Category: United States

  • In the late 1700s the roots of cowboy culture arose out of the Carolinas. These men and women were not the typical white ranchers that would be depicted in later stories and films. Instead they were a group of “tri-racial isolates.”

  • An exploration of a great American writer’s abiding concern with the color line

  • Written Out of History Pomona College Magazine Pomona College, Claremont, California Fall 2002 Volume 39, Number 1 Michael Balchunas Spurred by a glimpse of family history, Professor Sid Lemelle is bringing to light a little-known aspect of the African Diaspora. When the new people moved in, all eyes were upon them. There were comments about…

  • Investigations: Problem behavior University of Chicago Magazine October 2006 Volume 99, Issue 1 Lydialyle Gibson For American children, says Yoonsun Choi, assistant professor at the School of Social Service Administration, early adolescence isn’t getting any simpler. Besides the awkwardness and looming angst, there’s this: more and more youth now find themselves navigating the uncertain territory…

  • Social Work Response to the Needs of Biracial Americans Surjit Singh Dhooper, Assistant Professor of Social Work University of Kentucky Journal of Ethnic And Cultural Diversity in Social Work Volume 12, Issue 4 (April 2004) pages 19 – 47 DOI: 10.1300/J051v12n04_02 The number of interracial marriages is rising. The offspring of these marriages are a special…

  • Nikkei Heritage: Intermarriages and Hapas: An Overview – Parts 1 and 2 Discover Nikkei (Japanese Migrans and Their Descendants) Republished from Nikkei Heritage (The quarterly journal of the National Japanese American Historical Society) 2007-05-11 George Kitahara Kich, Senior Trial Consultant Bonora D’Andrea Rebecca Chiyoko King-O’Riain, Lecturer in Sociology National University of Ireland, Maynooth Larry Hajime…

  • Framing mixed race: The face of America is changing Contra Costa Times 2010-02-07 Jennifer Modenessi Like any proud mother, Janine Mozée sees beauty when she looks at her four children. But the Benicia resident perceives more than their physical qualities and the various shades and hues of their skin, eyes and hair. For Mozée, 46,…

  • Who am I? Middlebury Magazine Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont Winter 2010 Kevin Charles Redmon, [class of 20]10 As Janet Mondlane Rodrigues [class of 20]12 grapples with her own complex racial identity, she implores others to take a look in the mirror, as well, and ask themselves this loaded question. Early in Barack Obama’s presidential campaign,…

  • TALK: India and Gaugin’s Tahitian Nudes: Mapping Modernism In A Global Frame Interdisciplinary Humanities Center University of California, Santa Barbara 3041 HSSB 2010-02-17 16:00 PST (Local Time) Saloni Mathur, Associate Professor of Art History University of California, Los Angeles This presentation will revisit the legacy of Amrita Sher-Gil, the part-Indian/part-Hungarian painter who stands at the…

  • An Evening with Kip Fulbeck-artist, slam poet, filmmaker Event Type: Lecture Sacramento State University University Union Ballroom 2010-02-18, 19:00-21:00 PST (Local Time) Contact:  (916) 278-6997  An Evening With Kip Fulbeck, artist, slam poet, and filmmaker- addressing issues on identity, multiraciality, and pop culture through spoken word, stand-up comedy, political activism, and personal stories, University Union…