Mixed Race Studies

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  • Evidence for hypodescent and racial hierarchy in the categorization and perception of biracial individuals.

    Evidence for hypodescent and racial hierarchy in the categorization and perception of biracial individuals. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology Published online: 2010-11-22 DOI: 10.1037/a0021562 Arnold K. Ho Department of Psychology Harvard University Jim Sidanius, Professor of Psychology and African and African American Studies Harvard University Daniel T. Levin, Professor of Psychology and Director of…

  • Racial and Ethnic Intermarriage in the United States [Interview with Daniel T. Lichter]

    Racial and Ethnic Intermarriage in the United States [Interview with Daniel T. Lichter] Population Reference Bureau 2010-05-20 Questions and Answers with: Daniel T. Lichter, Professor of Policy Analysis and Management and Sociology Cornell University Donghui Yu: Could you please tell us some features of Asian American(partucularly Chinese American)’s intermarriage with other race? Thanks. Daniel T.…

  • Raising Multiracial Awareness in Family Therapy Through Critical Conversations

    Raising Multiracial Awareness in Family Therapy Through Critical Conversations Journal of Marital and Family Therapy Volume 31, Issue 4 (October 2005) pages 399–411 DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-0606.2005.tb01579.x Teresa McDowell, Associate Professor and Department Chair of Counseling Psychology Lewis & Clark University, Portland Oregon Lucrezia Ingoglia Greater Lakes Mental Healthcare Takiko Serizawa Family Service Associates Christina Holland Behavioral…

  • Ethnic identity, ego identity, and psychological well-being among mixed-ethnic Arab-European adolescents in Israel

    Ethnic identity, ego identity, and psychological well-being among mixed-ethnic Arab-European adolescents in Israel British Journal of Developmental Psychology Volume 24, Issue 4 (November 2006) pages 669–679 DOI: 10.1348/026151005X59196 Hisham Motkal Abu-Rayya The Unit of Psychology Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland This study explored the relationship between ethnic identity, ego identity, and psychological wellbeing among mixed-ethnic…

  • SOCY 57: Identity and Social Interaction of Multiracial Americans

    SOCY 57: Identity and Social Interaction of Multiracial Americans Dartmouth College Department of Sociology Upper Division Currently being taught as of Spring 2011 Melissa R. Herman, Assistant Professor of Sociology The 2000 Census revealed that nearly 4% of youth and 2% of adult Americans belong to more than one racial category. What are the social,…

  • Passage to identity is still a struggle

    Passage to identity is still a struggle Kansas City Star 2010-12-17 Commentary by: Jeneé Osterheldt I’ve always known I wasn’t white like my mama. Even as a little girl, I could feel adults stare as we passed by. I was different. But was I black like my daddy? It took me much of my young…

  • Half and Half: An (Auto)ethnography of Hybrid Identities in a Korean American Mother-Daughter Relationship

    This essay focuses on how immigrant mothers and second generation interracial daughters construct, perform, and negotiate racial and ethnic hybrid identities.

  • The development of memory for own- and other-race faces

    The development of memory for own- and other-race faces Journal of Experimental Child Psychology Volume 98, Issue 4 (December 2007) pages 233–242 DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2007.08.004 Gail S. Goodman Department of Psychology University of California, Davis University of Oslo Liat Sayfan Department of Psychology University of California, Davis Jennifer S. Lee Department of Psychology Cabrillo College, Aptos, California…

  • Some Observations on Identity Problems in Children of Negro-White Marriages

    Some Observations on Identity Problems in Children of Negro-White Marriages Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease Volume 146, Issue 3 (March 1968) pages 249-256 Joseph D. Teicher (1912-2000) University of Southern California School of Medicine The Los Angeles County General Hospital population includes every case, and, inevitably, many Negro-white families present themselves for service at…

  • Are Mixed-Race Children Better Adjusted?

    Are Mixed-Race Children Better Adjusted? Time Magazine 2009-02-21 John Cloud Americans like answers in black and white, a cultural trait we confirmed last year when the biracial man running for President was routinely called “black”. The flattening of Barack Obama’s complex racial background shouldn’t have been surprising. Many multiracial historical figures in the U.S. have…