Category: Articles

  • Telling “Forgotten” Métis Histories through Family, Community, and Individuals [Book Review] H-Net Reviews October 2009 Camie Augustus University of Saskatchewan David McNab, Ute Lischke, eds. The Long Journey of a Forgotten People: Métis Identities and Family Histories. Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2007. viii + 386 pp. (paper), ISBN 978-0-88920-523-9. “We are still here.” This opening…

  • Ethical Considerations in Social Work Research with Multiracial Individuals Journal of Social Work Values and Ethics Volume 7, Number 1 (2010) 10 pages Kelly F. Jackson, MSW, PhD, Assistant Professor of Social Work Arizona State University Growing diversity in the U.S. has prioritized social work’s ethical obligation to develop specialized knowledge and understanding of culture…

  • How is it that people know when they belong and to what they belong? This question, about the epistemology of belonging, carries a particular complexity for mixed-race women.

  • Ward Helps Biracial Youths on Journey Toward Acceptance The New York Times 2009-11-09 John Branch PITTSBURGH — Steelers receiver Hines Ward surrounded himself with old friends at the dinner table on a recent Saturday night. The bond was as obvious as the look on everyone’s faces — half Korean, half something else. The shared experience…

  • Racial Identity and Self-Esteem: Problems Peculiar to Biracial Children Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry Volume 24, Issue 2, (March 1985) Pages 150-153 DOI: 10.1016/S0002-7138(09)60440-4 Michael R. Lyles, M.D. Assistant Professor of Psychiatry University of Kentucky College of Medicine Antronette Yancey, M.D. University of Kentucky College of Medicine Candis Grace, M.D. University of…

  • American demands, African treasures, Mixed possibilities The African Diaspora Archaeology Network University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign December 2006 Newsletter ISSN: 1933-8651 16 pages Daniel R. McNeil, Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies Newcastle University, United Kingdom In the 1990s, many Americans sought to cast themselves as heroic defenders of the liberal arts by condemning Afrocentricity. This…

  • ‘Celtic Samurai’ Tells Story of Hapa Family Life Hokubei.com – North America’s Japanese Newsource 2010-06-18 “Celtic Samurai,” a storytelling program by Dr. Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu on the family life of a Japanese mother and American-born Irish father, will be presented by the Japanese American National Library and the Nichi Bei Weekly on Saturday, June 19, [2010]…

  • Of Rogues and Geldings The American Historical Review AHR Forum: Amalgamation and the Historical Distinctiveness of the United States Volume 108, Number 5 (December 2003) Barbara J. Fields, Professor of History Columbia University David Hollinger has performed a valuable service by insisting on the historical uniqueness of the Afro-American experience, rejecting the false history, spurious…

  • Tiger Woods: Black, white, other The Guardian 2010-05-29 Gary Younge, Feature Writer and Columnist Before he was engulfed in a sex scandal Tiger Woods was a poster boy for a multiracial America. Gary Younge on the real legacy of golf’s fallen hero On 13 April 1997 Tiger Woods putted his way to golfing history in…

  • 2010 Hurst Prize Winner: Peggy Pascoe, What Comes Naturally Legal History Blog 2010-06-03 Mary L. Dudziak, Judge Edward J. and Ruey L. Guirado Professor of Law, History and Political Science University of Southern California Peggy Pascoe, University of Oregon, Department of History, has won the Willard Hurst Prize for 2010 from the Law and Society…