Mixed Race Studies

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  • Zadie Smith: Critical Essays

    Zadie Smith: Critical Essays Peter Lang Publishing Group March 2008 221 pages Paparback ISBN: 9978-0-8204-8806-6 Edited by: Tracey L. Walters, Associate Professor of Literature Stony Brook University Zadie Smith: Critical Essays is a timely collection of critical articles examining how Zadie Smith‘s novels and short stories interrogate race, postcolonialism, and identity. Essays explore the various…

  • The Monochrome Society: Americanness and the unsung agreement across racial lines

    The Monochrome Society: Americanness and the unsung agreement across racial lines Policy Review Hoover Institution Stanford University Feburary & March 2001 Amitai Etzioni Various demographers and other social scientists have been predicting for years that the end of the white majority in the United States is near, and that there will be a majority of…

  • In multiracial America, the census puts us in a box

    In multiracial America, the census puts us in a box Washington Post 2010-03-21 Susan Straight, Professor of Creative Writing University of California, Riverside I received the census form in the mail last week, and I was ready. A vaguely admonitory letter from the Census Bureau had arrived the week before, urging me to fill out…

  • Count Yourself In California: The Census on Multiracial ID’s

    Count Yourself In California: The Census on Multiracial ID’s Spot.Us 2010-03-18 Denise L. Poon When she fills out her 2010 Census form this week, 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 [University of California] Irvine and…

  • Homelands and Indigenous Identities in a Multiracial Era

    Homelands and Indigenous Identities in a Multiracial Era Social Science Research Article In Press, Accepment Manuscript Online: 2010-02-17 Carolyn A. Liebler, Assistant Professor Department of Sociology and Minnesota Population Center University of Minnesota Although multiple race responses are now allowed on federal censuses and surveys, most interracially married single-race parents report a single race for…

  • Beyond Black and White: A film by Nisma Zaman

    Beyond Black and White: A film by Nisma Zaman Women Make Movies 1994 28 minutes Color, 16mm/DVD Order No. W99431 Beyond Black and White is a personal exploration of the filmmaker’s bicultural heritage (Caucasian and Asian/Begali) in which she relates her experiences to those of five other women from various biracial backgrounds. In lively interviews…

  • Examining Ethnic Identity and Self-Esteem Among Biracial and Monoracial Adolescents

    Examining Ethnic Identity and Self-Esteem Among Biracial and Monoracial Adolescents Journal of Youth and Adolescence Volume 33, Number 2 (April, 2004) pages 123-132 Print ISSN: 0047-2891; Online ISSN: 1573-6601 DOI: 10.1023/B:JOYO.0000013424.93635.68 Jeana R. Bracey University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Mayra Y. Bámaca University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Adriana J. Umaña-Taylor Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium The psychological…

  • Biracial-Bisexual Individuals: Identity Coming of Age

    Biracial-Bisexual Individuals: Identity Coming of Age International Journal of Sexuality and Gender Studies Issue Volume 5, Number 3 (July, 2000) Pages 221-253 ISSN 1566-1768 (Print) 1573-8167 (Online) DOI: 10.1023/A:1010137025394 J. Fuji Collins, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Student Health & Wellness – Vice Chancellor University of California, Merced There is considerable controversy regarding the means by…

  • The racial canons of American sociology: Identity across the lifespan as biracial alternative

    The racial canons of American sociology: Identity across the lifespan as biracial alternative The American Sociologist Volume 31, Number 1 (March, 2000) pages 86-93 Print ISSN: 0003-1232; Online ISSN: 1936-4784 DOI: 10.1007/s12108-000-1006-z Ronald E. Hall, Professor of Social Work Michigan State University The fabric of American sociology is woven from societal belief and tradition. Sociology…

  • White Women in Interracial Families: Reflections on Hybridization, Feminine Identities, and Racialized Othering

    White Women in Interracial Families: Reflections on Hybridization, Feminine Identities, and Racialized Othering Gender Issues Volume 14, Number 2 (June, 1994) pages 49-72 Print ISSN: 1098-092X, Online ISSN: 1936-4717 DOI: 10.1007/BF02685656 Carmen Luke, Emeritus Associate Professor of Education, and Director of the Centre for Women’s Studies James Cook University, Queensland, Australia Interracial unions, biracial and…