Category: Articles

  • The Revitalization of Eurasian Identity in Singapore Southeast Asian Journal of Social Science Volume 25, Number 2 (1997) pages 7-24 DOI: 10.1163/030382497X00149 Alexius Pereira This paper accounts for the revitalization of Eurasian identity in the 1990s. The revitalization was instrumental, as Eurasians had found themselves socially marginalized, particularly since the other ethnic groups were becoming…

  • Holistic processing for own-, other- and mixed-race faces is modulated by awareness of race category Journal of Vision Volume 11, Number 11 (September 23, 2011) Article 670 DOI: 10.1167/11.11.670 Rachel Robbins, Research Lecturer University of Western Sydney Macquarie Centre for Cognitive Science, Macquarie University Dilan Perera Macquarie Centre for Cognitive Science, Macquarie University People are…

  • Race Mixture in Hawaii Journal of Heredity Volume 10, Issue 1 (1919) pages 41-47 Vaughan MacCaughey College of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii THE CHINESE The   Hawaiian Islands   arc remarkable for the diversity of  races represented and for the varied conjugal race-mingling which has taken place in this tiny island world during the past hundred and fifty…

  • Race, Blood, and What the Alligator Knows: A Review of What Blood Won’t Tell Southern California Law Review Volume 83, Number 3 (March 2010) pages 425-440 Jason A. Gillmer, Associate Professor of Law Texas Wesleyan School of Law From the opening pages of Ariela J. Gross’s What Blood Won’t Tell: A History of Race on…

  • When Gray Matters More Than Black or White: The Schooling Experiences of Black-White Biracial Students Education and Urban Society Volume 45, Number 2 (March 2013) pages 175-207 DOI: 10.1177/0013124511406917 Rhina Maria Fernandes Williams, Assistant Professor of Early Childhood Education Georgia State University, Atlanta Although research is scant, there is a growing interest in the manifestation of…

  • The Origins of the Afrikaners and their Language, 1652-1720: A Study in Miscegenation and Creole Race & Class Volume 15, Number 4 (April 1974) pages 461-495 DOI: 10.1177/030639687401500404 Ken Jordaan We are a bastard people with a bastard language. Ours is a bastard nature. That is good and fine. And like all bastards, uncertain of…

  • California’s Hispanic Heritage: A View Into the Spanish Myth The Journal of San Diego History San Diego Historical Society Quarterly Volume 19, Number 1 (Winter 1973) Manuel Patricio Servin, Professor of Southwestern and Mexican-American History Arizona State University, Tempe No aspect of Borderlands’ history has been more distorted than that of the Spanish colonization of…

  • The first mixed race student is admitted to Wheaton Wheaton College History Wheaton College, Newton, Massachusetts 2011-02-02 Deanna Hauck The first African-American student to attend Wheaton probably did so unbeknownst to the school. In 1856-57, Mary E. Stafford of Cumberland Island, Georgia attended Wheaton. She was the daughter of a white father [Robert Stafford] and an…

  • The Anglo-Indians: A Disorganized Marginal Group Social Forces Volume 14, Number 2 (December 1935) pages 263-268 Paul Frederick Cressey, Professor of Sociology and Anthropology Wheaton College, Newton, Massachusetts FOUR centuries of European contact with India have left a biological residue of many thousand people of mixed European and Indian stock. Since 1911 this group has…

  • Interracial Marriage and Admixture in Hawaii Biodemography and Social Biology Volume 17, Issue 4 (1970) pages 278-291 DOI: 10.1080/19485565.1970.9987885 Clarence E. Glick, Professor of Sociology University of Hawaii Michener’s phrase “the golden men of Hawaii” reflects a popular romantic interest in the blending of ethnic elements that has been going on in Hawaii for almost…