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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Category: Literary/Artistic Criticism
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Oreo: A Comeback Story On The Media WNYC FM New York, New York Friday, 2015-07-17 Mythili Rao, Host and Producer Guests: Mat Johnson, Harryette Mullen, Mark Anthony Neal and Danzy Senna In 1974, Fran Ross published her first and only novel, “Oreo.” The satirical tale of a biracial teenager’s Theseus-style quest to find her father…
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The “Telling Part”: Reimagining Racial Recognition in Jackie Kay’s Adoptee Search Narratives Contemporary Women’s Writing Volume 9, Issue 2 (July 2015) pages 277-296 DOI: 10.1093/cww/vpu041 Pamela Fox, Professor of English Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. This article examines Jackie Kay’s earliest and renowned autobiographical poetic text, The Adoption Papers (1991), in relation to her latest narrative…
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Imperfect Unions: Staging Miscegenation in U.S. Drama and Fiction by Diana Rebekkah Paulin (review) [Black] TDR: The Drama Review Volume 59, Number 2, Summer 2015 (T226) pages 178-180 Alex W. Black Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Imperfect Unions: Staging Miscegenation in U.S. Drama and Fiction. Diana Rebekkah Paulin. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press,…
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Respecting and Celebrating Black Writing and Storytelling presented by Dr Anita Heiss Flinders University 182 Victoria Square Adelaide, South Australia, Australia 2015-07-09, 18:00-19:00 ACDT (Local Time) Anita Heiss A NAIDOC Week event co-hosted by Yunggorendi First Nations Centre with the School of Humanities and Creative Arts Anita will address staff, students and members of the…
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Review: Misty Copeland Debuts as Odette/Odile in ‘Swan Lake’ The New York Times 2015-06-25 Alastair Macaulay, Dance Critic Misty Copeland and James Whiteside in “Swan Lake.” Julieta Cervantes for The New York Times When Misty Copeland made her New York debut in the double role of Odette/Odile in “Swan Lake,” the most epic role in…
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Whatever else we might say about it, let’s not forget this: Rachel Dolezal’s story is a decidedly American one. Here, I refer not only to story of Dolezal’s racial passing, but also to how Dolezal’s story triggers and reveals America’s racial fascinations. Whatever Dolezal’s motives or ethics, our scrutiny of Dolezal’s race echoes a long…
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Tony Williams’ “Wilderness” and Mixed-Race Identity through Jazz Soundscapes and Such: Critical Thoughts on Sonic Subjects 2015-05-27 Shawn M. Higgins University of Connecticut Tony Williams (source: Wikipedia) Why do song writers choose the song titles they do? Perhaps Herbie Hancock’s 1980 track “4 A.M.” was recorded at that exact time – or maybe finished then?…
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Mixed Race Stereotypes in South African and American Literature by Diana Adesola Mafe (review) Research in African Literatures Volume 46, Number 2, Summer 2015 pages 166-168 Tru Leverette, Associate Professor of English University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida Mafe, Diana Adesola, Mixed Race Stereotypes in South African and American Literature: Coloring Outside the (Black and…