Mixed Race Studies

Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.

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  • Mixed Roots: Writers on Multiracial Identity and Both/And Belonging

    29 personal essays exploring mixed identity, belonging, family, racism, community and the paradoxical ways of being in the world

  • The Routledge International Handbook of Interracial and Intercultural Relationships and Mental Health

    The Routledge International Handbook of Interracial and Intercultural Relationships and Mental Health Routledge 2025-07-07 Hardcover ISBN 9781032473154 592 Pages Edited by: Shivon Raghunandan Roy Moodley Kelley Kenney The Routledge International Handbook of Interracial and Intercultural Relationships and Mental Health presents critical, theoretical, empirical, and psychological accounts of intercultural intimacies. It challenges pervasive Eurocentric discourse and…

  • Loving Across Racial and Cultural Boundaries: Interracial and Intercultural Relationships and Mental Health Conference

    Loving Across Racial and Cultural Boundaries: Interracial and Intercultural Relationships and Mental Health Conference Ontario Institute for Studies in Education252 Bloor Street WestToronto, Ontario M5S 1V6, Canada2025-10-24 through 2025-10-25 We are pleased to announce an upcoming conference exploring the intersections of interracial and intercultural relationships, mental health and well-being! As societies become increasingly diverse, romantic…

  • In Kamala Harris’s Blackness, I See My Own

    The Hollywood pitch goes something like this: Put racially ambiguous Black people in the public eye — Kamala, Meghan, Barack. Have them declare themselves Black. Count down the minutes before the world erupts into outrage, distress and suspicion. People scream their confusion and doubt, accusing the figures of lying about who they really are. It…

  • On Turning Black

    On Turning Black The New York Times 2024-08-01 Esau McCaulley, Contributing Opinion Writer Illustration by The New York Times; Photo: Erin Schaff/The New York Times During his interview before the National Association of Black Journalists this week, Donald Trump was asked if he would call upon his fellow Republicans to refrain from labeling Vice President…

  • Should Harris Talk Much About Her Racial Identity? Many Voters Say No.

    Even as Trump plays up racial divisions, many Americans said they would rather not dwell on race or identity. “We can all see that you’re Black.”

  • Why Kamala Harris’ biracial identity upsets Donald Trump so much

    Acknowledging the existence of multiracial identities completely scrambles Trump’s stereotypes.

  • Excerpts from The Space Between by Herb Harris

    This racial ambiguity reflects many generations of mixed heritage that go back to the beginning of the slave trade. My ancestors were both the enslaved and the enslavers who sexually exploited them. I have many white ancestors, but their identities are almost entirely unknown. These perpetrators and their victims still live inside me, where their…

  • Are You a Mixed Race Poet?

    ‘m writing a book called The Mixed + Multiracial Guide to Wellbeing: Navigating Family + Identity + Healing and I’m looking for unpublished poems about mixed race identity to showcase in the book.

  • 2024 Critical Mixed Race Studies Association Conference

    Welcome to the 7th biennial Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference, taking place both virtually and in person at The Ohio State University (OSU) in the OSU Union. We are hosting the conference during the week of Loving Day, the anniversary of the June 12, 1967 Loving v. Virginia U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down…