Category: United States

  • My Bondage and My Freedom Yale University Press 2014 (originally published in 1855 by Miller, Orton & Mulligan) 432 pages 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 Paperback ISBN: 9780300190595 Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) Introduction and Notes by David W. Blight Born into slavery in 1818, Frederick Douglass escaped to freedom and became a passionate advocate for abolition…

  • The Future of Multiracial Identity with Sylvia Targ (Palo Alto High School ’16) TEDxYouth 2014-04-19 Sylvia Targ (Palo Alto High School ’16) discusses biracial identity and revolutionary ideas regarding how we view ourselves and others. Sylvia is an avid intern at Stanford Behavioral Sciences & Psychology. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is…

  • The Influences Affecting and the Influential Effects of Multiracials: Multiracialism and Stratification Sociology Compass Volume 8, Issue 1 (January 2014) pages 63-77 DOI: 10.1111/soc4.12100 Hephzibah V. Strmic-Pawl, Assistant Professor of Sociology Coastal Carolina University, Conway, South Carolina Early research on multiracials documents the existence of a newly emergent population, those who identify with more than…

  • Witnesses to History: Children’s Views of Race and the 2008 United States Presidential Election Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy Volume 13, Issue 1 (December 2013) pages 186–210 DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-2415.2012.01303.x Meagan M. Patterson, Associate Professor of Psychology University of Kansas Erin Pahlke, Assistant Professor of Psychology Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington Rebecca S. Bigler,…

  • Validity of Infant Race/Ethnicity from Birth Certificates in the Context of U.S. Demographic Change Health Services Research Volume 49, Issue 1 (February 2014) pages 249–267 DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12083 Lisa Reyes Mason, Assistant Professor of Social Work University of Tennessee, Knoxville Yunju Nam, Associate Professor of Social Work State University of New York, Buffalo Youngmi Kim, Assistant…

  • Complicating Race or Reproducing Whiteness? Heidi Durrow and The Girl Who Fell From the Sky Gino Michael Pellegrini: Education, Race, Multiraciality, Class & Solidarity 2014-04-13 Gino Michael Pellegrini, Adjunct Assistant Professor of English Pierce College, Woodland Hills, California [This is an excerpt from a paper (currently being revised) that I presented last month at the…

  • Pilot Episode The Source Weekly Bend, Oregon 2014-03-20 Brianna Brey Jason Graham (The Source Weekly) The Lot’s new open mic calls on Bend’s creative types “Calling ALL local musicians, artist and hacks,” reads the event listing for Bend’s newest open mic night, an free-for-all gathering on Wednesday nights at The Lot. “Sing a tune, read…

  • Will Today’s Hispanics Be Tomorrow’s Whites? Slate 2014-04-15 Jamelle Bouie, staff writer covering politics, policy, and race How Hispanics perceive themselves may shape the future of race in America. The Trayvon Martin shooting was hardly in the national consciousness before fault lines emerged around the case. Was Martin as innocent as he seemed? Did Zimmerman…

  • This dissertation explores how anti‐racist education might be improved, so that it more effectively teaches Multiracial students about racism.

  • I Was Racially Profiled in My Own Driveway The Atlantic 2014-04-14 Doug Glanville A retired Major League Baseball player explains how he’s trying to turn an upsetting encounter with the police into an opportunity for dialogue. It was an otherwise ordinary snow day in Hartford, Connecticut, and I was laughing as I headed outside to…