Mixed Race Studies

Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.

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  • Kiss & Tell: A Romantic Résumé, Ages 0 to 22

    Kiss & Tell: A Romantic Résumé, Ages 0 to 22 HarperCollins 2011-03-15 336 pages Trimsize: 6 3/4 x 9 1/4 Paperback ISBN: 9780062009234; ISBN10: 0062009230 eBook ISBN: 9780062078650; ISBN10: 0062078658 MariNaomi From her father and mother’s interracial marriage to her own “you show me yours, I’ll show you mine” moments on the playground—from drug experimentation…

  • ‘Americanah’ Author Explains ‘Learning’ To Be Black In The U.S.

    ‘Americanah’ Author Explains ‘Learning’ To Be Black In The U.S. Fresh Air from WHYY National Public Radio 2013-06-27 Terry Gross, Host When the novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie was growing up in Nigeria she was not used to being identified by the color of her skin. That changed when she arrived in the United States for…

  • Racial Capitalism

    The Article focuses on instances of racial capitalism in which white individuals and predominantly white institutions use non-white people to acquire social and economic value. Our affirmative action doctrine provides much of the impetus for this form of racial capitalism. That doctrine has fueled an intense legal and social preoccupation with the notion of diversity,…

  • A Nation of Mutts

    A Nation of Mutts The New York Times 2013-06-28 David Brooks Over the past few decades, American society has been transformed in a fit of absence of mind. First, we’ve gone from a low immigrant nation to a high immigrant nation. If you grew up between 1950 and 1985, you grew up at a time…

  • ‘One Drop of Love’ (Theatre Review)

    ‘One Drop of Love’ (Theatre Review) The Chic of Domesticity: A Woman-to-Women Conversation on All Facets of Life – Fashion – Politics – Religion – Style – Travel 2013-06-29 Jennifer Vaughn-Estrada Plans free for tomorrow evening? I recommend catching the final performance of One Drop of Love: A Daughter’s Search for Her Father’s Racial Approval…

  • Obama hails Mandela ‘inspiration’ in South Africa visit

    Obama hails Mandela ‘inspiration’ in South Africa visit BBC News 2013-06-29 US President Barack Obama has praised Nelson Mandela as “an inspiration to the world” while visiting South Africa. The US leader, who was speaking in Pretoria after talks with President Jacob Zuma, does not intend to visit the 94-year-old, who has been critically ill…

  • Miracle Fruit

    Miracle Fruit Tupelo Press 2003 86 pages 9.1 x 6 x 0.3 inches Paperback ISBN: 978-0-9710310-8-1 Aimee Nezhukumatathil As three worlds collide, a mother’s Philippines, a father’s India, and the poet’s contemporary America, the resulting impressions are chronicled in this collection of incisive and penetrating verse. The writer weaves her words carefully into a wise…

  • ‘Soy Yo!’: Play explores being multi-racial in a world where race matters

    ‘Soy Yo!’: Play explores being multi-racial in a world where race matters St. Louis Beacon 2013-06-26 Nancy Fowler Parents, can you even imagine being accused of kidnapping your own children? It happened to Shari LeKane-Yentumi of University City. The reason was race. She’s white, her husband’s black. Their three children are both; and in our…

  • Solo Show at 2013 Hollywood Fringe Festival Examines Notions of Racial Identity

    Solo Show at 2013 Hollywood Fringe Festival Examines Notions of Racial Identity Contact: Fanshen Cox DiGiovanni Email: onedropoflove@gmail.com Website: http://www.onedropoflove.com/ May 2013 (Los Angeles, Calif.) — When actress and playwright Fanshen Cox DiGiovanni married the love of her life in 2006, her father did not walk her down the aisle. In fact, he declined to…

  • Rare Visit Underscores Tangles in Obama’s Ties to Africa

    Rare Visit Underscores Tangles in Obama’s Ties to Africa The New York Times 2013-06-26 Michael D. Shear, Nicholas Kulish and Lydia Polgreen DAKAR, Senegal — As a freshman senator from Illinois, Barack Obama told a packed auditorium in Kenya’s capital, “I want you all to know that as your ally, your friend and your brother,…