Mixed Race Studies

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  • Preparing counselors for America’s multiracial population boom

    Preparing counselors for America’s multiracial population boom Counseling Today: A Publication of the American Counseling Association 2015-07-15 Bethany Bray, Staff Writer Preparing counselors for America’s multiracial population boom The U.S. Census Bureau estimates that the nation’s multiracial population will triple by 2060. That prognostication only heightens the long-standing need for counselors to better understand this…

  • How to Unlearn History | Ella Achola | TEDxCoventGardenWomen

    How to Unlearn History | Ella Achola | TEDxCoventGardenWomen TEDx Talks 2015-07-21 Ella Achola, Founder Ain’t I A Woman Collective From awkward school encounters to groan-inducingly offensive questions, Ella finds herself at the intersections of identity, and shares her big idea for bringing ourselves into the stories we tell. Ella Achola is a writer and…

  • The sweetness of forbidden fruit: Interracial daters are more attractive than intraracial daters

    The sweetness of forbidden fruit: Interracial daters are more attractive than intraracial daters Journal of Social and Personal Relationships Volume 32, Number 5 (August 2015) pages 650-666 DOI: 10.1177/0265407514541074 Karen Wu Department of Psychology University of California, Irvine Chuansheng Chen, Chancellor’s Professor of Psychology & Social Behavior and Education University of California, Irvine Ellen Greenberger,…

  • “Canadian-First”: Mixed Race Self-Identification and Canadian Belonging

    “Canadian-First”: Mixed Race Self-Identification and Canadian Belonging Canadian Ethnic Studies Volume 47, Number 2, 2015 pages 21-44 DOI: 10.1353/ces.2015.0017 Jillian Paragg Department of Sociology University of Alberta Not being read or identified by others as “Canadian” was a common thread in semi-structured in-depth interviews I conducted with 19 young adults of mixed race in a…

  • Who am I? Who do you think I am? Stability of racial/ethnic self-identification among youth in foster care and concordance with agency categorization

    Who am I? Who do you think I am? Stability of racial/ethnic self-identification among youth in foster care and concordance with agency categorization Children and Youth Services Review Volume 56, September 2015 pages 61–67 DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2015.06.011 Jessica Schmidt Regional Research Institute for Human Services Portland State University, Portland, Oregon Shanti Dubey Regional Research Institute for…

  • From ‘blood quantum’ to multiracial bill of rights, Dolezal saga ignites talk of identity

    From ‘blood quantum’ to multiracial bill of rights, Dolezal saga ignites talk of identity The Seattle Times 2015-06-17 Nina Shapiro, Seattle Times staff reporter The endless fascination with the Rachel Dolezal story reveals our hunger to talk about racial identity in all its complexity. When Amanda Erekson was in her early 20s, a friend introduced…

  • Q & A with Ana Carolina Vidal + her Afro-Futuristic project

    Q & A with Ana Carolina Vidal + her Afro-Futuristic project Rooted In Magazine 2015-07-08 Annina Chirade O Mestiço Revisited II, Ana Carolina Vidal São Paulo native, Ana Carolina Vidal, is a multi-racial Brazilian artist who explores the dynamics of her country through her art. Her work is largely focused on portraiture; each piece in…

  • Dolezal, Jenner raise fundamental questions about identity

    Dolezal, Jenner raise fundamental questions about identity The Boston Globe 2015-06-16 Farrah Stockman, Globe Staff Finally, Rachel Dolezal — the self-identified black daughter of two Caucasian parents — has spoken. And finally, she was asked a question I’ve been wondering for days: When did it start? “At a very young age,” she replied. “About 5…

  • Hybrid Identities: Theoretical and Empirical Examinations

    Hybrid Identities: Theoretical and Empirical Examinations Haymarket Books 2009 412 pages Paperback ISBN: 9781608460359 Edited by: Keri E. Iyall Smith, Associate Professor of Sociology Suffolk University, Boston Patricia Leavy Combining theoretical and empirical pieces, this book explores the emerging theoretical work seeking to describe hybrid identities while also illustrating the application of these theories in…

  • America’s ‘Postracial’ Fantasy

    America’s ‘Postracial’ Fantasy The New York Times Magazine 2015-06-30 Anna Holmes Illustration by Javier Jaén For millions of mixed-race people, identity fits more than one box, but we still see one another in black and white. On Father’s Day, my dad and I had brunch with some close friends of mine. The conversation soon turned…