Category: Articles

  • Biracial Identity, which do you identify with? The Spartan Daily: Serving San Jose State since 1934 San Jose, California 2015-04-09 Andrea Sandoval Identity is a complicated matter; everyone has one, but rarely are people aware of how they get one. The boundaries, symbols and language that make identity stand out are often unclear. What qualities…

  • A real-life Lucious Lyon: The former slave who built a Beale Street “Empire” and transformed Memphis Salon 2015-04-04 Preston Lauterbach Bob Church (Credit: University of Memphis Special Collections) Memphis — and music as we know it — wouldn’t be the same without Robert Church’s legacy of vice, virtue and power Depending on which critic or…

  • Black and Yellow: Blasian Narratives Psychology Today 2015-04-07 Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu Ed.D. Crossing racial borders through storytelling Saturday night I went to an event called, Black and Yellow: Blasian Narratives, featuring students from Stanford joining a group from Morehouse and Spelman, two historically black colleges. The students presented both monologues and interactive storytelling. Their diversity was…

  • How one man has made a mark on history in northeast N.C. The Outer Banks Voice 2015-04-04 Ed Beckley Marvin T. Jones has a passion for local heritage and is responsible for a half dozen historical markers in the area. Our region’s rich history is brought to the fore each time someone who passes a…

  • Does the “White Privilege” Umbrella cover Black and Biracial Children? (Survey included) Lisa W. Rosenberg: Writings on Body Image and Identity 2015-04-03 Lisa W. Rosenberg This is the first post I have written soliciting responses to a survey—so I’m stating it up front: At the end of this post is an actual, honest-to-goodness survey for…

  • LAURA KINA Blue Hawai’i The Brooklyn Rail: Critical Perspectives on Arts, Politics, and Culture Brooklyn, New York 2015-04-02 Jonathan Goodman HAROLD B. LEMMERMAN GALLERY, NEW JERSEY CITY UNIVERSITY JANUARY 27 – MARCH 3, 2015 As an Asian-American painter of mixed background, Laura Kina creates work that is as culturally relevant as it is emotionally resonant.…

  • Multiracial individuals report that the social pressure of having to “choose” one of their racial groups is a primary source of psychological conflict. Yet because of their ability to maneuver among their multiple identities, multiracials also adopt flexible cognitive strategies in dealing with their social environments—demonstrating a benefit to having multiple racial identities.

  • Exposure to Racial Ambiguity Influences Lay Theories of Race Social Psychological and Personality Science Volume 6, Number 4 (May 2015) pages 382-390 DOI: 10.1177/1948550614562844 Diana T. Sanchez, Associate Professor of Psychology Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Danielle M. Young Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Kristin Pauker, Assistant Professor of Psychology University…

  • How Europeans evolved white skin Science 2015-04-02 DOI: 10.1126/science.aab2435 Ann Gibbons, Contributing Correspondent ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI—Most of us think of Europe as the ancestral home of white people. But a new study shows that pale skin, as well as other traits such as tallness and the ability to digest milk as adults, arrived in most…

  • Boutté play to explore questions of race and identity Illinois State University 2015-03-25 Eric Jome, Director of Media Relations When Duane Boutté, an assistant professor in the School of Theatre and Dance, read James Weldon Johnson’s novel The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man, the story struck a familiar chord. It also served as further inspiration…