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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How to read Michelle Obama Patterns of Prejudice Volume 45, Issue 1 & 2 (Special Issue: Obama and Race) (2011) Pages 95 – 117 DOI: 10.1080/0031322X.2011.563149 Maria Lauret, Reader in American Studies University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom Michelle Obama’s role as the first African American First Lady is more than merely symbolic. Her self-representation…
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From Mariage à la Mode to Weddings at Town Hall: Marriage, Colonialism, and Mixed-Race Society in Nineteenth-Century Senegal The International Journal of African Historical Studies Volume 38, Number 1 (2005) pages 27-48 Hilary Jones, Assistant Professor of African History University of Maryland The institution of marriage served as the basis for the formation of mixed-race…
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Cave Canem Prize Winner Iain Haley Pollock: An Interview Michigan Quarterly Review February 2011 Dilruba Ahmed Meet Iain Haley Pollock: Philadelphia-based poet, English teacher at Chestnut Hill Academy, and co-host with his partner Naomi of an occasional culinary smackdown based on “Iron Chef.” Iain’s first book of poems, Spit Back a Boy, won the 2010 Cave…
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Twelve years on from the hugely acclaimed East Is East comes its sequel, West Is West. Sarfraz Manzoor examines the new directions British-Asian film-makers are taking
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‘Of Many Colors: Portraits of Multiracial Families’ traveling exhibit bridges diverse backgrounds Daily Bruin University of California, Los Angeles 2011-05-22 Lenika Cruz Starting this evening, UCLA will act as a home for 20 families, each with a story to tell about being multiracial Americans. While these families will not be physically present, their photographs and…
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Bantum talks race, religion The Falcon Seattle Pacific University Volume 82, Issue 25 (2011-05-18) Nicole Critchley New book looks to redeem ‘mulatto’ Mulattos defy classification, said Assistant Professor of Theology Brian Bantum. Part black and part white, they do not fit neatly into any preconceived notions of our society—and that, in part, is what makes…
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The Subject in Black and White: Afro-German Identity Formation in Ika Hügel-Marshall’s Autobiography Daheim unterwegs: Ein deutsches Leben Women in German Yearbook: Feminist Studies in German Literature & Culture Volume 21 (2005) pages 62-84 DOI: 10.1353/wgy.2005.0012 E-ISSN: 1940-512X;Print ISSN: 1058-7446 Deborah Janson, Associate Professor of Foreign Languages West Virginia University Black Germans still experience prejudice…