Mixed Race Studies

Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.

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Racial identity development of mixed race college students

2013-12-31

Racial identity development of mixed race college students Clemson University 2012 216 pages Helen Diamond Steele The purpose of this study was to identify the factors that influence mixed race college students’ choice of racial identity. This study also explored whether or not there are any differences among each of the racial identity groups’ perceptions…
Why I see myself as a daughter of the Diaspora rather than mixed-race

2013-12-28

Why this ‘mixed’ girl rejects the ‘mixed-race’ label.
Looking for Co-presenters for 2014 Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference (Chicago, November)

2013-12-27

Looking for Co-presenters for 2014 Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference (Chicago, November) 2013-12-26 Kim Potowski, Associate Professor of Linguistics University of Illinois, Chicago I would like to submit a panel for the 2014 Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference about language and the ways in which language (dialects, code-switching, etc.) reflects and enacts the identities of…
Is Race a Fiction?

2013-12-23

Is Race a Fiction? Ideas with Paul Kennedy CBC Radio-Canada 2013-12-04 Paul Kennedy, Host Blood ties you to family, country and race. Should it? Watch a live panel discussion with Lawrence Hill, Priscila Uppal, Hayden King and Karina Vernon moderated by Ideas host Paul Kennedy. What happens to personal identity when race is removed as…
MXRS Podcast Episode 1: Lawrence-Minh Búi Davis and the Mixed Race Initiative

2013-12-18

MXRS Podcast Episode 1: Lawrence-Minh Búi Davis and the Mixed Race Initiative Mixed Roots Stories 2013-12-10 Chandra Crudup, Host Fanshen Cox DiGiovanni, Host Mark R. Edwards, Host Lawrence-Minh Búi Davis, co-Editor-in-Chief Asian American Literary Review We are thrilled to launch Episode 1 of the MXRS Podcast – bringing you the story behind the stories. Our…
Passing for white and straight: How my looks hide my identity

2013-12-09

Passing for white and straight: How my looks hide my identity Salon 2013-12-08 Koa Beck Brooklyn, New York I’m neither straight nor white, but I’m frequently mistaken for both — and it’s taught me a lot about privilege I first became aware of my passing as a young child confronted with standardized testing. My second…
There is nothing more bizarre to me than when people who identify as biracial/mixed race etc, demand that those of us who also have parents of differing races, identify ourselves just like they do.

2013-12-09

There is nothing more bizarre to me than when people who identify as biracial/mixed race etc, demand that those of us who also have parents of differing races, identify ourselves just like they do. Barack Obama self-identifies as a black man. Period. Finished. Let him be. It is those people (and not black/white people) who…
Patterns of self-harm and attempted suicide among white and black/mixed race female prisoners

2013-12-02

Patterns of self-harm and attempted suicide among white and black/mixed race female prisoners Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health Volume 13, Issue 4 (November 2003) pages 229–240 DOI: 10.1002/cbm.549 Jo Borrill Division of Neuroscience and Psychological Medicine, Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine University of London Rachel Burnett Division of Neuroscience and Psychological Medicine, Imperial…
American Identity in the Age of Obama

2013-11-27

American Identity in the Age of Obama Routledge 2013-11-28 250 pages Hardback ISBN: 978-0-415-72201-8 Edited by: Amílcar Antonio Barreto, Associate Professor of Political Science Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts Richard L. O’Bryant, Assistant Professor of Political Science; Director of the John D. O’Bryant African American Institute Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts The election of Barack Obama as…
Seeking Participants in a Research Study Examining Multiracial Individuals’ Attitudes Toward Seeking Counseling in the U.S.

2013-11-19

Seeking Participants in a Research Study Examining Multiracial Individuals’ Attitudes Toward Seeking Counseling in the U.S. Wright Institute, Berkeley, California 2013-10-25 Emmanuel Zamora Department of Clinical Psychology My name is Emmanuel Zamora, M.A. and I am a Psy.D. student in the Clinical Psychology program at the Wright Institute in Berkeley, CA. I am currently working…

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