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  • The Effects of Mixed-Race Households on Residential Segregation

    The Effects of Mixed-Race Households on Residential Segregation Journal Urban Geography Issue Volume 28, Number 6, August 16-September 30, 2007 Online Date: 2007-11-27 Pages 554-577 ISSN: 0272-3638 DOI 10.2747/0272-3638.28.6.554 Mark Ellis University of Washington Steven R. Holloway University of Georgia Richard Wright Dartmouth College Margaret East The University of Texas, Arlington This paper investigates how…

  • Thomas Satterwhite Noble’s Mulattos: From Barefoot Madonna to Maggie the Ripper

    Thomas Satterwhite Noble’s Mulattos: From Barefoot Madonna to Maggie the Ripper Journal of American Studies Volume 41, Issue 1 (April 2007) pages 83-114 DOI: 10.1017/S0021875806002763 Jo-Ann Morgan, Associate Professor of Art History and African American Studies Western Illinois University With emancipation a fait accompli by 1865, one might ask why Kentucky-born Thomas Satterwhite Noble (1835–1907), former Confederate…

  • Raising Eurasia: Race, Class, and Age in French and British Colonies

    Raising Eurasia: Race, Class, and Age in French and British Colonies Comparative Studies in Society and History Volume 51, Issue 2 (April 2009) pages 314-343 DOI: 10.1017/S0010417509000140 David M. Pomfret, Associate Professor The University of Hong Kong Sexual relationships between European men and indigenous women produced racially mixed offspring in all of Europe’s empires. Recent…

  • The Effects of Black Identity on Candidate Evaluations: An Exploratory Study

    The Effects of Black Identity on Candidate Evaluations: An Exploratory Study Journal of Black Studies Volume 40, Number 2 (2009) pages 215-237 DOI: 10.1177/0021934707309430 Jas M. Sullivan, Assistant Professor of Political Science Louisiana State University Keena N. Arbuthnot, Associate Professor of Education Louisiana State University Although Barack Obama’s entrance into the 2008 presidential campaign has…

  • Perspectives and Research on the Positive and Negative Implications of Having Multiple Racial Identities

    Perspectives and Research on the Positive and Negative Implications of Having Multiple Racial Identities Psychological Bulletin Volume 131, Number 4 (June 2005) pages 569–591 DOI: 10.1037/0033-2909.131.4.569 Margaret Shih, Professor in Management and Organizations Anderson School of Management University of California, Los Angeles Diana T. Sanchez, Associate Professor of Social Psychology Rutgers University Much attention has…

  • The Social Construction of Race: Biracial Identity and Vulnerability to Stereotypes

    The Social Construction of Race: Biracial Identity and Vulnerability to Stereotypes Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology Volume 13, Number 2 (April 2007) pages 125–133 DOI: 10.1037/1099-9809.13.2.125 Margaret Shih, Assistant Professor, Organizational Psychology University of Michigan Courtney M. Bonam Stanford University Diana T. Sanchez, Associate Professor of Psychology Rutgers University Courtney Peck Harvard University Multiracial…

  • Not So Black and White: Memory for Ambiguous Group Members

    Not So Black and White: Memory for Ambiguous Group Members Journal of Personality and Social Psychology Published by The American Psychological Association 2009, Vol. 96, No. 4 795–810 0022-3514/09 DOI: 10.1037/a0013265 Kristin Pauker Tufts University Max Weisbuch Tufts University Nalini Ambady, Professor and Neubauer Faculty Fellow Tufts University Samuel R. Sommers Tufts University Reginald B.…

  • Multiracial Faces: How Categorization Affects Memory at the Boundaries of Race

    Multiracial Faces: How Categorization Affects Memory at the Boundaries of Race Journal of Social Issues Volume 65, Number 1 (March 2009) pages 69-86 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-4560.2008.01588.x Kristin Pauker Tufts University Nalini Ambady Tufts University Monoracial and multiracial individuals are likely to have different conceptualizations of race and subsequently different approaches toward racial ambiguity.  In particular, monoracial…

  • To Disclose or Not to Disclose Biracial Identity: The Effect of Biracial Disclosure on Perceiver Evaluations and Target Responses

    To Disclose or Not to Disclose Biracial Identity: The Effect of Biracial Disclosure on Perceiver Evaluations and Target Responses Journal of Social Issues Volume 65, Number 1 (March 2009) pages 129-149 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-4560.2008.01591.x Diana T. Sanchez, Associate Professor of Psychology Rutgers University Courtney M. Bonam Stanford University Are biracial people perceived more negatively than their…

  • Plus ça Change? Multiraciality and the Dynamics of Race Relations in the United States

    Plus ça Change? Multiraciality and the Dynamics of Race Relations in the United States Journal of Social Issues Volume 65, Number 1 (March 2009) pages 205-219 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-4560.2008.01595.x Frank D. Bean, Chancellor’s Professor School of Social Sciences University of California, Irvine Jennifer Lee, Associate Professor, Sociology School of Social Sciences University of California, Irvine The issue…