Mixed Race Studies

Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.

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  • Professor Nikki Khanna to be Featured Guest on Mixed Chicks Chat

    Professor Nikki Khanna to be Featured Guest on Mixed Chicks Chat Mixed Chicks Chat (The only live weekly show about being racially and culturally mixed. Also, founders of the Mixed Roots Film & Literary Festival) Hosted by Fanshen Cox and Heidi W. Durrow Website: TalkShoe™ (Keywords: Mixed Chicks) Episode: #151 – Professor Nikki Khanna When:…

  • Does ‘race’ matter? A study of ‘mixed race’ siblings’ identifications

    Does ‘race’ matter? A study of ‘mixed race’ siblings’ identifications Sociological Review Volume 58, Issue 2 (May 2010) Pages 265 – 285 DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-954X.2010.01903.x Miri Song, Professor of Sociology University of Kent ‘Mixed’ people comprise one of the fastest growing populations in Britain today, and their growth refutes the idea that there exist distinct, ‘natural’ races…

  • Spaces of Multiraciality: Critical Mixed Race Theory

    Spaces of Multiraciality: Critical Mixed Race Theory University of Toronto Geography  (B.A.) Program 2010-2011 Course Number: GGRD19H3   From Tiger Woods to Mariah Carey, the popular mixed race phenomenon has captured the popular imagination and revealed the contradictory logic of categorization underpinning racial divisions. We will explore the complexities of racial identity formation to illuminate…

  • Choosing Choosing Racial Sides: Part Two… A Different Perspective

    Choosing Racial Sides: Part Two… A Different Perspective USARiseUp.com 2010-02-20 Cassandra Franklin-Barbajosa Contrary to popular opinion, the way mixed-race people look is not the primary influence that determines what part of their heritage they identify with, according to Seattle clinical psychologist and independent scholar Dr. Maria P. P. Root. She says a host of other…

  • Chosing Racial Sides… American Society Forces Its Children To Make Tough Choices

    Chosing Racial Sides… American Society Forces Its Children To Make Tough Choices USARiseUp.com 2010-02-20 Cassandra Franklin-Barbajosa When Jolanda Williams looks in a mirror, the image she sees is a warm peach complexion framed in dark silky hair, high cheekbones beneath almond eyes, and full lips that slip into an easy, radiant smile. She has a…

  • Multiracial Americans and Social Class: The Influence of Social Class on Racial Identity

    As the racial hierarchy shifts and inequality between Americans widens, it is important to understand the impact of social class on the rapidly growing multiracial population. “Multiracial Americans and Social Class” is the first book on multiracial Americans to do so and fills a noticeable void in a growing market.

  • Mixed: Reflections on Race

    Mixed: Reflections on Race Mamapedia Mamapedia Voices 2010-03-30 Kip Fulbeck, Professor of Performative Studies, Video University of California, Santa Barbara Mom Wisdom comes in many forms. Mamapedia Voices proudly showcases useful and insightful posts by selected writers, from up-and-coming mom bloggers to well-known mom experts. I could be anywhere, picking up some innocuous bureaucratic form…

  • For some, question #9 is number one

    For some, question #9 is number one Nguoi Viet 2 Online 2010-04-02 Denise L. Poon LASpot.Us When she fills out her 2010 Census form, Mei-Ling Malone is looking forward to answering Question #9 “the race question.” She’s adamant about documenting her multiracial background. Malone, who studied multiracial politics at UC Irvine and is now pursuing…

  • Biracial Children Learn To Self-Identify

    Biracial Children Learn To Self-Identify Tell Me More National Public Radio 2010-04-20 Michel Martin, Host Interview with: Kip Fulbeck, Professor of Performative Studies, Video University of California, Santa Barbara Author of: Mixed: Portraits of Multiracial Kids Peggy Orenstein Author of: Waiting for Daisy: A Tale of Two Continents, Three Religions, Five Fertility Doctors, An Oscar,…

  • Black by Choice

    Black by Choice The Nation 2010-04-15 Melissa Harris-Lacewell, Associate Professor of Politics and African American Studies Princeton University The first black president has created a definitional crisis for whiteness. President Obama created a bit of a stir in early April when he completed his Census form. In response to the question about racial identity the…