Category: Asian Diaspora

  • Multiracial Identity [Movie] to be screened at the  Portland, Maine International Film Festival Portland, Maine International Film Festival Saturday, 2010-08-21, 12:00 – 13:30 EDT (Local Time) Space Gallery 538 Congress Street, Portland, Maine 04101 Phone: 207.828.5600 Year: 2010 Director: Brian Chinhema Writer: Brian Chinhema Producer: Brian Chinhema (Abacus Production) Running Time: 01:22:00 Multiracial people are the fastest…

  • The Invisible Minorities: Identity Construction of Multiracial Asian Americans San Jose State University August 2003 136 pages Jennifer Huyhn Thi Ahn Morrison, Lecturer AY-A of Communication Studies San Jose State University A thesis presented to the faculty of the Department of Communication Studies at San Jose State University in partial fulfulliment of the requriements for the…

  • Biracial Utahns seeking identity Deseret News Salt Lake City, Utah 2005-03-12 Elaine Jarvik They’re biracial — equally Polynesian and white. But most prefer to think of themselves as Polynesian, says University of Utah graduate student Kawika Allen, who recently studied 84 Polynesian-Caucasian Utahns. Allen, who grew up with an Hawaiian mother and a Caucasian father,…

  • Biracial Japanese American identity: An evolving process. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology Volume 6, Number 2, (May 2000) pages 115-133 DOI: 10.1037/1099-9809.6.2.115 J. Fuji Collins, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Student Health & Wellness – Vice Chancellor University of California, Merced Explored the complexity of biracial identity development in Japanese Americans, focusing on how Japanese…

  • Dreaming of a colour-blind S’pore The Straits Sunday Times 2010-08-08 page 30 Edwina Shaddick, 22 British-Chinese Edwina Shaddick, final year politics and sociology major from SMU, has a father from Swindon, England and a mother who is Chinese Singaporean. She shares how her mixed heritage has shaped her identity. The politics and sociology major from…

  • Geographies of diaspora and mixed descent: Anglo-Indians in India and Britain International Journal of Population Geography Special Issue: Geographies of Diaspora Volume 9, Issue 4 (July/August 2003) pages 281–294 DOI: 10.1002/ijpg.287 Alison Blunt, Professor of Geography Queen Mary, University of London This paper explores geographies of diaspora for Anglo-Indians (formerly known as ‘Eurasians’) through a…

  • …The Korean word for a bi or multiracial person, despite the composition of their mixture, is honhyeol (in), which literally translates into impure blood. There has been a “pride” instilled in Koreans for their “ethnic homogeneity” which has resulted in “fear and distrust of outsiders” (The Economist, 2006). The connotation for Korea, which bases its…

  • Opinion: Are you mixed up? Malayasian Insider 2010-07-08 Praba Ganesan JULY 8 — Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad is the poster child for Malaysians with mixed parentage. Not that he epitomises multiculturalism, the misguided doctor is far from that. He does however mirror the difficulties and challenges anyone of that situation experiences in a Malaysia averse…

  • A Visual and Sociological Study of the Hafus 2010-08-07 Through 2010-08-29 Tue-Thu & Sun 12:00-19:00 Fri&Sat 12:00-20:00 (Closed on Mondays and 14, 15, and 16 August ) 3331 Arts Chiyoda 6-11-14 Sotokanda, Chiyoda-Ku,Tokyo, 101-0021 Natalie Maya Willer, Photographer Marcia Yumie Lise, Researcher The Hafu Project is a visual and sociological study & representation of the…

  • Part Asian, Not Hapa Open Salon Thoughts from a Third Culture: on being mixed in America 2010-07-27 Mia Nakaji Monnier My mother is Japanese from Osaka; my father, American from a small town in Western Oregon. There’s a word for people like me, used especially on the West Coast and popularized in recent years, maybe…