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: Anthropology
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Admixture in a biologically African caste of Black Americans American Journal of Physical Anthropology Volume 74, Issue 2 (October 1987) pages 265–273 DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.1330740213 Curtis W. Wienker, Emeritus Professor of Anthropology University of South Florida Social and historical factors account for much of the variation in European ancestry among different Black American populations, including that…
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Mestizaje and Law Making in Indigenous Identity Formation in Northeastern Brazil: “After the Conflict Came the History” American Anthropologist Volume 106, Issue 4 (December 2004) pages 663–674 DOI: 10.1525/aa.2004.106.4.663 Jan Hoffman French, Assistant Professor of Anthropology University of Richmond In this article, I explore issues of authenticity, legal discourse, and local requirements of belonging by…
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Brief communication: Admixture analysis with forensic microsatellites in Minas Gerais, Brazil: The ongoing evolution of the capital and of an African-derived community American Journal of Physical Anthropology Volume 139, Issue 4 (August 2009) pages 591–595 DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21046 Marília O. Scliar Departamento de Biologia Geral, ICB Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, MG, Brazil Marco T. Vaintraub GENETICENTER—Centro…
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Notes on physical anthropology of Australian aborigines and black-white hybrids American Journal of Physical Anthropology Volume 8, Issue 1 (January/March 1925) pages 73–94 DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.1330080105 Charles B. Davenport, Director Department of Experimental Evolution (Carnegie Institution of Washington) Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, New York Introduction In September 1914, after the meetings of the British Association…
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The Catholic Church and the Formation of Metis Identity Past Imperfect Volume 9 (2001) pages 65-87 Jacinthe Duval This essay explores the relationship between the Roman Catholic Church and the Metis in the Red River colony in the nineteenth century. It demonstrates how missionaries, via their intellectual artifacts, have been responsible for shaping popular contemporary…
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Moya `Tipimsook (“The People Who Aren’t Their Own Bosses”): Racialization and the Misrecognition of “Métis” in Upper Great Lakes Ethnohistory Volume 58, Number 1 (Winter 2011) pages 37-63 DOI: 10.1215/00141801-2010-063 Chris Andersen, Associate Professor of Native Studies University of Alberta Scholars have long noted the central place of racialization in the last five centuries of…
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Blacks and Native Americans have deep ties Our Weekly: Our Truth, Our Voice Los Angeles, California 2010-11-18 Manny Otiko, Our Weekly Contributor November is Native Heritage month There is an old joke in the Black community about women attributing long hair to having “Indian blood” in their family. But like all jokes, there is an…
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This is a story of two hidden identities.
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The Seminole Freedmen: A History University of Oklahoma Press 2007 480 pages 6″ x 9″ Hardcover ISBN: 9780806138657 Kevin Mulroy, Associate University Librarian University of California, Los Angeles Captures the distinct identity and history of the Seminole maroons Popularly known as “Black Seminoles,” descendants of the Seminole freedmen of Indian Territory are a unique…
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We Know Who We Are: Métis Identity in a Montana Community [Book Review] Drumlummon Views: the Online Journal of Montana Arts & Culture Volume 1, Numbers 1-2, (Spring/Summer 2006) pages 237-240 Nicholas C. P. Vrooman Martha Harroun Foster, We Know Who We Are: Métis Identity in a Montana Community, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 2006.…