Category: United States

  • Becoming Indian: The Struggle over Cherokee Identity in the Twenty-First Century by Circe Sturm (review) [Steineker] The American Indian Quarterly Volume 38, Number 3, Summer 2014 pages 400-402 DOI: 10.1353/aiq.2014.0028 Rowan Faye Steineker Department of History University of Oklahoma In Becoming Indian, anthropologist Circe Sturm provides another innovative study of Cherokee identity politics to accompany…

  • A summer camp where Jews of color go to ‘feel normal’ The Times of Israel 2014-08-20 Rebecca Spence With an emphasis on diverse Diaspora Judaism, Camp Be’chol Lashon has a markedly different mandate than most Jewish camps PETALUMA, Calif. (JTA) — On a cool Sunday evening, Jewish campers with nervous smiles took to the stage…

  • Calling for Calm in Ferguson, Obama Cites Need for Improved Race Relations The New York Times 2014-08-18 Julie Hirschfeld Davis, White House Reporter WASHINGTON — President Obama called for calm and healing in Ferguson, Mo., on Monday even as he acknowledged the deep racial divisions that continue to plague not only that St. Louis suburb…

  • Black, White, or Mixed: Identity Formation and Choice Among Black-White Biracial Individuals Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama 2014-08-02 82 pages Madison Alayne Hinton A thesis submitted to the Graduate Faculty of Auburn University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts Identity is a term that is difficult to define, yet…

  • Steve Byrne: Irish-Korean American Writes About His Life for TV CAAM (Center for Asian American Media) 2014-08-15 Dino-Ray Ramos For three seasons on network TV, an Irish-Korean American comedian has been writing and starring in his own show, to little fanfare. Now, Steve Byrne of TBS’ Sullivan & Son shares how he nabbed a sitcom…

  • Re:Membering (our memories our stories) Hapa Happy Hour: A lively discussion and celebration of the mixed heritage experience. 2014-08-04 Hosts: Rena Heinrich Hiwa Bourne Lisa Liang The ladies talk about Lisa’s succesful one woman show: Alien CItizen: An Earth Odyssey! Recorded last year (July 2013). Download the episode here.

  • Global Mixed Race New York University Press March 2014 357 pages Cloth ISBN: 9780814770733 Paper ISBN: 9780814789155 Edited by: Rebecca Chiyoko King-O’Riain, Senior Lecturer National University of Ireland, Maynooth Stephen Small, Associate Professor of African American Studies University of California, Berkeley Minelle Mahtani, Associate Professor in the Department of Human Geography and the Program in…

  • Marrying Out: Jewish Men, Intermarriage, and Fatherhood Indiana University Press 2014-08-01 286 pages 31 b&w illus. 6 x 9 Paper ISBN: 978-0-253-01319-4 Keren R. McGinity, Author-Educator Love & Tradition: intermarriage insights for a Jewish future When American Jewish men intermarry, goes the common assumption, they and their families are “lost” to the Jewish religion. In…

  • Mixed Mondays Film Series at the Brooklyn Historical Society Crossing Borders, Bridging Generatons Brooklyn Historical Society 128 Pierrepont Street Brooklyn, New York 11201 Mondays, 2014-08-04 through  2014-08-18, 18:30 EDT (Local Time) Hosted by and post-screening discussion with: Erica Chito Childs, Professor of Sociology (author of Navigating Interracial Borders and Fade to Black and White: Interracial Images in…

  • I received more than a few raised eyebrows after describing the recent trip my wife and I took to attend the Black German Cultural Society of New Jersey’s Second Annual Convention at Barnard College in New York. If you are tempted to believe that being both Black and German is an oxymoron; think again.