Mixed Race Studies

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  • Navigating the Racial Terrain: Blackness and Mixedness in the United States and the Dominican Republic

    In this article, I draw on the experiences of students who participated in the Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE) Program in Spanish Language and Caribbean Studies, in Santiago, Dominican Republic, from 2000 to 2004, to situate the seemingly conflicting racial projects of the Dominican Republic and the United States.

  • As We Are Now: Mixblood Essays on Race and Identity

    As We Are Now: Mixblood Essays on Race and Identity University of California Press January 1998 282 pages Paperback ISBN: 9780520210738 edited by William S. Penn, Professor of Creative Writing Michigan State University The thirteen contributors to As We Are Now invite readers to explore with them the untamed territory of race and mixblood identity…

  • American Identity in the Age of Obama

    American Identity in the Age of Obama Northeastern University Amilcar Cabral Center in the John D. O’Bryant African American Institute Boston, Massachusetts Friday, 2011-03-25, 08:30-15:30 EDT (Local Time) The election of Barack Obama as the 44th president of the United States has opened a new chapter in the country’s long and often tortured history of…

  • The Guineas of West Virginia

    The Guineas of West Virginia Ohio State University 1952 139 pages John P. Burnell, Jr. A Thesis Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirments for the Degree Master of Arts. Table of Contents Introduction Methodology Geographical and Social Setting History and Origin Who Is A Guinea? Social Participation Attitudes and Beliefs Summary and Conclusions Bibliography…

  • Lone Mothers of Children from Mixed Racial and Ethnic Backgrounds: A Case Study

    Lone Mothers of Children from Mixed Racial and Ethnic Backgrounds: A Case Study Single Parent Action Network (SPAN) January 2010 41 pages Chamion Caballero, Senior Research Fellow London South Bank University This report draws on case study findings with 10 lone mothers of mixed racial and ethnic children to look at their everyday experiences of…

  • The Invisible Line: American families’ journeys from black to white

    The Invisible Line: American families’ journeys from black to white Research news@Vanderbilt Vanderbilt University 2011-02-17 Amy Wolf The idea of someone transitioning from black to white, without science or surgery, seems hard to grasp on the surface. Yet Vanderbilt Law School professor Daniel J. Sharfstein finds that African Americans have continually crossed the color line…

  • Adults’ Attitudes Toward Multiracial Children

    Adults’ Attitudes Toward Multiracial Children Journal of Black Psychology Volume 29, Number 4 (November 2003) pages 463-480 DOI: 10.1177/0095798403256888 Gayle L. Chesley Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia William G. Wagner A between-groups experimental design was used to examine adults’ attitudes toward multiracial children of African descent. The purpose was to determine if the races of the…

  • Communicating With Children of Interracial/Interethnic Parentage

    Communicating With Children of Interracial/Interethnic Parentage IUC Journal of Social Work Theory & Practice Issue 4 (2001/2002) Toyin Okitikpi Children of interracial/interethnic parentage are increasing in number throughout Europe yet there has been a wall of silence about how to work with such children. In this discussion the aim is not only to encourage a…

  • Interview with Daniel J. Sharfstein, author of “The Invisible Line”

    Interview with Daniel J. Sharfstein, author of “The Invisible Line” The Christian Science Monitor 2011-02-23 Stacie Williams, Monitor Contributor In “The Invisible Line,” law professor Daniel J. Sharfstein uses the stories of three families to explore the fluid nature of racial identity in America. Race has never been an easy concept in this country; the…

  • Daughter from Danang

    Daughter from Danang 2002 U.S.A. 81 Minutes Directed by: Gail Dolgin Vicente Franco A heartbreaking documentary that upsets your expectations of happily-ever-afters, Daughter from Danang is a riveting emotional drama of longing, identity, and the personal legacy of war. To all outward appearances, Heidi [Bub] is the proverbial “all-American girl”, hailing from small town Pulaski,…