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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Study reveals the mysterious ancestors of modern Europeans The Washington Post 2014-09-18 Gail Sullivan, Reporter Some had dark skin and blue eyes. Some had light skin and brown eyes. And no one is sure what some others looked like. But, according to a new study of ancient human genomes, three very different populations got together…
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Proving Race Ms. Food Queen: Cooking Across Difference August 2014 Christine Gregory I am standing in the lobby of a Korean restaurant. In the split second before I’m seated, I make a conscious decision of whether or not to speak Korean. I know that if I do, it will lead to many benefits, tangible and…
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Filmmaker in Focus: Lacey Schwartz Trinidad+Tobago Film Festival 2014 2014-09-11 Aurora Herrera Throughout history and for various reasons, many people who are not white have passed for white. But how many people have passed without knowing they were doing so? That is precisely what the documentary Little White Lie, a deeply personal film by Lacey…
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David Palumbo-Liu interviews Ruth Ozeki Los Angeles Review of Books 2014-09-16 David Palumbo-Liu, Louise Hewlett Nixon Professor; Professor of Comparative Literature and English Stanford University Where We Are for the Time Being with Ruth Ozeki Ruth Ozeki is a novelist, filmmaker, and a Zen Buddhist priest. She is the author of three novels: My Year…
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From Harlem to Shenzhen: One Jamaican-Chinese Woman’s Quest to Find Her Family The Wall Street Journal 2014-09-02 Debra Bruno Growing up in New York’s Harlem, Paula Williams Madison knew she had a Chinese grandfather, even though she had never met him. When people found out, she says, most of them would make comments such as…
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A mixed-race German confronts white supremacists face-to-face, including the Klan Public Radio International 2014-09-15 Leo Hornak, Producer Susie Blair, Producer Most people would probably run for shelter if confronted with death threats. But Mo Asumang had a different impulse: “I don’t want to hide — it’s not my nature.” Asumang — who is half-German and…
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The Morristown Festival of Books is Proud to Announce the Authors for September 26 and 27, 2014 Morristown Festival of Books: Where Readers & Authors Meet Morristown, New Jersey 2014-06-24 We are pleased to present our Friday night Keynote speaker and 21 authors appearing at the all-day Saturday Festival! They will be sharing their perspectives…
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Creoles and Melungeons: More Important Than Ever to America Melungeon Heritage Association: One People, All Colors 2014-08-22 Nick Douglas The unique origins of Creoles and Melungeons parallel and complement each other. Their genesis is a uniquely American phenomenon. Creoles, like Melungeons, are a race of black, white and Native American people. Most Creoles and Melungeons…
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Making mixed babies Bump 2 Baby: Pregnancy & Mothering Blog 2014-09-11 Jody-Lan Castle, Linked Data Specialist BBC News As the world becomes increasingly more heterogeneous, having a mixed identity is increasingly common. It’s really important to make children aware of their family background. The memories of my own parents’ family histories had already begun to…