Mixed Race Studies
Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.
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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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Cincy in 2060: 1 in 7 of us will be biracial The Cincinnati Enquirer 2014-10-21 Mark Curnutte, Social Justice/Minority Affairs Reporter Photos and video by: Cara Owsley, Staff Photojournalist A new index suggests many of our communities will look less like they do today and more like Austin or Washington, D.C. EAST PRICE HILL – …
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Bet You Didn’t Know: Secrets Behind The Making Of “Imitation Of Life” Madame Noire 2014-07-21 Veronica Wells, Associate Editor Everybody knows Imitation of Life. It’s the movie plenty of Black families reference when they speak about the original tearjerkers. When you think about it, it’s amazing that a movie that handled subjects such as race…
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Do Mixed-Race (Black/White) People have an Ethical Obligation to Identify as Black? The Center for the Study of Biracial Children 2014-08-15 Francis Wardle, PhD. So says Thomas Chatterton Williams, in a March, 2012 article published in the New York Times. This article joins an increasing number of vocal voices published in progressive publications and in…
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Those who masqueraded as white scarred more than just themselves, finds Catherine Clinton