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  • The Myth of Latin American Multiracialism

    Latin American critics have begun to argue that multiracialism, like racial democracy, functions as an ideology that masks enduring racial injustice and thus blocks substantial political, social, and economic reform.

  • Counting Multiracial People in the Census: The Unfulfilled Wish for More Data

    Counting Multiracial People in the Census: The Unfulfilled Wish for More Data Racism Review 2010-03-26 Jenifer L. Bratter, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Associate Director of the Institute for Urban Research Rice University People who study the multiracial population are constantly confronted with the problem of small numbers to work with.  A recent article I co-authored…

  • Biracial Youth and Their Parents: Counseling Considerations for Family Therapists

    Biracial Youth and Their Parents: Counseling Considerations for Family Therapists The Family Journal Volume 12, Number 2 (2004) pages 170-173 DOI: 10.1177/1066480703261977 Laurie McClurg University of Virginia In spite of recent developments in the area of multicultural family therapy, interracial families and their biracial children remain a neglected population in the mental health field. Very…

  • Crises of Whiteness and Empire in Colonial Indochina: The Removal of Abandoned Eurasian Children From the Vietnamese Milieu, 1890–1956

    Crises of Whiteness and Empire in Colonial Indochina: The Removal of Abandoned Eurasian Children From the Vietnamese Milieu, 1890–1956 Journal of Social History Volume 43, Number 3 (Spring 2010) pages 587-613 E-ISSN: 1527-1897 Print ISSN: 0022-4529 DOI: 10.1353/jsh.0.0304 Christina Firpo, Assistant Professor of History California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo From 1890–1956, non-governmental welfare…

  • The beauty of difference

    The beauty of difference In The Fray 2005-12-04 Nicole Marie Pezold Zadie Smith’s latest novel, “On Beauty”, is many things. Chief among them: an homage to differences. For those of mixed heritage — who straddle more than one race, nationality, faith, class, or whatever else — uncovering a coherent identity can be a complicated emotional…

  • Uma Mulata, Sim!: Araci Cortes, ‘the mulatta’ of the Teatro de Revista

    Uma Mulata, Sim!: Araci Cortes, ‘the mulatta’ of the Teatro de Revista Women & Performance: a journal of feminist theory Volume 16, Issue 1 (March 2006) pages 7-26 DOI: 10.1080/07407700500514996 Judith Michelle Williams, Professor of African and African-American Studies University of Kansas Araci Cortes, a mulata assumida, rose to be one of the most successful…

  • Biracial (Black/White) Women: A Qualitative Study of Racial Attitudes and Beliefs and Their Implications for Therapy

    Biracial (Black/White) Women: A Qualitative Study of Racial Attitudes and Beliefs and Their Implications for Therapy Women & Therapy Volume 27, Issue 1 & 2 (January 2004) pages 45 – 64 DOI: 10.1300/J015v27n01_04 Tamara R. Buckley, Associate Professor of Counseling Hunter College, City University of New York Carter T. Robert, Professor of Psychology and Education…

  • Slave Mothers and White Fathers: Defining Family and Status in Late Colonial Cuba

    Slave Mothers and White Fathers: Defining Family and Status in Late Colonial Cuba Slavery & Abolition Volume 31, Issue 1 (March 2010) pages 29-55 DOI: 10.1080/01440390903481647 Karen Y. Morrison, Assistant Professor of Afro-American Studies University of Massachusetts, Amherst This paper outlines the mechanisms used to position the offspring of slave women and white men at…

  • Census Chief Apologizes for ‘Negro’ Category

    Census Chief Apologizes for ‘Negro’ Category The New York Times 2010-03-26 Kate Phillips When Robert Groves, the director of the Census Bureau, appeared on C-Span’s “Washington Journal” program Friday morning, he found himself having to defend the racial designations on the census form… Read the entire article here.

  • Double Consciousness in the Work of Helen Oyeyemi and Diana Evans

    Double Consciousness in the Work of Helen Oyeyemi and Diana Evans Women: A Cultural Review Volume 20, Issue 3 (December 2009) pages 277-286 DOI: 10.1080/09574040903285735 Pilar Cuder-Domnguez, Associate Professor University of Huelva, Spain The first novels published by Helen Oyeyemi and Diana Evans feature twins of mixed-race parentage—a Nigerian mother and an English father—growing up…