Mixed Race Studies

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  • Monoracial and Biracial Children: Effects of Racial Identity Saliency on Social Learning and Social Preferences

    Monoracial and Biracial Children: Effects of Racial Identity Saliency on Social Learning and Social Preferences Child Development Published Online: 2014-07-14 DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12266 Sarah E. Gaither Department of Psychology Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts Eva E. Chen, Assistant Professor of Social Science The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Kathleen H. Corriveau, Assistant Professor of Human…

  • Ethnic-Racial Socialization and Its Correlates in Families of Black–White Biracial Children

    Ethnic-Racial Socialization and Its Correlates in Families of Black–White Biracial Children Family Relations Volume 63, Issue 2 (April 2014) pages 259–270 DOI: 10.1111/fare.12062 Annamaria Csizmadia, Assistant Professor, Human Development & Family Studies University of Connecticut, Stamford Alethea Rollins, Instructor, Child and Family Development University of Central Missouri Jessica P. Kaneakua University of Connecticut Child, family,…

  • The Role of Identity Integration in Enhancing Creativity Among Mixed-Race Individuals

    The Role of Identity Integration in Enhancing Creativity Among Mixed-Race Individuals The Journal of Creative Behavior Volume 48, Issue 3 (September 2014) pages 198–208 DOI: 10.1002/jocb.48 G. Tendayi Viki, Senior Lecturer in Psychology University of Kent, United Kingdom May Liang J. Williams University of Kent, United Kingdom Identity integration among bicultural individuals refers to the…

  • Skewing the Data: Mixed-Race Identity & the Problem of Counting for Race

    Skewing the Data: Mixed-Race Identity & the Problem of Counting for Race Lucia Lorenzi: the body politic: musings and meanderings 2014-04-13 Lucia Lorenzi University of British Columbia A few weeks ago, I attended a panel hosted by the Institute for Gender, Race, and Sexuality at the University of British Columbia, entitled “CWILA and the Problem…

  • The Lived Experience of Mixed-Race Identity

    The Lived Experience of Mixed-Race Identity University of Edinburgh 2013 Jessica Pons This study shows a phenomenological account of the mixed-race lived experience. Previous research focused on mixed-race White/Black individuals and mainly consisted of American studies. For this study, six British young adults were interviewed. The participants self identified as mixed-race, all had one Black…

  • A phenomenological study of racial identity development of black-white mixed-race children in the United States

    A phenomenological study of racial identity development of black-white mixed-race children in the United States Texas Woman’s University, Denton, Texas 2013 142 pages ISBN: 9781303661433 ProQuest Document ID: 1496772753 Cherly Gary-Furdge, Ph.D This study examines how black-white mixed-race children develop their racial identity and how black-white parents of mixed-race children help their children with developing…

  • Your words don’t change who I am

    Your words don’t change who I am The Race Card Project (by Michele Norris) 2014-08-05 Blake Coffey Van Nuys, California In a world where being mixed is supposed to be looked at as beautiful, it’s not as easy when you are. People automatically assume that all mixed people are supposed to look mixed just like…

  • After the ‘White Lie’ Implodes, a Rich Narrative Unfurls

    Little White Lie,’ Lacey Schwartz’s Film About Self-Discovery

  • Race in a Baby’s Face

    Race in a Baby’s Face Psychology Today 2014-07-28 Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu, Ed.D, Psychologist and Co-founder Stanford University LifeWorks program for Integrative Learning Crawling the color line Race is supposedly something objective, even biological, that we’re ascribed at birth and marks us through our whole lives, assigning us to a group that separates us from others. But…

  • I’m Not White, But Nobody Can Ever Tell What Race I Am

    I’m Not White, But Nobody Can Ever Tell What Race I Am xoJane.com 2014-07-25 Casey Walker Emerson College, Boston, Massachusetts I have to go through a “coming out” moment in every new relationship to explain my ethnicity. My skin is pale olive in the winter and a soft brown in the summer, and my hair…