Mixed Race Studies
Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.
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When the Serendipitously Named Lovings Fell in Love, Their World Fell Apart Smithsonian.com 2016-12-23 Christopher Wilson, Director of the African American History Program and Experience and Program Design Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, Washington, D.C. The new film captures the quiet essence of the couples’ powerful story, says Smithsonian scholar Christopher Wilson “My theory…
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Meet the black Americans going home to China Cable News Network (CNN) 2016-12-27 Yazhou Sun, Producer CNN International Paula Madison grew up knowing she was different. Born in the predominantly African-American neighborhood of Harlem, New York, she was raised by a single mother who looked Chinese. “When my mother opened the door and told me…
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Science is one of the most remarkable inventions of humankind. It has been a source of inspiration and understanding, lifted the veil of ignorance and superstition, been a catalyst for social change and economic growth, and saved countless lives.
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Fatherless and Abandoned, Vietnamese-Americans Search for Their Families Voice of America Learning English 2016-12-21 Hai Do VOANews.com Moki, Tan and Jannies were babies at the close of the American war in Vietnam in the 1970s. Their mothers were Vietnamese. Their fathers were American soldiers. In one way or another, they were all abandoned. Now, the…
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In the world of American ballet, Misty Copeland is the exception. As the first black woman to become a principal dancer for the American Ballet Theatre, Copeland knows what it’s like to be one of the few women of color to break through.
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Miss France ‘whitened’ for Paris Match The Times of London 2016-12-23 Charles Bremner, Europe Editor A row over racism has tainted this year’s Miss France contest after the winner was pictured in a magazine with apparently lightened features and her hair straightened. Alicia Aylies, an 18-year-old student who earlier won the Miss French Guiana contest, was…
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BEST OF 2016: Fractionalized — Stories of Biracial Joy, Pain, Struggle and Triumph Madison 365 Madison, Wisconsin 2016-12-26 Mia Sato University of Wisconsin, Madison Mixed. Multi. One-half-this and one-quarter-that. Biracial, mixed-race, “two or more races.” In a world obsessed with labels, the pressure to claim oneself as part of a racial group is an inescapable…