Mixed Race Studies
Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.
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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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“I now harbor more pride in my race”: The Educational Benefits of Inter- and Intraracial Dialogues on the Experiences of Students of Color and Multiracial Students Equity & Excellence in Education Volume 45, Issue 1 (2012) pages 14-35 DOI: 10.1080/10665684.2012.643180 Kristie A. Ford, Assistant Professor of Sociology Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York Victoria K.…
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The First American Freedom Fighter William Loren Katz 2012-02-02 William Loren Katz This February 2nd stands as the 500th anniversary of the death of Hatuey, an Indigenous American fighter for independence from colonialism not mentioned in the same breath as Patrick Henry, George Washington, and Thomas Jefferson. However, Hatuey deserves recognition as their earliest ideological…
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‘Town Secret’: Race of Famous Carthaginian Embraced The Pilot Southern Pines, North Carolina 2012-02-11 John Chappell Every year with its Buggy Festival, Carthage celebrates the achievements of a former slave, though until recently few knew it. William T. Jones — born a slave, and the son of a slave and her owner — ran the…
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Virginia’s Caroline County, ‘Symbolic of Main Street USA’ The Washington Post 2012-02-10 Carol Morello Bowling Green, Va. — Only a few easily overlooked markers note the importance of Mildred and Richard Loving in Caroline County, where five decades ago the sheriff rousted the white man and his black bride from their bed and carted them…
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Replacing History With Fiction in Arizona The Nation 2012-02-08 Gary Younge In 1997 black America gained a new hero when Tiger Woods putted himself into history at the US Masters. Within a few weeks, it had lost him in an unlikely fashion—to a bespoke racial identity articulated on Oprah’s couch. Does it bother you…
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Writing Africans Out of the Racial Hierarchy: Anti-African Sentiment in Post-Revolutionary Mexico Cincinnati Romance Review Volume 30 (2011): Afro-Hispanic Subjectivities pages 172-183 Galadriel Mehera Gerardo, Assistant Professor of Latin American History Youngstown State University Over the past two decades scholars have examined Mexican racial ideology in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. They have…
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Rice Outside the Paddy: The Form and Function of Hybridity in a Thai Novel Crossroads: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Southeast Asian Studies Volume 11, Number 1 (1997) pages 51-78 Jan R. Weisman This paper examines some of the problematic issues of racial hybridity in contemporary Thailand through an analysis of the fictional portrayal of Thai…
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“The Girl Isn’t White”: New Racial Dimensions in Octavia Butler’s Survivor Extrapolation Volume 47, Number 1 (2006) pages 35-50 DOI: 10.3828/extr.2006.47.1.6 ISSN: 0014-5483 (Print); 2047-7708 (Online) Crystal S. Anderson, Associate Professor of English Department Elon University, Elon, North Carolina Since the publication of her first novel, Octavia Butler’s popularity has increased, making her now a…
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Panel to discuss racism and medical issues The Daily Bruin University of California, Los Angeles 2012-02-10 Ariana Ricarte The topic of racism in health care, genetics and other medical issues will be the central point of discussion at a panel in De Neve Auditorium on Saturday [13:00-15:00 PST]. The panel, called “Race in Medicine: A…