Category: Articles

  • Violent Liaisons: Historical Crossings and the Negotiation of Sex, Sexuality, and Race in The Book of Night Women and The True History of Paradise small axe: a caribbean journal of criticism Volume 16,Number 2, 38 (2012) pages 43-59 DOI: 10.1215/07990537-1665668 Sam Vásquez, Associate Professor of English Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire Increased criticism and representations…

  • Selective Amnesia and Racial Transcendence in News Coverage of President Obama’s Inauguration Quarterly Journal of Speech Volume 98, Issue 2, 2012 pages 178-202 DOI: 10.1080/00335630.2012.663499 Kristen Hoerl, Associate Professor of Communication Studies Butler University,  Indianapolis, Indiana The mainstream press frequently characterized the election of President Barack Obama the first African American US President as the realization…

  • Multiracial students discover identities in college USA Today 2013-04-04 Taylor Lewis, USA TODAY Collegiate Correspondent College offers multiracial students the chance to have open conversations about race, allowing them to embark on a quest that is crucial in developing their identities. When Sam Ho receives a form where he must select his race, he has…

  • Miscegenation: Wedded Bliss Denied to Jap. Los Angeles Daily Mirror 1910-03-16/1910-03-17 Seeks to Marry Los Angeles Woman in Nevada. Gets License, But Finally Surrenders It. Couple Get Cold Shoulders in Two Cities. (By Direct Wire to the Times) GOLDFIELD (Nev.) March 16.—[Exclusive Dispatch.] George Masaki, describing himself as a Japanese gardener, accompanied by Juliette Schwan.…

  • Afro-Chinese Wedding San Francisco Call Volume 78, Number 147 (1895-10-25) page 4, column 2 Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection STOCKTON, Cal., Oct. 24.—Chu Gun, a local Chinese sport, was to-day married to Irene Wilson, a dashing octoroon girl. The entire population of Chinatown celebrated the affair this evening.

  • BeDevil: Colonialism and the children of miscegenation Journal of International Communication Volume 19,  Issue 1, 2013 Special Issue: South-North conversations pages 43-58 DOI: 10.1080/13216597.2012.754363 Wajiha Raza Rizvi Hashmi Media Institute, Karachi, Pakistan BeDevil (1993) addresses the marginalization of Aboriginal Australians in the events, symbolism, and media hype surrounding the bicentenary of European settlement in Australia…

  • Race-Crossing Sacramento Daily Union Volume 2, Number 4 (1890-06-08) page 1, column 4 Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection Lima, the capital of Peru, is pronounced to be the headquarters of all the world’s mongreldom. Its population is the product of three centuries of race-crossing, and a scientific investigator finds easily distinguishable among the inhabitants the…

  • Transracial mothering and maltreatment: are black/white biracial children at higher risk? Child Welfare Volume 91, Number 1 (January-February 2012) pages 55-77 Mary E. Rauktis, Research Assistant Professor of Social Work University of Pittsburgh Rachel A. Fusco, Assistant Professor of Social Work University of Pittsburgh The number of people identifying as biracial is rapidly growing, though…

  • Racial and Ethnic Identity Development in White Mothers of Biracial, Black-White Children Affilia Volume 19, Number 1 (February 2004) pages 68-84 DOI: 10.1177/0886109903260795 Margaret O’Donoghue, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Social Work New York University This article reports on a qualitative research study of the racial and ethnic identity of 11 White mothers who were married…

  • Are the Tsarnaevs White? The Daily Beast 2013-04-24 Peter Beinart, Senior Political Writer and Associate Professor of Journalism City University of New York also Editor-in-chief Open Zion In a word, yes. But why is this so hard for Americans to grasp? Peter Beinart on our country’s long track record of conflating religion and race. The…