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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60th GRAMMY Awards: Full Nominees List Grammys Recording Academy Santa Monica, California 2017-11-28 Find out who is nominated for the 60th GRAMMY Awards in New York on Jan. 28 The nominations for the 60th GRAMMY Awards are here! Find out who has been nominated in each of the 84 categories below (use the links to…
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Despite the wide range of skin pigmentation in humans, little is known about its genetic basis in global populations. Examining ethnically diverse African genomes, we identify variants in or near SLC24A5, MFSD12, DDB1, TMEM138, OCA2 and HERC2 that are significantly associated with skin pigmentation.
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By studying an African population underrepresented in most datasets, researchers find genetic complexity of pigmentation varies by latitude
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London play ‘Hashtag Lightie’ puts the spotlight on mixed-race identity
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By considering diverse, under-studied African populations, we show how the architecture of skin pigmentation can vary across humans subject to different local evolutionary pressures.
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A mixed-race woman is about to become the first non-white member of the British monarchy, and I am conflicted.
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Do Not Pass Sunday Book Review The New York Times 2010-02-16 Touré This may come as a shock to you, especially if you look at whiteness as a boon and blackness as a burden, but I have never once wished to be white. If a fairy godfather came to me and said I could switch…
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All it took for Meghan Markle to “become” black was a proposal from a prince.
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A spokesperson for OMB could not provide any information about the delay.