Mixed Race Studies
Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.
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- The Routledge International Handbook of Interracial and Intercultural Relationships and Mental Health
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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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This poem perfectly captures feelings from a campus protest Blavity 2015-12-26 Blavity Team What’s it like to be conscious of being love[d] and being hated at the same time? This poet [Ariana Brown] eloquently explains her experience at a campus protest.
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15 striking findings from 2015 Pew Research Center 2015-12-22 George Gao, Associate Digital Producer Every year, we look back at our research to select the most memorable facts that illustrate important trends shaping our world. At Pew Research Center, the topics we analyze range from the specific subjects of video gaming and family caregivers to…
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When black is white and vice versa The New Tri-State Defender Memphis, Tennessee 2015-12-23 Brittney Gathen, Special to The New Tri-State Defender Dr. Allyson Hobbs signed copies of her book, “A Chosen Exile: AHistory of Racial Passing in American Life,” during an event called “Book Talk” at the National Civil Rights Museum. (Photo: Merritt Gathen)…
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17 Of The Most Powerful Things Latinos Said In 2015 That Got Us Thinking The Huffington Post 2015-12-22 Carolina Moreno, Latino Voices Editor Diversity, immigration, feminism and more — these celebrities covered it all. Latinos gave us plenty to think about in 2015, and it’s time to revisit some of the best mic drop moments…
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At UNLV, a north-south divide over rebel mascot — but it’s not what you think The Los Angeles Times 2015-12-02 Nigel Duara, Contact Reporter The University of Nevada Las Vegas mascot, Hey Reb! (exclamation mark included), warms up the crowd before a basketball game. (Isaac Brekken / Associated Press) He is all bushy mustache and…
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UNLV President Len Jessup says keep Rebel nickname; research concludes no roots in Confederacy U.S. News & World Report 2015-11-30 Michelle Rindels, Politics Reporter The Associated Press FILE – In this Feb. 1, 2014, file photo, UNLV mascot Hey Reb warms up the crowd before an NCAA college basketball game in Las Vegas. UNLV President…
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Philosophy of race meets population genetics Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences Volume 52, August 2015 pages 46–55 Genomics and Philosophy of Race DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsc.2015.04.003 Quayshawn Spencer, Assistant Professor of Philosophy University of Pennsylvania Highlights I discuss the recent human population-genetic research…
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A Radical Solution to the Race Problem Philosophy of Science Volume 81, Number 5 (December 2014) pages 1025-1038 DOI: 10.1086/677694 Quayshawn Spencer, Assistant Professor of Philosophy University of Pennsylvania It has become customary among philosophers and biologists to claim that folk racial classification has no biological basis. This paper attempts to debunk that view. In…
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What ‘biological racial realism’ should mean Philosophical Studies June 2012, Volume 159, Issue 2 pages 181-204 DOI: 10.1007/s11098-011-9697-2 Quayshawn Spencer, Assistant Professor of Philosophy University of Pennsylvania A curious ambiguity has arisen in the race debate in recent years. That ambiguity is what is actually meant by ‘biological racial realism’. Some philosophers mean that ‘race…