Mixed Race Studies

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  • Was Elliot Rodger Asian American?

    Was Elliot Rodger Asian American? Reappropriate.co 2015-03-10 Jenn Reappropriate For weeks following the Isla Vista shooting, killer Elliot Rodger was described in mainstream media as a young White man. This was a convenient narrative: Rodger was seen as yet another example of the maligned young vengeance-seeking White male outcast (like Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold…

  • Mixed Race in Manchester – Intersections of Class and Mixed Race Identity

    Mixed Race in Manchester – Intersections of Class and Mixed Race Identity Musings of a Mixed Race Feminist: Random diatribes from a mixed race feminist scholar. Tuesday, 2015-03-03 Donna J. Nicol, Associate Professor Women & Gender Studies California State University, Fullerton I spent the last three months of 2014 living in Manchester, England helping my…

  • Mr. Spock, Mixed-Race Pioneer

    At a time when the mere sight of Petula Clark touching Harry Belafonte’s arm held the potential to upset delicate sensibilities, the half-human, half-Vulcan character Mr. Spock embodied an identity rarely acknowledged, much less seen, on television: a mixed-race person.

  • Poster Session C: C117: WHAT I REALLY THINK ABOUT MY BIRACIAL DAUGHTER! SOCIALIZATION IN BLENDED MULTIRACIAL FAMILIES

    Poster Session C: C117: WHAT I REALLY THINK ABOUT MY BIRACIAL DAUGHTER! SOCIALIZATION IN BLENDED MULTIRACIAL FAMILIES The Society for Personality and Social Psychology 16th Annual Convention Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center Long Beach, California 2015-02-26 through 2015-02-28 Friday, 2015-02-27, 12:30-14:00 PST (Local Time) Hall B Yolanda Mitchell University of Nebraska, Lincoln Roudi N.…

  • Don’t Erase My Race: 4 Affirmations to Remember When Reclaiming Your Multi-Racial Identity

    Don’t Erase My Race: 4 Affirmations to Remember When Reclaiming Your Multi-Racial Identity Everyday Feminism 2015-02-24 Aliya Khan, Contributing Writer Source: “Navigating Two Different Cultures: A Pakistani Immigrant Girl’s Struggles,” The Brooklyn Ink, (May 16, 2013). I was walking across campus, on my way to class, when a white man stopped me and asked, “Are…

  • Symposium S-H09: Understanding the Dynamics of Beliefs in Genetic and Racial Essences

    Symposium S-H09: Understanding the Dynamics of Beliefs in Genetic and Racial Essences The Society for Personality and Social Psychology 16th Annual Convention Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center Long Beach, California 2015-02-26 through 2015-02-28 Saturday, 2015-02-28, 15:30-16:45 PST (Local Time) Room 202ABC Chair: Franki Kung University of Waterloo Co-Chair: Melody Chao Hong Kong University of…

  • Mixed 101: Creating a Space to Explore Mixed Race Identity

    Mixed 101: Creating a Space to Explore Mixed Race Identity Duke University Durham, North Carolina 27708 Counseling & Psych Services (CAPS) Resource Room 0010 Bryan Center – Multicultural Center Thursdays, 17:00-18:30 EST (Local Time) on February 12, 19, 26, and March 5 Marcella Wagner and Cat Goyeneche CAPS is offering a weekly group for students…

  • Are Mixed Race Asian/Whites, “Basically White”?

    Are Mixed Race Asian/Whites, “Basically White”? Multiracial Asian Families: thinking about race, families, children, and the intersection of mixed ID/Asian 2015-02-17 Sharon H. Chang [She] never told the son who was crippled by polio about her relationship with his father. All she said was that the man was an American, a sergeant in the Army.…

  • Mixed Feelings

    Mixed Feelings The Center for Asian American Media 1998 45 minutes, VHS Mikko Jokela, Director/Poducer Through interviews with five UC Berkeley students and teachers of mixed ethnic heritage, filmmaker Mikko Jokela illuminates the experience of what it is like to grow up part Asian in American society. His peers offer personal anecdotes detailing how their…

  • Growing Up As A Hafu In Japan

    Growing Up As A Hafu In Japan GaijinPot 2014-08-23 Yumi Nakata Even though Japan is far more Westernized today than it has ever been, it still remains a very homogeneous country. The government has been trying to promote internationalization and also improve the English curriculum in schools but the process takes times and Japan is…