Mixed Race Studies
Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.
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- You were either Black or white. To claim whiteness as a mixed child was to deny and hide Blackness. Our families understood that the world we were growing into would seek to denigrate this part of us and we would need a community that was made up, always and already, of all shades of Blackness.
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Category: Identity Development/Psychology
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What does it mean to be “black enough?” Three women explore their racial identities The Washington Post 2016-12-11 On “Historically Black,” our podcast about black history, narrator Roxane Gay introduces three new voices. “What are you?” “Are you adopted?” “What are you mixed with?” Many photos and stories submitted to “Historically Black,” The Washington Post Tumblr…
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Even today, being biracial in America is not always easy Observer-Reporter Washington County News Washington, Pennsylvania 2016-12-17 Karen Mansfield, Staff Writer Celeste Van Kirk/Observer-Reporter Dontae Monday, a student at Washington & Jefferson College, stands in front of Old Main recently. Koron Harris is used to strangers sneaking glances at her, and she knows why. “They’re…
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The Monoracial Millennium (a parody): Rethinking Mixed Race in the Age of Obama Medium 2016-12-18 Gino M. Pellegrini “The Four Races” from Le Tour de la France par duex enfants (1877) by G. Bruno It sucks to wake up and realize that you’re back out of style — viewed as a promising development in one decade, viewed as an…
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“Us versus Them” – A Thought on the Complexities of Multiracial Passing Multiracial Media: Voice of the Multiracial Community 2016-12-08 Joanna L. Thompson, Ph.D. Candidate Department of Criminology, Law, and Justice University of Illinois, Chicago Is this an example of “Multiracial Passing?” Photo credit: YouTube Recently, a post on TheRoot.com discussed the challenges Sofia Richie,…
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Faculty Spotlight: Onnie Rogers Northwestern University Institute For Policy Research November 2016 IPR developmental psychologist Onnie Rogers examines how stereotypes affect youth identity. IPR developmental psychologist examines how children form their identities As an undergraduate student at the University of California, Los Angeles, and as the only African-American gymnast on her college team, IPR developmental…
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Biracial Identity Development: A Case of Black-Korean Biracial Individuals in Korea International Journal Multicultural Education Volume 18, Number 3 (2016) pages 40-57 DOI: 10.18251/ijme.v18i3.1193 Hyein Amber Kim, Lecturer in Korean Language University of Washington This study examines two cases of Black-Korean biracial individuals and 4 Black-Korean biracial public figures who were playing influential roles in…
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Multiethnic Women FEM: UCLA’s Feminist Newsmagazine Since 1973 2015-12-04 Kali Croke Out of all the things that compose an individual’s identity, one’s culture (defined by similarities in ideals, religion, language, habits, etc.) is perhaps the most significant. While we mostly understand the experiences of people of different singular cultures, oftentimes the experiences of individuals with…