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  • Researching ethnicity, identity and ‘mixed-race’

    Researching ethnicity, identity and ‘mixed-race’ Social Science Research: Discussing Methods and Resources The British Library 2012-11-19 This post discusses our latest Myths and Realities event on ethnicity, identity and ‘mixed-race’ and points readers in the direction of some relevant British Library collections. On the evening of 13 November we hosted our latest Myths and Realities…

  • Engendering Racial Perceptions: An Intersectional Analysis of How Social Status Shapes Race

    Engendering Racial Perceptions: An Intersectional Analysis of How Social Status Shapes Race Gender & Society Published online before print: 2013-04-12 DOI: 10.1177/0891243213480262 Andrew M. Penner, Associate Professor of Sociology University of California, Irvine Aliya Saperstein, Assistant Professor of Sociology Stanford University Intersectionality emphasizes that race, class, and gender distinctions are inextricably intertwined, but fully interrogating the…

  • ‘Improving’ the Māori: Counting the Ideology of Intermarriage

    ‘Improving’ the Māori: Counting the Ideology of Intermarriage New Zealand Journal of History Volume 34, Number 1 (2000) pages 80-97 Kate Riddell Waitangi Tribunal, Wellington IN 1996 THE CENSUS gave a total of 3,681,546 New Zealanders, of whom 524,031 were self-described as Māori or of Māori descent — thus, around 14%. The 1896 census gave…

  • This, That, Both, Neither: The Badging Of Biracial Identity In Young Adult Realism

    This, That, Both, Neither: The Badging Of Biracial Identity In Young Adult Realism The Journal of Research on Libraries and Young Adults The official research journal of the Young Adult Library Services Association 2013-04-22 Sarah Hannah Gómez, Graduate Student School of Library and Information Science Simmons College, Boston, Massachusetts Editor’s Note: “This, That, Both, Neither”…

  • Mixed bloods of the Upper Monongahela Valley, West Virginia

    Mixed bloods of the Upper Monongahela Valley, West Virginia Washington Academy of Sciences Volume 36, Number 1 (1946-01-15) pages 1-13 Source: Biodiversity Heritage Library William Harlen Gilbert, Jr. Library of Congress We are accustomed to think of West Virginia as a racially homogeneous State populated by Old Americans of English, Scotch, and Scotch-Irish descent with…

  • Half-castes between the Wars: Colonial Categories in New Zealand and Samoa

    Half-castes between the Wars: Colonial Categories in New Zealand and Samoa New Zealand Journal of History Volume 34, Number 1 (2000) pages 98-116 Tocolcsulusulu D. Salesa Oriel College, University of Oxford BY THE 1930s ‘half-castes‘ seemed a near-universal product of colonialism. They were a natural outcome of the human activity of procreation, and not a…

  • the changing face of “caucasian”

    the changing face of “caucasian” The State 2013-04-21 Adam Rothstein, Insurgent Archivist and Researcher It’s been widely mentioned among a certain set on social media networks that the suspect in the Boston bombings is Chechen, and therefore, “Caucasian.” The good-natured purpose of this being to foil the usual insipid bigotry let loose in similar situations,…

  • Age of First Cigarette, Alcohol, and Marijuana Use Among U.S. Biracial/Ethnic Youth: A Population-Based Study

    Age of First Cigarette, Alcohol, and Marijuana Use Among U.S. Biracial/Ethnic Youth: A Population-Based Study Addictive Behaviors Volume 38, Issue 9, September 2013 pages 2450–2454 DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2013.04.005 Trenette T. Clark, Associate Professor of Social Work University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Otima Doyle, Assistant Professor of Social Work University of Illinois, Chicago Amanda Clincy University…

  • Hamilton school board asks aboriginal families to “self identify”

    Hamilton school board asks aboriginal families to “self identify” CBC News Hamilton 2013-04-19 Taylor Ablett The Hamilton Wentworth District School Board is asking aboriginal families to “self identify” as First Nations, Métis, or Inuit. “We are encouraging families to self-identify because it will enable us to determine programming and supports to increase First Nation, Métis…