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  • Researching ethnicity, identity and ‘mixed-race’

    Researching ethnicity, identity and ‘mixed-race’ Social Science Research: Discussing Methods and Resources The British Library 2012-11-19 This post discusses our latest Myths and Realities event on ethnicity, identity and ‘mixed-race’ and points readers in the direction of some relevant British Library collections. On the evening of 13 November we hosted our latest Myths and Realities…

  • Brown Babies Germany’s Forgotten Children – Henriette Cain

    Brown Babies Germany’s Forgotten Children – Henriette Cain Research at the National Archives & Beyond BlogTalk Radio 2013-01-17 Bernice Bennett, Host Are you searching for your family?  Are you German, Brown and want to learn more about your American or German heritage? Join Henriette Cain Genealogist, Search Consultant and Secretary of the Black German Cultural…

  • JANM Show Looks at Mixed Ancestry

    JANM Show Looks at Mixed Ancestry Los Angeles Downtown News 2013-04-15 Richard Guzmán DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES – The very title of the new Japanese American National Museum exhibit indicates the complex factors at play in a single community. The show, Visible & Invisible: A Hapa Japanese American History, examines the diverse history of the Japanese…

  • The Racial Middle On-line Survey

    The Racial Middle On-line Survey On behalf of Dr. Reanne Frank and Dr. Jennifer Jones of The Ohio State University, we invite you to take part in our research study, which concerns the development of racial identity among multiracials. There are no foreseeable significant direct benefits to you by participating in this research. However, we…

  • A Foot in Both Worlds: Asian Americans’ Perceptions of Asian, White, and Racially Ambiguous Faces

    A Foot in Both Worlds: Asian Americans’ Perceptions of Asian, White, and Racially Ambiguous Faces Group Processes & Intergroup Relations Volume 11, Number 2 (April 2008) pages 182–200 DOI: 10.1177/1368430207088037 Eve C. Willadsen-Jensen University of Colorado, Boulder Tiffany A. Ito, Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience University of Colorado, Boulder Past research on racial perception has…

  • Suicidal Ideation in Hispanic and Mixed-Ancestry Adolescents

    Suicidal Ideation in Hispanic and Mixed-Ancestry Adolescents Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior Volume 31, Number 4 (December 2001) pages 416-427 Rene L. Olvera, Associate Professor of Psychiatry University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio This survey examined differences in suicidal ideation, depressive symptomatology, acculturation, and coping strategies based on ethnicity. The author gathered data from…

  • The Identity Development of Multiracial Youth. ERIC/CUE Digest, Number 137

    The Identity Development of Multiracial Youth. ERIC/CUE Digest, Number 137 Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) ERIC Identifier: ED425248 November 1998 9 pages Wendy Schwartz In the past several decades, individuals have been responding more actively to political and personal pressures to identify with a specific group that shares their background. For many people of mixed…

  • What’s Black and White and Black Or White?: The Effects of Category Assignment on the Evaluation of and Memory for Multi-raced Faces

    What’s Black and White and Black Or White?: The Effects of Category Assignment on the Evaluation of and Memory for Multi-raced Faces University of Colorado 2007 85 pages ISBN: 9780549508632 Eve C. Willadsen-Jensen A thesis submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of the University of Colorado in partial fulfillment of the requirement for…

  • Belonging nowhere and everywhere: multiracial identity development.

    Belonging nowhere and everywhere: multiracial identity development. Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic Volume 61, Number 3 (Summer 1997) pages 368-384 K. A. Deters Few therapists are trained to work with multiracial individuals. Most have little knowledge of the process of identity development in this ever-increasing population. In this article, an examination of how the social…

  • Ambiguity and the Timecourse of Racial Perception

    Ambiguity and the Timecourse of Racial Perception Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic Volume 24, Number 5 (October 2006) pages 580-606 DOI: 10.1521/soco.2006.24.5.580 Eve C. Willadsen-Jensen University of Colorado, Boulder Tiffany A. Ito, Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience University of Colorado, Boulder Two studies examined early perceptual processing and explicit racial categorization of racially ambiguous faces.…