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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Rereading Pauline Johnson Journal of Canadian Studies/Revue d’études canadiennes Volume 46, Number 2, Spring 2012 pages 45-61 DOI: 10.1353/jcs.2012.0018 Carole Gerson, Professor of English Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada This essay argues for a broader appreciation of Pauline Johnson’s creative range and poetic accomplishment. Rereading her work in relation to some of J.…
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Disparity in Breast Cancer Between Black and White Women Can Be Eliminated by Regular Mammography Screening Rush University Medical Center News Release 2012-09-25 (CHICAGO) — Regular mammography screening can help narrow the breast cancer gap between black and white women, according to a retrospective study published in Breast Cancer Research and Treatment in August. Earlier…
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Our Zip Code May Be More Important Than Our Genetic Code: Social Determinants of Health, Law and Policy Social Determinants of Health Rhode Island Medical Journal Volume 96, Number 7 (July 2013) Dannie Ritchie, MD, MPH, Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Medicine Lead, Transcultural Community Health Initiative Brown University Center for Primary Care and Prevention…
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“A Very Different Looking Class of People”: Racial Passing, Tragedy, and the Mulatto Citizen in American Literature University of Southern Mississippi 2013-02-18 81 pages Stephanie S. Rambo Honors Prospectus Submitted to the Honors College of The University of Southern Mississippi In Fulfillment Bachelors of Arts In the Department of English This project explores the mulatto…
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And so it’s always powerful for me to visit countries outside of the United States generally, but obviously for an African American, and an African American President to be able to visit this site I think gives me even greater motivation in terms of the defense of human rights around the world. Barack Obama, “Remarks…
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New book details racism faced by black soldiers who helped build Alaska Highway Edmonton Journal Edmonton, Alberta, Canada 2013-08-02 Chris Zdeb EDMONTON – Author John Virtue admits he knew “absolutely nothing” about The Black Soldiers Who Built the Alaska Highway, which is also the title of his latest book, before he started researching the topic…
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Actor Guilt 2nd Story Chicago, Illinois 2012-06-07 Khanisha Foster Coming up on two years ago I moved to L.A., and since that time I have been writing. Writing creative non-fiction for 2nd Story, an organization that has stolen my heart, and writing my memoir—I’m the kid of a former Black Panther career criminal and heroin-addicted…
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2nd Story’s “Cruel Summer” Ends Up Sweet Gapers Block Chicago, Illinois 2013-08-01 Ines Bellina The night’s theme may have been “Cruel Summer: Stories of Learning the Hard Way,” but 2nd Story‘s first-ever appearance at City Winery last Monday gave audience members the giddy feeling of a summer fling. Combining storytelling and live music against the…