Category: Articles

  • Being Mixed in Today’s America Diverse: Issues in Higher Education 2014-02-07 Jonathan Ng California State University, San Bernardino For me, being mixed ethnicity has been a multiple-way street ― like a giant intersection. I am Black, White and Chinese; however, based on my skin color, most people classify me as Black. I look racially ambiguous,…

  • The invisible weight of whiteness: the racial grammar of everyday life in contemporary America Ethnic and Racial Studies Volume 35, Issue 2, 2012 pages 173-194 DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2011.613997 Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, Professor of Sociology Duke University Racial domination, like all forms of domination, works best when it becomes hegemonic, that is, when it accomplishes its goal without…

  • Mixed-race children ‘are being failed’ in treatment of mental health problems The Guardian 2014-02-22 Tracy McVeigh, Chief Reporter The Observer The fastest growing ethnic group in Britain is still being treated as if it is only integrated into black culture, says report Children of mixed race are at greater risk of suffering from mental health…

  • MiC Drop: Let’s talk about race The Michigan Daily The Campus Newspaper of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor 2014-01-20 Rima Fadlallah, Michigan in Color Editor Jerusaliem Gebreziabher, Michigan in Color Editor Kayla Upadhyaya, Michigan in Color Editor MiC check 1, 2. 1, 2. Can you hear us? Because we’re here. We are Michigan…

  • On Race, Medicine, and Reproduction: An Interview with Dorothy Roberts Bluestockings Magazine Brown University February 2014 (2014-02-14) Dorothy Roberts is a scholar, professor, author and social justice advocate, and currently the 14th Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. She has published a range of groundbreaking articles and books analyzing issues…

  • On Race and Medicine The Scientist: Exploring Lie, Inspiring Innovation Volume 28, Issue 2 (Febuary 2014) Keith Norris, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, College of Medicine and Science David Geffen School of Medicine University of California, Los Angeles Until health care becomes truly personalized, race and ethnicity will continue to be important clues guiding medical treatments. Clinical…

  • A Breezy Chameleon, Blurring Social Borders The New York Times 2014-02-16 Jennifer Schuessler, Staff Editor When the literary scholar George Hutchinson was in the archives at Howard University one afternoon a decade ago, he thought he knew which story of a neglected African-American woman writer he was chasing. He was at work on a biography…

  • Who Gets to Be A POC?: Self-Identifying & Privilege Mixed Dreams: towards a radical multiracial/ethnic movement 2014-02-09 Nicole Nfonoyim de Hara This post is in response to a great question a friend asked about how the wonderful new book (1)ne Drop:Shifting the Lens on Race by Dr. Yaba Blay and Noelle Théard, featuring portraits of individuals…

  • Walking Down The Widening Aisle Of Interracial Marriages Code Switch: Frontiers of Race, Culture and Ethnicity Weekend Edition Saturday National Public Radio 2014-02-15 Hansi Lo Wang Editor’s Note: Code Switch has been engaged in a month-long exploration of romance across racial and cultural lines. Follow the Twitter conversation via the hashtag #xculturelove. The numbers are…

  • Who intermarries in Britain? Explaining ethnic diversity in intermarriage patterns The British Journal of Sociology Volume 61, Issue 2 (June 2010) pages 275–305 DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4446.2010.01313.x Raya Muttarak, Visiting Fellow Department of Political and Social Sciences European University Institute Anthony Heath, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Emeritus Fellow of Nuffield College University of Oxford This paper investigates…