Mixed Race Studies

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  • How Do Whites Perceive Biracial People?

    How Do Whites Perceive Biracial People? Daily Observations: Your source for the latest psychological research Association for Psychological Science 2011-11-10 In case you missed it, the cameras were rolling at the APS 23rd Annual Convention in Washington, DC. Watch Sabrica Barnett from The City University of New York present her poster research on “Not Fully…

  • The Autobiography of an Ex-White Woman: Bliss Broyard’s One Drop

    The Autobiography of an Ex-White Woman: Bliss Broyard’s One Drop Mother Jones 2007-11-09 Debra J. Dickerson Suddenly, white people are fascinated by race. Good for them. Good for all of us? If you haven’t read Bliss Broyard’s One Drop: My Father’s Hidden Life—A Story of Race and Family Secrets, you must. No matter how well…

  • One Drop: My Father’s Hidden Life—A Story of Race and Family Secrets

    Ever since renowned literary critic Anatole Broyard’s own parents, New Orleans Creoles, had moved to Brooklyn and began to “pass” in order to get work, he had learned to conceal his racial identity. As he grew older and entered the ranks of the New York literary elite, he maintained the façade. Now his daughter Bliss tries…

  • A Conversation with Eric Hamako

    This is the first in a series of interviews with scholars, writers, activists and others involved with the topic of multiracilism.

  • This is a Time for Hope and Change

    This is a Time for Hope and Change Indiana Law Journal Volume 87, Issue 1 (2012) Article 23 pages 431-444 Kevin D. Brown, Richard S. Melvin Professor of Law Indiana University Maurer School of Law I have agreed to comment on the paper delivered by Professors Angela Onwuachi-Willig and Mario Barnes at a conference titled…

  • “Racial profiling” in Medicine…

    While “racial profiling” in medicine has generated significant discussion in medical and bioethics circles, it has thus far gained relatively little attention in legal literature. This Article aims to develop the discourse concerning this important topic. It argues that “race-based” medicine is an inappropriate and perilous approach. The argument is rooted partly in the fact…

  • “My dad and me are Asian. My mom’s not”: Multiracial Identity and Disassociation Before and After the Internet Age

    “My dad and me are Asian. My mom’s not”: Multiracial Identity and Disassociation Before and After the Internet Age Interface on the Internet: The Journal of Education, Community, and Values Berglund Center for Internet Studies Pacific University of Oregon Volume 9, Issue 9 (November 2009) Jenn Hernandez Growing up, I’d tell people that “my dad and…

  • Racial Categorization of Multiracial Children in Schools

    Racial Categorization of Multiracial Children in Schools Praeger Publishing May 1998 176 pages 5 1/2×8 1/2 Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-89789-499-9 eBook ISBN: 978-0-313-00565-7 Jane Ayers Chiong Multiracial students have unique needs that are not being met in schools, because teachers and school personnel assume that those needs are the same as those of monoracial minority children.…

  • ‘It is a peculiar feeling, this multiple-consciousness:’ Putting the Multiracial Experience Into Multicultural Education

    ‘It is a peculiar feeling, this multiple-consciousness:’ Putting the Multiracial Experience Into Multicultural Education McNair Scholars Research Journal Eastern Michigan University Volume 4, Issue 1 (2012-01-26) Article 2 21 pages Jennifer Alexander Alexis is the product of miscegenation. Her mother is White and her father is Black. Her appearance blends both races so that, at…

  • Report-back: The second NAC meeting

    Report-back: The second NAC meeting Two or More: Mixed thoughts about the Census NAC 2013-03-21 Eric Hamako Eric Hamako is one of 32 members of the Census Bureau’s National Advisory Committee (NAC) on Race, Ethnic, and Other Populations, 2012-2014. This blog is intended to 1) share updates and Eric’s perspectives on the NAC, 2) gather…