Category: Articles

  • Why I Cut My Racist In-Laws Out Of My Life The Establishment 2016-08-02 TaLynn Kel I won’t lie and say that I never had issues with the demographics of my mixed-race marriage. I definitely did. I worried about what my mom would think, and what my dad would say were he alive. I worried about…

  • The article analyzes Brazilian anthropologist Edgard Roquette-Pinto’s participation in the international debate that involved the field of physical anthropology and discussions on miscegenation in the first decades of the twentieth century.

  • How White Parents of Black and Multiracial Transracially Adopted Children Approach Racial Exposure and Neighborhood Choice Sociology of Race & Ethnicity Published online before print 2016-08-02 DOI: 10.1177/2332649216661851 Kathryn A. Sweeney, Associate Professor of Sociology Purdue University Northwest, Hammond, Indiana Although past research on racial socialization tends to concentrate on providing cultural knowledge and pride,…

  • White KC mom of mixed family on why she constantly checks white privilege The Kansas City Star 2016-07-24 Aaron Randle, Culture Writer Amanda and Kenton Campbell have a mixed daughter and adopted son from Haiti “I’m so past the warm and fuzzy point,” the 36-year-old mom says Amanda Campbell is ready when you are. Ready…

  • Who Gets To Be ‘Hapa’? Code Switch: Race and Identity, Remixed National Public Radio 2016-08-08 Akemi Johnson Sunset in Waikiki: Tourists sipping mai tais crowded the beachside hotel bar. When the server spotted my friend and me, he seemed to relax. “Ah,” he said, smiling. “Two hapa girls.” He asked if we were from Hawaii.…

  • Inconsistency within Expressed and Observed Racial Identifications: Implications for Mental Health Status Sociological Perspectives Volume 59, Number 3 (September 2016) pages 582-603 DOI: 10.1177/0731121415602133 Whitney N. Laster Pirtle, Assistant Professor of Sociology University of California, Merced Tony N. Brown, Associate Professor of Sociology Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee The present study extends previous work on distress…

  • Othering Obama: Racial Attitudes and Dubious Beliefs about the Nation’s First Black President Sociological Perspectives Volume 57, Number 4 (December 2014) pages 450-469 DOI: 10.1177/0731121414536140 Daniel Tope, Associate Professor of Sociology Florida State University Justin T. Pickett, Assistant Professor School of Criminal Justice State University of New York, Albany Ryon J. Cobb, National Institute on…

  • Genetics against race: Science, politics and affirmative action in Brazil Social Studies of Science Volume 45, Number 6 (December 2015) pages 816-838 DOI: 10.1177/0306312715610217 Peter Wade, Professor of Social Anthropology University of Manchester Michael Kent, Honorary Research Fellow in Social Anthropology School of Social Sciences University of Manchester This article analyses interrelations between genetic ancestry…

  • NBA Star Amar’e Stoudemire Is Moving to Israel — Because He’s a Hebrew Israelite Forward 2016-08-01 Sam Kestenbaum, Staff Writer This week, basketball star Amar’e Stoudemire ended a celebrated 14-year career with the NBA. The six-time All-Star spent most of his career with the Phoenix Suns and the New York Knicks, before finishing with the…

  • Escaping Whiteness The Huffington Post 2015-07-12 Jennifer Delton, Professor of History Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York The exposure of Rachel Dolezal, a white woman passing for black, was just a blip in a year of more urgent stories about race in the United States. Indeed, many expressed annoyance that the story was given so…