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  • Ben-Ur awarded study grant by Hadassah-Brandeis Institute

    Ben-Ur awarded study grant by Hadassah-Brandeis Institute In the Loop: News for Staff and Faculty University of Massachusetts, Amherst 2012-12-13 Associate professor Aviva Ben-Ur of the Department of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies has been awarded a Senior Grant in History from the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute for her book project “Eurafrican Identity in a Jewish Society:…

  • Referential Ambiguity in the Calculus of Brazilian Racial Identity

    Referential Ambiguity in the Calculus of Brazilian Racial Identity Southwestern Journal of Anthropology Volume 26, Number 1 (Spring, 1970) pages 1-14 Marvin Harris (1927-2001) Categorizations elicited from 100 Brazilian informants through the use of a standardized deck of facial drawings suggests that the cognitive domain of racial identity in Brazil is characterized by a high…

  • Racial Identity in Brazil

    Racial Identity in Brazil Luso-Brazilian Review Volume 1, Number 2 (Winter, 1964) pages 21-28 Marvin Harris (1927-2001) According to the 1950 census, the population of Brazil consisted of 61.66% brancos, 26.54% pardos, and 10.6% pretos. In the I.B.G.E.’s 1961 review of these facts, the following caution is registered: In order to avoid erroneous interpretation, it…

  • Ethnicity and Earnings in a Mixed-Race Labor Market

    Ethnicity and Earnings in a Mixed-Race Labor Market Economic Development and Cultural Change Volume 55, Number 4 (July 2007) pages 709-734 Hugo Ñopo Inter-Amerian Development Bank Jaime Saavedra World Bank Máximo Torero International Food Policy Research Institute This study examines the relationship between earnings and racial differences in a context in which various races have…

  • Obama and the Biracial Factor: The Battle for a New American Majority [Andrews Review]

    Obama and the Biracial Factor: The Battle for a New American Majority [Andrews Review] Ethnic and Racial Studies Volume 36, Issue 5 (May 2013) pages 918-919 DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2012.758864 Matthew T. M. Andrews Department of Sociology University of Michigan Andrew J. Jolivétte (ed), Obama and the Biracial Factor: The Battle for a New American Majority, Bristol: Policy…

  • From bi-racial to tri-racial: Towards a new system of racial stratification in the USA

    From bi-racial to tri-racial: Towards a new system of racial stratification in the USA Ethnic and Racial Studies Volume 27, Issue 6 (November 2004) pages 931-950 DOI: 10.1080/0141987042000268530 Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, Professor of Sociology Duke University  In this article I argue that the bi-racial order (white vs non-white) typical of the United States is undergoing a profound…

  • The experience of race in the lives of Jewish birth mothers of children from black/white interracial and inter-religious relationships: a Canadian perspective

    The experience of race in the lives of Jewish birth mothers of children from black/white interracial and inter-religious relationships: a Canadian perspective Ethnic and Racial Studies Published online: 2013-01-14 DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2013.752099 Channa C. Verbian, BSW, M.Ed., RSW, OASW, OCSWSSW Toronto, Canada In this paper, I discuss my life history study on experiences of race in…

  • Researching white mothers of mixed-parentage children: the significance of investigating whiteness

    Researching white mothers of mixed-parentage children: the significance of investigating whiteness Ethnic and Racial Studies Published online: 2013-01-14 DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2013.752101 Joanne Britton, Lecturer in Applied Sociology University of Sheffield This article takes as its starting point the increasing number of research studies that pay specific attention to family relationships when investigating mixedness. It draws on…

  • Social capital and the informal support networks of lone white mothers of mixed-parentage children

    Social capital and the informal support networks of lone white mothers of mixed-parentage children Ethnic and Racial Studies Published online: 2013-02-06 DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2013.752100 Vicki Harman, Lecturer in the Centre for Criminology and Sociology Royal Holloway, University of London This article takes as its starting point the increasing number of research studies that pay specific attention…

  • Multiethnic Children, Youth, and Families: Emerging Challenges to the Behavioral Sciences and Public Policy

    Multiethnic Children, Youth, and Families: Emerging Challenges to the Behavioral Sciences and Public Policy Family Relations: Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied Family Studies Volume 62, Issue 1 (February 2013) (Special Issue on Multiethnic Families) pages 1–4 DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2012.00760.x Hamilton I. McCubbin University of Hawaii, Manoa Laurie “Lali” D. McCubbin, Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and Counseling…