Mixed Race Studies

Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.

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  • The One Drop Rule: How Black Is “Black?”

    The One Drop Rule: How Black Is “Black?” Psychology Today Blogs: In the Eye of the Beholder: The science of social perception 2011-04-07 Jason Plaks, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychology University of Toronto The perception of race is subjective. Many biracial people publicly identify themselves with only one race (for example, either black or white,…

  • Census Says There Are More Biracial People, But That Depends On Your Definition of Mixed

    Census Says There Are More Biracial People, But That Depends On Your Definition of Mixed The Black Snob 2011-04-07 Danielle C. Belton Since 2000, the population of biracial and multiracial people has boomed by 50 percent according to 2010 Census data. The New York Times recently ran a story saying that because of changes in…

  • On being mixed-race

    On being mixed-race New Statesman 2011-04-07 Samira Shackle I grew up thinking of myself as equally English and Pakistani, writes Samira Shackle. Was I wrong? When I meet people for the first time, it’s not unusual for them to ask, “Where are you from?” If I reply, “London,” they say, “Oh, no, where are you…

  • Census data suggests increased acceptance of being multiracial

    Census data suggests increased acceptance of being multiracial The Daily Texan University of Texas, Austin 2011-04-01 Shamoyita DasGupta, Daily Texan Staff More Americans than ever before identify as multiracial, according to the 2010 census.   Of the 9 million people who listed themselves as more than one race, 4.2 million are children. The percentage rose…

  • The Changing Face of Liverpool 8

    The Changing Face of Liverpool 8 Diverse Magazine 2009 Dave Clay Four hundred years of shackles and chains, four hundred years of racist names and institutionalised racist games, Slavepool’s history has got to change “Slavepool” by Eugene Lange AKA Muhammad Khalil My mate, the late and inspirational, John Hill once described Liverpool-born Black people as…

  • PRico sees increase in blacks, American Indians

    PRico sees increase in blacks, American Indians The Seattle Times 2011-03-31 Danica Coto Associated Press The number of Puerto Ricans identifying themselves solely as black or American Indian jumped about 50 percent in the last decade, according to new census figures that have surprised experts and islanders alike. SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico—The number of Puerto…

  • The construction of ethnoracial identity within situational contexts: A study of triracial family histories

    Based largely on data collected from oral history interviews, this study examines the construction of triracial ethnoracial identities (African American-Caucasian-American Indian). Here in-depth narratives and analyses of two triracial family histories surface the complex, dynamic, and interactional social contingencies that act on individual and family psychologies to share ethnic identity; these processes are illustrative of…

  • Multiracial Identity [Film]

    Multiracial Identity Bullfrog Films 2010 77 minutes/56 minutes DVD ISBN: 1-59458-913-5 Directed by Brian Chinhema Produced by Abacus Production Narrated by Dieter Weber Director of Photography: Jay Cornelius Editor: Jay Cornelius Music: Ed Beceril, Elizabeth Nicholson Explores the social, political and religious impact of the multiracial movement. Note: There are two versions of this program…

  • Existential hazards of the multicultural individual: Defining and understanding “cultural homelessness.”

    Existential hazards of the multicultural individual: Defining and understanding “cultural homelessness.” Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology Volume 5, Number 1 (February 1999) pages 6-26. DOI: 10.1037/1099-9809.5.1.6 Veronica Navarrete-Vivero University of North Texas Sharon Rae Jenkins, Professor of Psychology University of North Texas Discusses cultural homelessness (CH), the unique experiences and feelings reported by some…

  • Identity and Marginality: Issues in the Treatment of Biracial Adolescents

    Identity and Marginality: Issues in the Treatment of Biracial Adolescents American Journal of Orthopsychiatry Volume 57, Issue 2 (April 1987) pages 265–278 DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-0025.1987.tb03537.x Jewelle Taylor Gibbs, Emeritus Professor School of Social Welfare University of California, Berkeley Teenagers of mixed black and white parentage face peculiar difficulties in the developmental tasks of adolescence. The major…