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  • A cross-cultural marriage is an adventure I’d recommend

    A cross-cultural marriage is an adventure I’d recommend The Observer 2009-12-27 Anushka Asthana, Education Correspondent Mixed-race unions in this country are on the increase, a magical journey that benefits all the families involved One visit to India and a childhood playing cricket was never going to be quite enough to prepare Toby, a white Englishman…

  • Biracial Children Learn To Self-Identify

    Biracial Children Learn To Self-Identify Tell Me More National Public Radio 2010-04-20 Michel Martin, Host Interview with: Kip Fulbeck, Professor of Performative Studies, Video University of California, Santa Barbara Author of: Mixed: Portraits of Multiracial Kids Peggy Orenstein Author of: Waiting for Daisy: A Tale of Two Continents, Three Religions, Five Fertility Doctors, An Oscar,…

  • Black by Choice

    Black by Choice The Nation 2010-04-15 Melissa Harris-Lacewell, Associate Professor of Politics and African American Studies Princeton University The first black president has created a definitional crisis for whiteness. President Obama created a bit of a stir in early April when he completed his Census form. In response to the question about racial identity the…

  • Parenting children from ‘mixed’ racial, ethnic and faith backgrounds: typifications of difference and belonging

    Parenting children from ‘mixed’ racial, ethnic and faith backgrounds: typifications of difference and belonging Ethnic and Racial Studies First Published on: 2009-10-29 Volume 33, Issue 6 (preview) DOI: 10.1080/01419870903318185 Rosalind Edwards, Professor in Social Policy Families & Social Capital Research Group London South Bank University Chamion Caballero, Senior Research Fellow Families & Social Capital Research…

  • What happens after segmented assimilation? An exploration of intermarriage and ‘mixed race’ young people in Britain

    What happens after segmented assimilation? An exploration of intermarriage and ‘mixed race’ young people in Britain Ethnic and Racial Studies First Published on: 2010-03-17 Volume 33, Issue 7 (preview) DOI: 10.1080/01419871003625271 Miri Song, Professor of Sociology University of Kent  Theorizing on segmented assimilation has usefully spurred debate about the experiences and positions of the second generation in the…

  • Census reveals history of U.S. racial identity

    Census reveals history of U.S. racial identity San Francisco Chronicle 2010-04-18 Sally Lehrman, Fellow Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University also Knight Ridder San Jose Mercury News Endowed Chair in Journalism and the Public Interest Whether or not they can lay claim to a special category, the “Confederate Southern Americans” who want…

  • Mixed-Race People Perceived as ‘More Attractive,’ UK Study Finds

    Mixed-Race People Perceived as ‘More Attractive,’ UK Study Finds Science Daily 2010-04-14 In the largest study of its kind Dr. Michael Lewis of Cardiff University’s School of Psychology, collected a random sample of 1205 black, white, and mixed-race faces. Each face was then rated for their perceived attractiveness to others — with mixed-race faces, on…

  • Why are mixed-race people perceived as more attractive?

    Why are mixed-race people perceived as more attractive? Perception Volume 39, Issue 1 (2010) pages 136-138 ISSN: 0301-0066 (print), 1468-4233 (electronic) Michael B. Lewis, Senior Lecturer of Psychology Cardiff University Previous, small scale, studies have suggested that people of mixed race are perceived as being more attractive than non-mixed-race people. Here, it is suggested that…

  • Personality Characteristic Adaptations: Multiracial Adolescents’ Patterns of Racial Self-Identification Change

    Personality Characteristic Adaptations: Multiracial Adolescents’ Patterns of Racial Self-Identification Change Journal of Research on Adolescence Volume 20, Issue 2 (June 2010) Pages 432 – 455 Published Online: 2010-03-08 DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-7795.2010.00638.x Rodney L. Terry Statistical Research Division, U.S. Census Bureau Cynthia E. Winston, Associate Professor of Psychology Howard University, Washington, DC For multiracial adolescents, forming a sense of…

  • Intercultural Marriage and Family: Beyond the Racial Divide

    Intercultural Marriage and Family: Beyond the Racial Divide The Family Journal Volume 9, Number 1 (2001) pages 39-42 DOI: 10.1177/1066480701091008 John McFadden, The Benjamin Elijah Mays Distinguished Professor Emeritus University of South Carolina Intercultural marriages have emerged as a central theme in discussion, not only among helping professionals but also the general public. Issues surrounding…