Category: Identity Development/Psychology

  • Do You See What I Am? How Observers’ Backgrounds Affect Their Perceptions of Multiracial Faces Social Psychology Quarterly Volume 73, Number 1 (March 2010) pages 58-78 DOI: 10.1177/0190272510361436 Melissa R. Herman, Assistant Professor of Sociology Dartmouth College Although race is one of the most salient status characteristics in American society, many observers cannot distinguish the…

  • Oreo, Topdeck and Eminem: Hybrid identities and global media flows International Journal of Cultural Studies Volume 14, Nubmer 2 (March 2011) pages 153-172 DOI: 10.1177/1367877910387971 Jane Stadler, Senior Lecturer in Film and Media Studies University of Queensland, Australia The slang terms Oreo (someone who looks black but acts white) and Topdeck (someone who looks white…

  • The Wormiest of Cans: who gets to be “mixed race”? Racialicious 2011-07-12 Thea Lim A few days ago on Facebook I watched two community activists have a throwdown over the phrase “mixed race.” It began when Activist X posted a link to this article about the Mixed Roots Film and Literary Festival and noted with…

  • The New Face of America: How the Emerging Multiracial, Multiethnic Majority is Changing the United States Praeger Publishers May 2013 195 pages 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-313-38569-8 eBook ISBN: 978-0-313-38570-4 Eric J. Bailey, Professor of Anthropology and Public Health East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina This unique and important book investigates what…

  • Gender, Mixed Race Relations and Dougla Identities in Indo-Caribbean Women’s Fiction 6th International Conference of Caribbean Women’s Writing: Comparative Critical Conversations Goldsmiths, University of London Centre for Caribbean Studies 2011-06-24 through 2011-06-25 Christine Vogt-William Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany Once a pejorative term in Hindi meaning ‘bastard’, dougla is used nowadays to designate those…

  • “You Can’t Put People In One Category Without Any Shades of Gray:” A Study of Native American, Black, Asian, Latino/a and White Multiracial Identity Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia May 2011 180 pages Melissa Faye Burgess Thesis submitted to the faculty of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in partial fulfillment…

  • Are We Content to Let Our DNA Define Us? Diaspora@chinaSMACK 2011-07-12 Ashton J. Liu A Chinese friend once responded harshly when asked, “Are you Japanese?” by a young child who had approached him on the street. His response struck me as strange. After all, my identity was always a topic of discussion. As a child…

  • Mental Conflicts of Eurasian Adolescents The Journal of Social Psychology Volume 5, Issue 3 (August 1934) pages 402-408 ISSN: 0022-4545 (Print), 1940-1183 (Online) DOI: 10.1080/00224545.1934.9921608 Linden B. Jenkins The article presents information on mental conflicts of Eurasian adolescents. In the early colonizing days when only young unmarried men were sent out there seemed to be…

  • Notes on the state of Virginia: Africans, Indians and the paradox of racial integrity Union Institute and University June 2005 277 pages AAT 3196614 Publication Number: AAT 3196614 ISBN: 9780542425899 Arica L. Coleman, Assistant Professor of Black American Studies Unverisity of Delaware Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of…

  • Constructing and Contesting Color Lines: Tidewater Native Peoples and Indianness in Jim Crow Virginia George Washington University 2009-01-31 392 pages Laura Janet Feller A Dissertation submitted to The Faculty of the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences of The George Washington University in partial fulfillment of the requirements  for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy…