Mixed Race Studies
Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.
recent posts
- Mixed Roots: Writers on Multiracial Identity and Both/And Belonging
- The Routledge International Handbook of Interracial and Intercultural Relationships and Mental Health
- Loving Across Racial and Cultural Boundaries: Interracial and Intercultural Relationships and Mental Health Conference
- Call for Proposals: 2026 Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference at UCLA
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Category: Identity Development/Psychology
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Facts for Families: Multiracial Children American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Number 71, October 1999 2 pages Multiracial children are one of the fastest growing segments of the U.S. population. The number of mixed-race families in America is steadily increasing, due to a rise in interracial marriages and relationships, as well as an increase…
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The “Multiracial” Option: Social Group Identity and Changing Patterns of Racial Categorization American Politics Research Volume 39, Number 1 (January 2011) pages 176-204 DOI: 10.1177/1532673X10378845 Natalie Masuoka, Assistant Professor of Political Science Tufts University This article focuses on a new and growing trend in the United States: multiracial (or mixed race) identification. Multiracial self-identification forces…
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Applying Self-Discrepancy Theory to Biracial Identity and Adjustment: A Proposed Study Social-Personality Brown Bag Series University of California, Davis Location: Young 166 2010-11-08, 12:10-13:30 PST (Local Time) Lauren Berger Research suggests that biracials may have poorer mental health than monoracials and a recent meta-analysis (Shih & Sanchez, 2005) cites a lack of research testing potential…
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This anthology of poetry, spoken word, fiction, creative non-fiction, spoken word texts, as well as black and white artwork and photography, explores the question of how mixed-race women in North America identify in the twenty-first century.