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  • Biracial and monoracial infant own-race face perception: an eye tracking study

    Biracial and monoracial infant own-race face perception: an eye tracking study Developmental Science Published online: 2012-09-07 DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2012.01170.x Sarah E. Gaither Department of Psychology Tufts University Kristin Pauker, Assistant Professor of Psychology University of Hawaii Scott P. Johnson, Professor of Psychology University of California, Los Angeles We know that early experience plays a crucial role…

  • ‘Brown babies’ long search for family, identity

    ‘Brown babies’ long search for family, identity Indianapolis Recorder 2011-11-23 Stephanie Siek (CNN) — Daniel Cardwell’s obsession consumed three decades of his life and $250,000 of his money, he estimates. His energy has been devoted to answering one basic question: “Who am I?” Cardwell was a “brown baby”—one of thousands of children born to African-American…

  • I’m Chocolate, You’re Vanilla: Raising Healthy Black and Biracial Children in a Race-Conscious World

    I’m Chocolate, You’re Vanilla: Raising Healthy Black and Biracial Children in a Race-Conscious World Jossey-Bass May 2000 304 pages Paperback ISBN: 978-0-7879-5234-1 Marguerite A. Wright A child’s concept of race is quite different from that of an adult. Young children perceive skin color as magical—even changeable—and unlike adults, are incapable of understanding adult predjudices surrounding…

  • Living in Ambiguity with Carl Olsen

    Living in Ambiguity with Carl Olsen Mixed Race Radio 2012-09-05, 16:00Z (12:00 EDT, 09:00 PDT) Tiffany Rae Reid, Host Carl Olsen Colorado State Univeristy Carl is a regular guest on Mixed Race Radio and self- identifies as Japanese and White. Originally Carl was going to discuss his experience being marked as white on a traffic…

  • “What About the Children?” The Psychological and Social Well-Being of Multiracial Adolescents

    “What About the Children?” The Psychological and Social Well-Being of Multiracial Adolescents The Sociological Quarterly Volume 47, Issue 1 (February 2006) pages 147–173 DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-8525.2006.00041.x Mary E. Campbell, Associate Professor of Sociology University of Iowa Jennifer Eggerling-Boeck University of Wisconsin–Madison We used the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) to examine the social…

  • When Half Is Whole: Multiethnic Asian American Identities

    The son of an Irish American father and Japanese mother, Murphy-Shigematsu has devoted his life to understanding himself as a product of his diverse roots. Across twelve chapters, his reflections are interspersed among profiles of others of biracial and mixed ethnicity and accounts of their journeys to answer a seemingly simple question: Who am I?

  • Questioning Being Black and White in Canada

    Questioning Being Black and White in Canada Canadian Dimension: for people who want to change the world 2012-08-24 Denise Hansen “Canadians have a favourite pastime, and they don’t even realize it. They like to ask—they absolutely love to ask—where you are from if you don’t look convincingly white. They want to know it, they need…

  • Beautiful stereotypes: the relationship between physical attractiveness and mixed race identity

    Beautiful stereotypes: the relationship between physical attractiveness and mixed race identity Identities: Global Studies in Power and Culture Volume 19, Number 1, 2012-01-01 pages 61-80 DOI: 10.1080/1070289X.2012.672838 Jennifer Patrice Sims The idea that mixed race individuals are physically attractive is a commonly accepted stereotype. Past research in which whites (Australians and British) and Asians (Japanese)…

  • Afua Hirsch: Our parents left Africa – now we are coming home

    Afua Hirsch: Our parents left Africa – now we are coming home The Guardian 2012-08-25 Afua Hirsch, West Africa Correspondent As a child in London, Afua Hirsch was embarrassed by her African roots. Then, in February, she became a ‘returnee’, choosing to live in her parents’ birthplace, Ghana. Her story is echoed across the continent:…

  • Dwanna L. Robertson: Indian Identity Still Controversial

    Dwanna L. Robertson: Indian Identity Still Controversial Indian Country Today Media Network 2012-08-21 Carol Berry If she’d planned to tackle some of the most contentious issues in Indian country, a Mvskoke (Creek) sociologist couldn’t have done a better job. Blood quantum, lineal descent, tribal membership, federal recognition, sovereignty—all came under the scrutiny of Dwanna L.…