Mixed Race Studies
Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.
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- You were either Black or white. To claim whiteness as a mixed child was to deny and hide Blackness. Our families understood that the world we were growing into would seek to denigrate this part of us and we would need a community that was made up, always and already, of all shades of Blackness.
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Category: Identity Development/Psychology
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St. Patrick’s Day holds mixed emotions for some The Boston Globe 2012-03-17 Martine Powers, Globe Staff Ryan McCollum knows that on St. Patrick’s Day, he cuts an unusual figure. All in green, a traditional Irish Claddagh ring on his finger and a houndstooth flat cap on his head, everything about his attire screams “Irish and…
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Being mixed: Who claims a biracial identity? Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology Volume 18, Number 1 (January 2012) pages 91-96 DOI: 10.1037/a0026845 Sarah S. M. Townsend, Visiting Assistant Professor of Management and Organizations and Postdoctoral Fellow Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University Stephanie A. Fryberg, Assistant Professor of Psychology and Affiliate Faculty in American…
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Black identity in biracial Black/White people: A comparison of Jacqueline who refuses to be exclusively Black and Adolphus who wishes he were. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology Volume 7, Number 2 (May 2001) page 182-196 DOI: 10.1037//1099-9809.7.2.182 Angela R. Gillem Arcadia University Laura Renee Cohn Arcadia University Cambria Thorne Arcadia University Two biracial college…
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Re-searching Metis identity: My Metis Family story University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon April 2010 200 pages Tara J. Turner A Thesis Submitted to the College of Graduate Studies and Research in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of Psychology University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon This research explores Metis…
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Between black and white: Rethinking Coloured identity African Identities Volume 1, Issue 2 (2003) pages 253-280 DOI: 10.1080/1472584032000173139 Pal Ahluwalia, Pro Vice Chancellor of Education, Arts and Social Sciences University of South Australia Abebe Zegeye Goldsmiths College, University of London Identity who we are, where we come from, what we are is difficult to maintain…
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Not Tainted by the Past: Re-conceptualization and Politics of Coloured Identities among University Coloured Student Activists in Post-Apartheid South Africa Achieving Sustainable Development in Africa International Conference at the University of Pittsburgh 2012-03-29 through 2012-03-30 Sardana Nikolaeva School of Education University of Pittsburgh The colonial apartheid South Africa, its hierarchical racial classification and its consequences…
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Métis identity matters Winnipeg Free Press 2011-02-09 Editorial The question of Métis identity has befuddled Canadians, governments and the courts ever since Louis Riel occupied Upper Fort Garry in 1869 and established a provisional government. Just who were these troublemakers, who had their own language, customs and practices, and who now claimed territorial rights? Well,…