Category: Articles

  • Social Work Response to the Needs of Biracial Americans Surjit Singh Dhooper, Assistant Professor of Social Work University of Kentucky Journal of Ethnic And Cultural Diversity in Social Work Volume 12, Issue 4 (April 2004) pages 19 – 47 DOI: 10.1300/J051v12n04_02 The number of interracial marriages is rising. The offspring of these marriages are a special…

  • Nikkei Heritage: Intermarriages and Hapas: An Overview – Parts 1 and 2 Discover Nikkei (Japanese Migrans and Their Descendants) Republished from Nikkei Heritage (The quarterly journal of the National Japanese American Historical Society) 2007-05-11 George Kitahara Kich, Senior Trial Consultant Bonora D’Andrea Rebecca Chiyoko King-O’Riain, Lecturer in Sociology National University of Ireland, Maynooth Larry Hajime…

  • Framing mixed race: The face of America is changing Contra Costa Times 2010-02-07 Jennifer Modenessi Like any proud mother, Janine Mozée sees beauty when she looks at her four children. But the Benicia resident perceives more than their physical qualities and the various shades and hues of their skin, eyes and hair. For Mozée, 46,…

  • Who am I? Middlebury Magazine Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont Winter 2010 Kevin Charles Redmon, [class of 20]10 As Janet Mondlane Rodrigues [class of 20]12 grapples with her own complex racial identity, she implores others to take a look in the mirror, as well, and ask themselves this loaded question. Early in Barack Obama’s presidential campaign,…

  • Beyond Race: Examining the Facets of Multiracial Identity Through a Life-span Developmental Lens Journal of Ethnic And Cultural Diversity in Social Work Volume 18, Issue 4 (October 2009) pages 293-310 DOI: 10.1080/15313200903310759 Kelly F. Jackson, Assistant Professor of Social Work Arizona State University Using a social work developmental lens, this qualitative study explored some of…

  • Fulbeck inspires students to be proud of their heritage The State Hornet The Voice of Sacramento State 2010-02-09 Jennifer Siopongco Kip Fulbeck will launch the Multi-Cultural Center’s mixed-heritage series at 7 p.m. Feb. 18 in the Sac[ramento] State’s University Union with his lecture titled “Race, Sex and Tattoos: The Kip Fulbeck Experience.”   Spring semester…

  • Ambiguity and Ambivalence in the Voting Booth and Beyond: A Social-Psychological Perspective on Racial Attitudes and Behavior in the Obama Era Du Bois Review: Social Science Research on Race Volume 6, Issue 01, March 2009 pages 71-82 DOI: 10.1017/S1742058X09090067 Destiny Peery Department of Psychology Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois Galen V. Bodenhausen, Lawyer Taylor Professor of…

  • Research Report: Black + White = Black: Hypodescent in Reflexive Categorization of Racially Ambiguous Faces Psychological Science Volume 19, Number 10 (2008) pages 973-977 Destiny Peery Department of Psychology, Northwestern University Galen V. Bodenhausen, Lawyer Taylor Professor of Psychology in the Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences Northwestern University Historically, the principle of hypodescent specified…

  • New Group Embraces Diversity Daily Nexus University of California, Santa Barbara Issue 76, Volume 90 2010-02-10 Ali Limonadi, Reporter A new student organization at UCSB hopes to create a safe space and open forum for multicultural, mixed-race and mixed-ethnicity students. The Mixed Student Union registered as an official group with the Office of Student Life…

  • Ethnic and Urban Intersections in the Classroom: Latino Students, Hybrid Identities, and Culturally Responsive Pedagogy Multicultural Perspectives Volume 9, Issue 3 (July 2007) pages 21-28 DOI: 10.1080/15210960701443599 Jason G. Irizarry, Assistant Professor of Multicultural Education Neag School of Education, University of Connecticut Drawing from data collected through classroom observations and in-depth interviews, this article describes…