Mixed Race Studies

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  • One Drop of Love: A Multimedia Solo Performance on Racial Identity by Fanshen Cox DiGiovanni at University of Maryland

    One Drop of Love: A Multimedia Solo Performance on Racial Identity by Fanshen Cox DiGiovanni at University of Maryland University of Maryland, College Park The Stamp (Adele H. Stamp Student Union) [Directions] Atrium Room Friday, 2013-03-29, 17:00-19:30 EDT (Local Time) Sponsored by the Multiracial Biracial Student Association (MBSA), Office of Multicultural Involvement and Community Advocacy…

  • Authentic, Transformational Leadership: A Phenomenological Study of the Experiences of Black/White Biracial Leaders

    Authentic, Transformational Leadership: A Phenomenological Study of the Experiences of Black/White Biracial Leaders University of Nebraska, Lincoln May 2013 182 pages Carmen R. Zafft Presented to the Faculty of The Graduate College at the University of Nebraska In Partial Fulfillment of Requirements For the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Major: Human Sciences (Leadership Studies) This…

  • Clearly Invisible: Racial Passing and the Color of Cultural Identity

    Everybody passes. Not just racial minorities. As Marcia Dawkins explains, passing has been occurring for millennia, since intercultural and interracial contact began. And with this profound new study, she explores its old limits and new possibilities: from women passing as men and able-bodied persons passing as disabled to black classics professors passing as Jewish and…

  • Talkin’ Race with Laura and Wei Ming

    Talkin’ Race with Laura and Wei Ming The Magic Mulatto: Bringing the fine art of Race Talk straight to the people 2013-03-26 Brett Russell Coleman, Doctoral Student of Community & Prevention Research University of Illinois, Chicago “In 1969, we weren’t at war with China.” If that sentence leaves you perplexed in any way, you need…

  • Multiracial Identity: An International Perspective

    Multiracial Identity: An International Perspective Palgrave Macmillan September 2000 186 pages 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches ISBN: 978-0-312-23219-1 ISBN10: 0-312-23219-5 Mark Christian, Professor of African & African American Studies Lehman College, City University of New York Multiracial Identity provides an accessible account of the social construction of racialized groups. Using both primary (in-depth interviews)…

  • Mixed Race Identities

    This book investigates the ethnic and racial options exercised by young mixed race people in higher education in Britain, and it is the first to explore the identifications and experiences of various types of mixed race individuals. It reveals the diverse ways in which these young people identify and experience their mixed status, the complex…

  • Mixing it Up

    Mixing it Up Salon 2001-03-08 Suzy Hansen Alabama just legalized black-white marriage. An expert talks about why it took so long and the American obsession with racial purity. In November 2000, after a statewide vote in a special election, Alabama became the last state to overturn a law that was an ugly reminder of America’s…

  • AAS 550: Asian Americans of Mixed Heritages

    AAS 550: Asian Americans of Mixed Heritages San Francisco State University Spring 2012 Wei Ming Dariotis, Associate Professor of Asian American Studies This is an interactive, dynamic course taught in a seminar style with an expectation of active student participation. Group work and interaction are emphasized in order to provide students with real life problem…

  • Afro-Germans and the Problems of Cultural Location

    Afro-Germans and the Problems of Cultural Location Molefi Kete Asante, Professor of African American Studies Temple University The African German Experience: Critical Essays Greenwood Publishing 1997 edited by Carol Aisha Blackshire-Belay The leitmotif of the German society in regards to African people has a lot to do with the way Germans approach racial difference. Thus,…

  • DNA unlocks family secrets of the Chinese juggler, the enigmatic sea-captain and more

    DNA unlocks family secrets of the Chinese juggler, the enigmatic sea-captain and more The Globe and Mail Toronto, Canada 2013-03-23 Carolyn Abraham, Special to The Globe and Mail The birth of my first child made me see the past through a new lens: how it’s never lost, not completely; we carry it with us, in…