Mixed Race Studies

Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.

recent posts

about

Category: Articles

  • A Jewish-Asian Couple’s Union Leads to a Scholarly Interest in Intermarriage

    A Jewish-Asian Couple’s Union Leads to a Scholarly Interest in Intermarriage The New York Times 2012-06-15 Samuel G. Freedman, Professor of Journalism Columbia University, New York, New York One weekend night 15 years ago, a group of graduate students at the University of Chicago decided to interrupt their research long enough for a dinner party.…

  • The Newest Jews? Understanding Jewish American and Asian American Marriages

    The Newest Jews? Understanding Jewish American and Asian American Marriages Contemporary Jewry July 2012, Volume 32, Issue 2 pages 135-166 DOI: 10.1007/s12397-012-9078-y Helen K. Kim, Associate Professor of Sociology Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington Noah Leavitt, Research Associate Department of Sociology Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington This paper investigates how racial, ethnic and religious identities…

  • China Dolls by Lisa See

    China Dolls by Lisa See Discover Nikkei 2015-01-15 Leslie Yamaguchi Fans of best-selling author Lisa See will not be surprised by her diverse background, the source of the unique perspective readers inevitably find in each of her novels. Born in Paris but raised and residing in Los Angeles for most of her life, she is…

  • Implicit Attitude Generalization From Black to Black–White Biracial Group Members

    Implicit Attitude Generalization From Black to Black–White Biracial Group Members Social Psychological and Personality Published online before print: 2015-01-13 DOI: 10.1177/1948550614567686 Jacqueline M. Chen, Post-doctoral Scholar Department of Psychology University of California, Davis Kate A. Ratliff, Assistant Professor of Psychology University of Florida We investigated whether Black–White biracial individuals are perceived as Black in the…

  • Living Color: Fathers Talk to Their Bi-Racial Sons

    Living Color: Fathers Talk to Their Bi-Racial Sons NBC News 2015-01-14 Photographs by André Chung Teaching lessons they never had to learn, fathers speak to their bi-racial sons about identity, perception, and dealing with law enforcement. Mark Johnson-Lewis, 48, and his son, Tyler Lewis, 22, of Columbia, MD (André Chung/NBC News) …Mark: You’re black in…

  • What If Everything You Know About Race Is Wrong?

    What If Everything You Know About Race Is Wrong? Texas Public Radio San Antonio, Texas 2015-01-15 Jack Morgan, Arts and Culture Reporter Fanshen Cox DiGiovanni A one-woman show is coming to the Tobin Center and it’s probably unlike anything you’ve ever seen. It’s called “One Drop of Love.” starring Fanshen Cox DiGiovanni, produced by Ben…

  • Toward a Sociology of Race and Ethnicity

    Toward a Sociology of Race and Ethnicity Sociology of Race and Ethnicity Volume 1, Number 1 pages 1-9 DOI: 10.1177/2332649214562028 David L. Brunsma, Professor of Sociology Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia David G. Embrick, Associate Professor of Sociology Loyola University, Chicago, Chicago, Illinois Megan Nanney Department of Sociology Virginia Polytechnic Institute and…

  • Hawaii As ‘Racial Paradise’? Bid For Obama Library Invokes A Complex Past

    Hawaii As ‘Racial Paradise’? Bid For Obama Library Invokes A Complex Past Code Switch: Frontiers of Race, Culture and Ethnicity National Public Radio 2015-01-15 Ellen Wu, Associate Professor of History Indiana University Sometime in March, President Obama is expected to announce his choice of the institution that will hold his presidential archive. Vying for the…

  • Plaçage and the Performance of Whiteness: The Trial of Eulalie Mandeville, Free Colored Woman, of Antebellum New Orleans

    Plaçage and the Performance of Whiteness: The Trial of Eulalie Mandeville, Free Colored Woman, of Antebellum New Orleans American Nineteenth Century History Volume 15, Issue 2, 2014 pages 187-209 DOI: 10.1080/14664658.2014.959818 Carol Wilson, Arthur A. and Elizabeth R. Knapp Professor of American History Washington College, Chestertown, Maryland Depictions of plaçage, a type of concubinage found…

  • You Can be Both! (And Not In the Way You Might be Thinking)

    You Can be Both! (And Not In the Way You Might be Thinking) Mixed In Canada 2015-01-14 Rema Tavares Dr. Maria P. Root’s “Bill of Rights for Racially Mixed People” has greatly influenced how many mixed-race folks identify today. One of the things I learned from the Bill was that I had the right to…