Mixed Race Studies

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  • Race-Crossing

    Race-Crossing Sacramento Daily Union Volume 2, Number 4 (1890-06-08) page 1, column 4 Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection Lima, the capital of Peru, is pronounced to be the headquarters of all the world’s mongreldom. Its population is the product of three centuries of race-crossing, and a scientific investigator finds easily distinguishable among the inhabitants the…

  • Homeland to Hinterland: The Changing Worlds of the Red River Métis in the Nineteenth Century

    In this social and economic history of the Métis of the Red River Settlement, specifically the parishes of St Francois-Xavier and St Andrew’s, Gerhard Ens argues that the Métis participated with growing confidence in two worlds: one Indian and pre-capitalist, the other European and capitalist. Ens maintains that Métis identity was not defined by biology…

  • The Color Line: A Brief in Behalf of the Unborn

    The Color Line: A Brief in Behalf of the Unborn McClure, Phillips & Co. 1905 261 pages ISBN 10: 0837113962 Open Library ID: OL7174992M William Benjamin Smith (1850-1934), Professor of Mathematics and Philosophy Tulane University Contents Chapter One: The Individual? or the Race? Chapter Two: Is the Negro Inferior? Chapter Three: Nurture? or Nature? Chapter…

  • The Métis of Senegal: Urban Life and Politics in French West Africa

    The Métis of Senegal: Urban Life and Politics in French West Africa Indiana University Press 2013-03-18 296 pages 9 b&w illustrations, 5 maps 6 x 9 Paperback ISBN: 978-0-253-00674-5 Cloth ISBN: 978-0-253-00673-8 eBook (PDF) ISBN: 978-0-253-00705-6 Hilary Jones, Assistant Professor of History University of Maryland, College Park The Métis of Senegal is a history of…

  • Transracial mothering and maltreatment: are black/white biracial children at higher risk?

    Transracial mothering and maltreatment: are black/white biracial children at higher risk? Child Welfare Volume 91, Number 1 (January-February 2012) pages 55-77 Mary E. Rauktis, Research Assistant Professor of Social Work University of Pittsburgh Rachel A. Fusco, Assistant Professor of Social Work University of Pittsburgh The number of people identifying as biracial is rapidly growing, though…

  • Racial and Ethnic Identity Development in White Mothers of Biracial, Black-White Children

    Racial and Ethnic Identity Development in White Mothers of Biracial, Black-White Children Affilia Volume 19, Number 1 (February 2004) pages 68-84 DOI: 10.1177/0886109903260795 Margaret O’Donoghue, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Social Work New York University This article reports on a qualitative research study of the racial and ethnic identity of 11 White mothers who were married…

  • Are the Tsarnaevs White?

    Are the Tsarnaevs White? The Daily Beast 2013-04-24 Peter Beinart, Senior Political Writer and Associate Professor of Journalism City University of New York also Editor-in-chief Open Zion In a word, yes. But why is this so hard for Americans to grasp? Peter Beinart on our country’s long track record of conflating religion and race. The…

  • Race, Policy, and Culture: An Identity Crisis for Sickle Cell Disease in Brazil

    Race, Policy, and Culture: An Identity Crisis for Sickle Cell Disease in Brazil Melissa S. Creary, MPH, Doctoral Candidate Graduate Institute of Liberal Arts Emory University Professor Howard Kushner, Chair Professor Jeffrey Lesser, Co-Chair Abstract of Dissertation Prospectus In 2001, Cândida and Altair, a married couple, started a national organization to increase the rights of…

  • Also by Mail

    Also by Mail Edition Assemblage: Begleiterscheinungen emanzipatorischer Theorie und Praxis 2013-02-20 96 pages Paperback, 142×205 mm ISBN 978-3-942885-38-6 Series: Witnessed Edition 2 Olumide Popoola Also by Mail is a modern family comedy-drama that follows the experiences of Nigerian German siblings Funke and Wale who fly to Nigeria to bury their suddenly deceased father. Their upbringing…