from the 2013 Massey Lectures, Lawrence Hill explores the scientific and social history of…

  • Mirror, Mirror – Who Is that Woman on TV?

    Mirror, Mirror – Who Is that Woman on TV? Inter Press Service News Agency 2013-10-21 Fabiana Frayssinet RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 21 2013 (IPS) – Carla Vilas Boas is of mixed-race descent – African, European and indigenous – like a majority of the population of Brazil. But she spends hours straightening her hair, trying to…