Category: United States

  • The People of Frilot Cove: A Study of Racial Hybrids The American Journal of Sociology Volume 57, Number 2 (September 1951) pages 145-149 J. Hardy Jones, Jr. Vernon J. Parenton Frilot Cove is a color-conscious, semi-isolated rural community of 302 persons with an ante bellum cultural background, who, though they approximate Nordic and Mediterranean types, are…

  • Biracial Identity The Lion’s Roar Issue 27-2 (September 2010) Student-Run Newspaper of Newton South High School Newton, Massachusetts Caroline Rosa, Managing Editor Rachel Leshin, Managing Editor Approaching the lunch table where her black friends were seated, sophomore Kayla Burton tried beginning to bridge the racial gap between her friend groups. But when she tried to…

  • The Monster Inside: 19th Century Racial Constructs in the 24th Century Mythos of Star Trek The Journal of Popular Culture Volume 31, Issue 1 (Summer 1997) pages 23–35 DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-3840.1997.3101_23.x Denise Alessandria Hurd That is the ineffaceable curse of Cain. Of the blood that feeds my heart, one drop in eight is black—bright red as…

  • In Memoriam: Peggy Pascoe (1954-2010) Perspectives on History November 2010 Estelle Freedman, Edgar E. Robinson Professor of History Stanford University Scholar of gender, race, and the U.S. West; 2009 winner of AHA’s William H. Dunning Prize and Joan Kelly Prize Peggy Pascoe, the Beekman Professor of Northwest and Pacific History and professor of ethnic studies…

  • “The devil made the mulatto”: Race, religion and respectability in a Black Atlantic, 1931-2005 University of Toronto 2007 312 pages Publication Number: AAT NR39517 ISBN: 9780494395172 Daniel R. McNeil, Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies Newcastle University, United Kingdom According to The Historical Journal there has only been one scholarly study of mixed- race history.…

  • Sources of Self-Categorization as Minority for Mixed-Race Individuals: Implications for Affirmative Action Entitlement Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology Volume 16, Issue 4 (October 2010) Pages 453-460 DOI: 10.1037/a0020128 Jessica J. Good, Assistant Professor of Psychology Davidson College, Davidson, North Carolina George F. Chavez Department of Psychology Rutgers University Diana T. Sanchez, Associate Professor of…

  • Students manage social lives amidst diversity The Dartmouth Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire 2010-11-11 Marina Villeneuve, The Dartmouth Staff Editor’s Note: This is the second installment in a three-part series investigating race at the College. The experiences and opinions expressed are the views of individual students, and should not be considered representative of wider communities.…

  • Sociology Professor Chronicles Rising Latino Culture Inside Fordham Online Fordham University In Focus: Faculty and Research 2010-11-15 Patrick Verel Already the largest minority group in the United States, Latinos will be an even bigger presence in the years to come, according to demographic studies. Clara Rodriguez, Ph.D., professor of sociology in Fordham College at Lincoln…

  • Trends in the Naming of Tri-Racial Mixed-Blood Groups in the Eastern United States American Speech Volume 22, Number 2 (April, 1947) pages 81-87 A. R. Dunlap University of Delaware C. A. Weslager University of Delaware In the eastern part of the United States, particularly in the southern and middle-Atlantic portions, are a number of populations…

  • Multiracial representations: Nishime examines Battlestar Galactica University of Washington Department of Communications 2010-11-15 Amanda Weber LeiLani Nishime, Assistant Professor of Communication, is a self-proclaimed science fiction fan, so it seemed natural to her to set her research sights on the TV series Battlestar Galactica. Although science fiction is generally a genre about the future, it…