Mixed Race Studies

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  • Multiracial Community Organizations Response to #Ferguson

    Multiracial Community Organizations Response to #Ferguson 2014-11-26 As members of the multiracial community, we want to express our concern and compassion for the family of Michael Brown Jr. We are connected to these events and stand in solidarity with the many individuals and communities that have been harmed by the legacies of white supremacy, privilege, and…

  • Projections of the Size and Composition of the U.S. Population: 2014 to 2060: Population Estimates and Projections

    Projections of the Size and Composition of the U.S. Population: 2014 to 2060: Population Estimates and Projections United States Census Bureau March 2015 P25-1143 13 pages Sandra L. Colby and Jennifer M. Ortman INTRODUCTION Between 2014 and 2060, the U.S. population is projected to increase from 319 million to 417 million, reaching 400 million in 2051. The…

  • Yo No Sé Que Hablar — I Don’t Know What To Say

    Yo No Sé Que Hablar — I Don’t Know What To Say Teach. Run. Write. English Teacher Running from One Adventure to the Next 2015-03-02 Christina Torres The man sitting behind me at the restaurant last month was speaking Spanish. So was the park worker the other day, which was a surprise. There was the…

  • A Look at Race as a Social Construct

    A Look at Race as a Social Construct The Huffington Post 2015-02-03 Kimberly Cooper Sometimes a picture is truly worth a thousand words. For those of us from the “multiracial” or mixed race community, photos of our population — our people, our families, our children — aren’t as shocking as they are an affirmation of…

  • The Question I’m Often Asked as a ‘High Yellow’ Black Man

    Before I’m even asked my name, people inquire about my race.

  • Occupation Babies: Mixed-Race Japanese Children

    Occupation Babies: Mixed-Race Japanese Children Wonders & Marvels: A Community for Curious MInds who love History, its Odd Stories, and Good Reads 2015-02-28 James McGrath Morris, Guest Contributor One of the pleasures of researching a book is coming across something you don’t anticipate, something surprising that is fascinating to both the reader and the writer.…

  • Blood Quantum – Why it Matters, and Why it Shouldn’t

    Blood Quantum – Why it Matters, and Why it Shouldn’t All Things Cherokee 2014-08-04 Christina Berry “You’re an Indian? What part?” That’s the universal question many mixed-blood American Indians are asked every day. How many times have you mentioned in passing that you are Cherokee to find your conversation interrupted by intrusive questions about percentage?…

  • A Chosen Exile: A History of Racial Passing in American Life [Live event at the National Archives Museum]

    A Chosen Exile: A History of Racial Passing in American Life [Live event at the National Archives Museum] The National Archives Museum William G. McGowan Theater Corner of Constitution Avenue and 7th Street, NW Washington, D.C. 2015-02-27, 12:00 EST (Local Time) Airs on C-SPAN 2, Sunday, 2015-03-08, 19:00 EDT. For more information, click here. Between…

  • Roundtable: Global Mixed Race

    Roundtable: Global Mixed Race University of California, Santa Barbara Department of Political Science The Lane Room (Ellison 3824) Monday, 2015-03-02, 16:00 PST (Local Time) The authors of the new book Global Mixed Race (New York University Press) will participate in a Roundtable on the subject. The authors are: G. Reginald Daniel, UCSB Sociology Adrienne Edgar,…

  • Beyond The Chinese Connection: Contemporary Afro-Asian Cultural Production by Crystal S. Anderson (review)

    Beyond The Chinese Connection: Contemporary Afro-Asian Cultural Production by Crystal S. Anderson (review) Journal of Asian American Studies Volume 18, Number 1, February 2015 pages 107-109 DOI: 10.1353/jaas.2015.0003 Edlie Wong, Associate Professor of English University of Maryland Anderson, Crystal S., Beyond The Chinese Connection: Contemporary Afro-Asian Cultural Production (Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2013). Afro-Asian…