Mixed Race Studies
Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.
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- The Routledge International Handbook of Interracial and Intercultural Relationships and Mental Health
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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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An Examination of Biracial College Youths’ Family Ethnic Socialization, Ethnic Identity, and Adjustment: Do Self-Identification Labels and University Context Matter? Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology 2012-08-20 DOI: 10.1037/a0029438 Aerika S. Brittian, Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology University of Illinois, Chicago Adriana J. Umaña-Taylor, Professor School of Social and Family Dynamics Arizona State University Chelsea…
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You Don’t Know Me: Picture Books to Make Biracial and Multiracial Children Comfortable with Dual Identities Multicultural Review Volume 18, Issue 4 (Winter 2009) pages 20-24 Kena Sosa Next year, in 2010, our country will be due for round two of the census containing an option for biracial or multiracial people. This feature debuted in…
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Stories of Multiracial Experiences in Literature for Children, Ages 9–14 Children’s Literature in Education December 2013, Volume 44, Issue 4 pages 359-376 DOI: 10.1007/s10583-013-9196-5 Amina Chaudhri, Assistant Professor of Teacher Education Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago William H. Teale, Professor of Literacy, Language and Culture University of Illinois, Chicago This study analyzed 90 realistic novels written…
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When should medicine talk about race? Scientific American Unofficial Prognosis: Perceptions and prescriptions of a medical student 2012-08-25 Ilana Yurkiewicz Harvard Medical School Race is everywhere in medicine. Most health statistics are broken down by race. We routinely characterize diseases by which populations they affect more and less and medications by which ethnicities respond better…
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Bridging 1990 and 2000 census race data: Fractional assignment of multiracial populations Population Research and Policy Review Volume 20, Issue 6 (December 2001) pages 513-533 DOI: 10.1023/A:1015666321798 James P. Allen, Emeritus Professor of Geography California State University, Northridge Eugene Turner, Professor of Geography California State University, Northridge In contrast to previous censuses, Census 2000 permitted…
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Study Links Highly Segregated Counties and Lung Cancer Deaths in Blacks The New York Times 2013-01-16 Sabrina Tavernise African-Americans who live in highly segregated counties are considerably more likely to die from lung cancer than those in counties that are less segregated, a new study has found. The study was the first to look at…
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Peggy Pascoe’s What Comes Naturally: Miscegenation Law and the Making of Race in America and the Use of Legal History to Police Social Boundaries Michigan State Law Review Volume 2011, Issue 1 (2011) pages 255-261 Kristin Hass, Associate Professor of American Studies University of Michigan “‘Being black is not the only reason why some people…