Mixed Race Studies

Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.

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  • Why Do You Call Yourself Black And African?

    A little over a year ago I received an email with the subject line “Ok I wonder why you call yourself ‘black’ and ‘African’” from a self-described longtime New African reader. Even if subsequent emails have been less direct in their articulation of the same underlying sentiment, they all point in a similar direction: some…

  • Seeking Female Participants for a Qualitative Study on Hybrid Identity

    Seeking Female Participants for a Qualitative Study on Hybrid Identity University of San Diego 2013-11-15 Roxanne J. Kymaani, M.S. Life and Leadership Coach I am a doctoral candidate in Leadership Studies at University of San Diego. I am trying to recruit female participants for a qualitative study that will explore whether a dialogic approach can…

  • Black, White, Other: Biracial Americans Talk About Race and Identity [20th Anniversary Edition]

    In this 20th anniversary edition of the landmark “Black, White, Other,” journalist Lise Funderburg explores the lives of adult children of black/white unions. Her subjects’ unflinching honesty, whipsmart humor, and deep feeling result in a stunning — and enduring — portrait of race in America. New foreword by novelist Mat Johnson and links to updated…

  • Being Black: It’s not the skin color

    Drexel prof Yaba Blay’s striking new photo book “One Drop” explores how a wide range of different skin tones affects Americans’ personal identities. In  this PW excerpt, eight Philadelphia-area residents of mixed heritage concur: However light they may be, they’re still most certainly Black. Our own Kennedy Allen agrees…

  • Soledad O’Brien Explores Racial and Ethnic Identity in Provocative Black in America

    Soledad O’Brien Explores Racial and Ethnic Identity in Provocative Black in America CNN Press Room Cable News Network (CNN) 2012-12-04 Who is Black in America? Debuts Sunday, Dec. 9 at 8:00 p.m. & 11:00p.m. ET & PT U.S. Encore: Sunday, January 27, 2013,  20:00 p.m. ET, 23:00 p.m ET, and Monday, 02:00 ET International Debut on CNN International:…

  • Infant Perceptions of Mixed-Race Faces: An Exploration of the Hypodescent Rule in 8.5 Month-Old Infants

    Infant Perceptions of Mixed-Race Faces: An Exploration of the Hypodescent Rule in 8.5 Month-Old Infants Pitzer College, Claremont, California Senior Theses Spring 2013 42 pages Sophie Beiers Studies have shown that adults often categorize mixed-race individuals of White and non-White descent as members of the non-White racial group, an effect said to be reminiscent of…

  • Seeing Opportunity In A Question: ‘Where Are You Really From?’

    Seeing Opportunity In A Question: ‘Where Are You Really From?’ Morning Edition National Public Radio 2013-11-11 Renee Montagne, Host Steve Inskeep, Host Michele Norris, Host/Special Correspondent NPR continues a series of conversations about The Race Card Project, where thousands of people have submitted their thoughts on race and cultural identity in six words. Every so…

  • 3rd Annual: What Are You? – A Discussion about Mixed Heritage

    3rd Annual: What Are You? – A Discussion about Mixed Heritage Brooklyn Historical Society Crossing Borders, Bridging Generations Saturday, 2013-11-09, 14:00 EST (Local Time) From the Travyon Martin murder trial, to racist responses to the Cheerios commercial starring an interracial couple, recent media events illustrate that the U.S is definitely not post-racial. Join BHS in…

  • The Fluid Symbol of Mixed Race

    The Fluid Symbol of Mixed Race Hypatia Volume 25, Issue 4 (Fall, 2010) pages 875-890 DOI: 10.1111/j.1527-2001.2010.01121.x Naomi Zack, Professor of Philosophy University of Oregon Philosophers have little to lose in making practical proposals. If the proposals are enacted, the power of ideas to change the world is affirmed. If the proposals are rejected, there is…

  • Dr. Yaba Blay on shifting the lens on race

    Dr. Yaba Blay on shifting the lens on race Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane WHYY 90.9 FM Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2013-10-30 Who is black? And who is not? “Mixed/Jamerian,” “Black/Latina,” “Appalachian African American” are examples of how some people of color describe themselves. Drexel University Africana Studies professor Dr. Yaba Blay explores the nuances of the…