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  • “But how Indian are you?”: notes on being a mixed-race Indigenous person.

    “But how Indian are you?”: notes on being a mixed-race Indigenous person. A Halfbreed’s Reasoning 2012-11-15 Samantha Nock I am mixed. It’s not like it’s a secret. I am a mixed-race, mixed-blood, hybrid, mud blood, halfbreed; these things I know to be true. The thing is, I know my identity. I am accepted by my…

  • ​black girls rule: celebrating brazilian women of colour

    ​black girls rule: celebrating brazilian women of colour i-D 2016-03-08 Hattie Collins Weudson Ribeiro’s new photobook Black Girl Power is shining a light on black female identity and LGBT women of colour in brazil. Brasilia based photographer, journalist and political scientist Weudson Ribeiro is known for his images celebrating Brazilian queer culture. In his latest…

  • The Curious Presidency of Barack Obama

    The Curious Presidency of Barack Obama Political Insight Volume 7, Number 1 (April 2016) pages 8-11 DOI: 10.1177/2041905816637452 James D. Boys, Associate Professor of International Political Studies Richmond University, London, United Kingdom After two terms in the White House, Barack Obama’s Presidency has entered its final year. James D. Boys assesses his record in office…

  • Colored Perceptions: Racially Distinctive Names and Assessments of Skin Color

    Colored Perceptions: Racially Distinctive Names and Assessments of Skin Color American Behavioral Scientist Volume 60, Number 4 (April 2016) pages 420-441 DOI: 10.1177/0002764215613395 Denia Garcia Department of Sociology Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey Maria Abascal Department of Sociology Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey Scholars are increasingly employing skin color measures to investigate racial stratification beyond…

  • Shades of Race: How Phenotype and Observer Characteristics Shape Racial Classification

    Shades of Race: How Phenotype and Observer Characteristics Shape Racial Classification American Behavioral Scientist Volume 60, Number 4 (April 2016) pages 390-419 DOI: 10.1177/0002764215613401 Cynthia Feliciano, Associate Professor of Sociology and Chicano/Latino Studies University of California, Irvine Although race-based discrimination and stereotyping can only occur if people place others into racial categories, our understanding of…

  • Interrogating Race: Color, Racial Categories, and Class Across the Americas

    Interrogating Race: Color, Racial Categories, and Class Across the Americas American Behavioral Scientist Volume 60, Number 4 (April 2016) pages 538-555 DOI: 10.1177/0002764215613400 Stanley R. Bailey, Associate Professor of Sociology University of California, Irvine Fabrício M. Fialho University of California, Los Angeles Andrew M. Penner, Associate Professor of Sociology University of California, Irvine We address…

  • Documenting Contested Racial Identities Among Self-Identified Latina/os, Asians, Blacks, and Whites

    Documenting Contested Racial Identities Among Self-Identified Latina/os, Asians, Blacks, and Whites American Behavioral Scientist Volume 60, Number 4 (April 2016) pages 442-464 DOI: 10.1177/0002764215613396 Nicholas Vargas, Assistant Professor of Latin American Studies and Sociology University of Florida Kevin Stainback, Associate Professor of Sociology Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana A contested racial identity refers to incongruence…

  • Mat Johnson: Black & White & Read All Over

    Mat Johnson: Black & White & Read All Over The Austin Chronicle Austin, Texas 2015-06-18 Wayne Alan Brenner Our interview with the Houston-based author This is an interview with Mat Johnson, who wrote the acclaimed Pym – which is somehow a popular favorite and a cult favorite, simultaneously, we’d swear – and who is most…

  • “When I discovered that I’m black”: How racism is so cruel, that it makes it difficult for black people to recognize themselves as such

    “When I discovered that I’m black”: How racism is so cruel, that it makes it difficult for black people to recognize themselves as such Black Women of Brazil: The site dedicated to Brazilian women of African descent 2016-03-04 Jônatas Cordeiro da Silva Originally “When I discovered that I’m black: “I’ll tell my story, because I…

  • We Live Here rerun: Being biracial in America

    We Live Here rerun: Being biracial in America St. Louis Public Radio 90.7 KWMU, KWMU-2, KWMU-3: News That Matters. Saint Louis, Missouri 2016-03-07 Shula Neuman, Executive Editor We originally aired this podcast on what its like to be multi-racial about six months ago. The project was the brainchild of Emanuele Berry, one of the founding…