Mixed Race Studies

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  • Brown Skinned White Girls: class, culture and the construction of white identity in suburban communities

    Brown Skinned White Girls: class, culture and the construction of white identity in suburban communities Gender, Place & Culture Volume 3, Issue 2 July 1996 pages 205 – 224 DOI: 10.1080/09663699650021891 France Winddance Twine, Professor of Sociology University of California, Santa Barbara Feminist scholars theorizing about whiteness and white identity have not examined the pivotal…

  • Being Multiracial in a Country that Sees Black and White

    Being Multiracial in a Country that Sees Black and White Interpolations: A Journal of First Year Writing Deparment of English, University of Maryland Fall 2009 Lavisha McClarin University of Maryland In America mixed race individuals are becoming more prominent in the media, politics and sports throughout the country. Some of the most popular mixed race…

  • Fade: My Journeys in Multiracial America

    Fade: My Journeys in Multiracial America Basic Books an imprint of The Perseus Books Group 2006-12-28 302 pages ISBN: 9780786718825 ISBN-10: 078671882X Elliott Lewis Television journalist Elliott Lewis weaves his memoirs as a black-and-white biracial American with the voices of dozens of multiracial people who are challenging how we think and speak about race today.…

  • Mixed Blood: Intermarriage and Ethnic Identity in Twentieth-Century America

    Mixed Blood: Intermarriage and Ethnic Identity in Twentieth-Century America University of Wisconsin Press December 1989 544 pages 6 x 9, 4 tables Paperback ISBN-10: 0-299-12114-3 Paperback ISBN-13: 978-0-299-12114-3 Paul R. Spickard, Professor of History University of California, Santa Barbara Named an “Outstanding Book on Human Rights in the United States” by the Gustavus Myers Center…

  • Negotiating Social Contexts: Identities of Biracial College Women

    This book examines the identification choices of a group of biracial college women and explores how these identifications relate to their choices and constructions of different social contexts.

  • Working with Multiracial Students: Critical Perspectives on Research and Practice

    Working with Mixed Heritage Students offers a collection of writings that bridges the social science and educational literature related to mixed heritage identity development and schooling in diverse contexts.

  • Counseling Multiracial Families

    Counseling Multiracial Families SAGE Publications 1999 208 pages Paperback ISBN: 9780761915911 Hardcover ISBN: 9780761915904 Bea Wehrly, Professor Emeritus of Counselor Education Western Illinois University Kelley R. Kenney, Professor of Counseling & Human Services Kutztown University, Kutztown, Pennsylvania Multicultural Education and Consulting, Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania Mark Kenney, Adjunct Professor Kutztown University, Kutztown, Pennsylvania Multicultural Education and…

  • Phillip Handy examines how children form racial identities in multiracial families

    Phillip Handy examines how children form racial identities in multiracial families Research Highlights Rutgers University 2009-04-22 The election of America’s first mixed-race president has created new interest in what it’s like to grow up as a multiracial child. A Rutgers senior majoring in sociology and psychology has already received input from about 930 multiracial people…

  • How Did You Get to Be Mexican? A White/Brown Man’s Search for Identity

    How Did You Get to Be Mexican? A White/Brown Man’s Search for Identity Temple University Press 1999 264 pages 6×9 EAN: 978-1-56639-651-6 ISBN: 1-56639-651-4 Kevin R. Johnson, Dean and Mabie-Apallas Professor of Public Interest Law and Chicana/o Studies University of California, Davis This compelling account of racial identity takes a close look at the question…

  • I-Dentity: The Biracial Woman as a Bridge In Third-Wave Feminism

    I-Dentity: The Biracial Woman as a Bridge In Third-Wave Feminism Erica Jackson Fall 1993 This is by no means intended to be an exhaustive discussion of the biracial experience in America, which is in no way monolithic.  In fact, it is inspired by the belief that race (whether singular or plural)  is an outdated concept…