Mixed Race Studies
Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.
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- You were either Black or white. To claim whiteness as a mixed child was to deny and hide Blackness. Our families understood that the world we were growing into would seek to denigrate this part of us and we would need a community that was made up, always and already, of all shades of Blackness.
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Category: Asian Diaspora
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“Crossing from Guangdong:” A Poem | Sarah Howe | TEDxHarvardCollege TEDx Talks 2015-12-02 The poet is always in a foreign country. Poet Sarah Howe shares a beautiful, melodic poem about crossing borders to find the China her mother left behind during the Communist Revolution. Sarah Howe is a British poet, academic and editor. Her first…
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The Forgotten Era of Punjabi-Mexicans OZY 2016-01-13 Nick Fouriezos, Reporter/Researcher Like a good comedian, Mary Singh Rai picked from her three identities to best suit her listener. “When I’m with Americans, I like to think of myself as one,” the native of Yuba City, California, said in a 2012 interview. But in some ways, the…
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TS Eliot prize: poet Sarah Howe wins with ‘amazing’ debut The Guardian 2016-01-11 Mark Brown, Arts correspondent Sarah Howe, a fellow at Harvard’s Radcliffe Institute, could ‘change British poetry’. Photograph: Hayley Madden/FMcM/PA Judges hail daring use of form in a collection that examines poet’s joint British and Chinese heritage A new voice, who judges say…
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Book review: Loop of Jade by Sarah Howe The Scotsman: Scotland’s National Newspaper 2015-05-03 Roger Cox, Arts Editor Sarah Howe, Loop of Jade (London: Chatto & Windus, 2015) DOUBLE takes haunt poet Sarah Howe on her return to memory’s fragrant harbour, writes Roger Cox In her poem Sirens, Sarah Howe writes “I had one of…
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There is a Chinese proverb that says: ‘It is more profitable to raise geese than daughters.’ But geese, like daughters, know the obligation to return home. In her exquisite first collection, Sarah Howe explores a dual heritage, journeying back to Hong Kong in search of her roots.
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Both native and foreign: How being of mixed race affects Japanese students The Cavalier Daily Charlottesville, Virginia 2014-07-01 Emily Gorham I have now entered week five of my three month stay in Japan as an intern for the Ibaraki Christian University’s English department. A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about what I’ve termed the…
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Counseling the Culturally Diverse: Theory and Practice, 7th Edition Wiley December 2015 832 pages 7.2 x 1.7 x 9.6 inches Hardcover ISBN-13: 978-1119084303 Derald Wing Sue, Professor of Psychology and Education Department of Counseling and Clinical Psychology Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, New York David Sue, Professor Emeritus of Psychology Western Washington University, Bellingham,…
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Thai beauty ad: ‘Just being white, you will win’ Cable News Network (CNN) 2016-01-08 Wilfred Chan (CNN)—It’s hard to imagine anything more blatant than this. A new Thai beauty ad claiming white skin is the key to success has unleashed a storm of criticism in Thailand, especially online, where people complain the ad perpetuates damaging,…