Mixed Race Studies

Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.

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  • Half-Caste and Other Poems

    ‘Half-Caste’, the title poem of this collection, is one of the set poems for GCSE English for AQA A, the largest spec with 375,000 candidates. But its influence and presence extends well beyond the ‘AQA’ schools, making John Agard one of the most popular, well-known and respected poet-performers on the schools circuit.

  • Hey Mum, What’s a Half-Caste?

    Hey Mum, What’s a Half-Caste? Independent Publishing Group April 2010 316 pages, Trade Paper, 5.75 x 8.25 35 B/W Photos ISBN: 9781921248030 (1921248033) Lorraine McGee-Sippel Compelling and honest, this memoir recounts the diffuse effects of a governmental policy that required the author’s adoptive parents to be informed of her Afro-American ancestry. Chronicling her personal search…

  • The Identity Development of Biracial Children and Society’s Impact Thereon

    The Identity Development of Biracial Children and Society’s Impact Thereon Workshop by Francis Wardle 1989-03-04 18 pages Francis Wardle This document is taken from a workshop presentation focusing on the identity development of biracial children. The confusion of the academic community concerning this topic is emphasized. Three main aspects are examined: (1) “What is the…

  • Fluid…: Identity in the Making

    Fluid…: Identity in the Making The Vermont Connection Journal The University of Vermont 2002-07-29 Amiko Matsumoto I get the “what are you” question a lot. I usually get a warning that the question is coming: a tilt of the head, a squint of the eyes, a puzzled look as the wheels turn in my questioner’s…

  • Mixed Race… Mixed Up?

    Mixed Race… Mixed Up? Presentation at the Canadian Critical Race Conference 2003 Charito Gailling Mee Lain Ling Our workshop will explore “mixed race experience” by referring to our own experiences as mixed race women. We are particularly interested in fostering discussion that critically examines racial binaries of whiteness vs non-whiteness and how mixed race voices…

  • Black Berry, Sweet Juice: On Being Black and White in Canada

    Now Hill, himself a child of a black father and white mother, brings us “Black Berry, Sweet Juice, Hill: On Being Black and White in Canada,” a provocative and unprecedented look at a timely and engrossing topic.

  • Check All That Apply: The Psychological Costs and Benefits of Adopting a Multiracial Identity

    Check All That Apply: The Psychological Costs and Benefits of Adopting a Multiracial Identity SPSP 2010 The Eleventh Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Royal Pavilion 6 Friday, 2010-01-29, 09:45-11:00 PST (Local Time) Chair: Todd L. Pittinsky, Harvard University Multiracial people have always challenged the conventional notions of racial categorization, exemplified…

  • Identity & Issues for Multiracial Students and College Campuses (Pre-Conference Institute #111)

    Identity & Issues for Multiracial Students and College Campuses (Pre-Conference Institute #111) NCORE® 2010 23 Annual National Conference on Race & Enthnicity in American Higher Education National Harbor, Maryland 2010-06-01 through 2010-06-05 A three‑part, highly interactive institute designed to provide participants a greater understanding of racial identity development for multiracial people and the issues surrounding…

  • ETHN 115 – Biracial+Multiracial Iden (3 Units)

    ETHN 115 – Biracial+Multiracial Iden (3 Units) Sacramento State University Spring 2010 Examination of biracial/multiracial populations, their social histories, social experiences and social identities within various sociological and social psychological theoretical frameworks. An exploration of the relationship biracial/multiracial groups have had, and continue to have, with the larger white majority and monoracially identified minorities. Sect…

  • Love’s Revolution: Interracial Marriage

    “Love’s Revolution” traces the social changes that account for the growth of intermarriage as well as the lingering prejudices and false beliefs that oppress racially mixed families.