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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One-in-six newlyweds are married to someone of a different race or ethnicity
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Commentary: Puerto Rican: If you’re a shade darker, you face discrimination Orlando Sentinel 2017-05-04 Pura Delgado Orlando, Florida In Miami, the Rev. Alphonso Jackson, left, from the Second Baptist Church and the Rev. Jeremy Upton from Refuge Church explain to children why state Sen. Frank Artiles resigned from the Florida Senate. (Joe Raedle / Getty…
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But it was Green’s last point, mentioned almost as an aside – “And of course, Steph is light-skinned so [players] want to make him out to be soft” – that got the most attention.
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We sat in straight chairs, waiting to meet our daughter. Burt held Jordan, age two, and Jamie, 13 months, while I jittered solo, eager to hold the baby. “Eager” doesn’t come close. I was afire. Atingle!
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A new power bloc rises in the US. Can an Indian American some day be president of the United States?
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Youth and Empire: Trans-Colonial Childhoods in British and French Asia by David Pomfret (review) The Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth Volume 10, Number 2, Spring 2017 pages 271-273 Molly J. Giblin, Instructor University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee Youth and Empire: Trans-Colonial Childhoods in British and French Asia. By David Pomfret. Stanford, CA:…
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The results of the decennial Census—the next will be in 2020—will determine how state and federal political districts are drawn; which Americans are “counted” for representation; and how federal dollars, many of which are allocated on a per capita basis, are spent.
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Misty Copeland, a Ballerina With Real Acting Chops The New York Times 2017-05-09 Gia Kourlas As Misty Copeland gets older, she seeks even more depth in her acting. Credit Dolly Faibyshev for The New York Times Misty Copeland isn’t one of those principals who step onstage a few times a season. She dances. A lot.…
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“But you’re not a true Asian,” people say when I try to assert an Asian identity.
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During the long eighteenth century, elite free people of color in Jamaica petitioned the government for exemptions to some of the island’s laws against those with African ancestry. In making these appeals, they highlighted advanced social and financial positions that put them above the average Jamaican of color.