Mixed Race Studies
Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.
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- You were either Black or white. To claim whiteness as a mixed child was to deny and hide Blackness. Our families understood that the world we were growing into would seek to denigrate this part of us and we would need a community that was made up, always and already, of all shades of Blackness.
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“As White as Most White Women”: Racial Passing in Advertisements for Runaway Slaves and the Origins of a Multivalent Term American Studies Volume 54, Number 4, 2016 pages 73-97 Martha J. Cutter, Professor of English and Africana Studies University of Connecticut In 1731 a man named Gideon Gibson, along with several of his relatives, emigrated…
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Antiracism and the Cuban Revolution: An Interview with Devyn Spence Benson African American Intellectual History Society 2016-03-08 Reena Goldthree, Assistant Professor of African and African American Studies Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire Devyn Spence Benson This month, I interviewed historian Devyn Spence Benson about her forthcoming book, Antiracism in Cuba: The Unfinished Revolution (University of…
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Helping mixed-race Asian kids navigate a world that isn’t post-racial The Seattle Times 2016-03-16 Jerry Large, Columnist Sharon H. Chang is author of “Raising Mixed Race: Multiracial Children in a Post-Racial World.” (Courtesy of Sheila Addleman) Seattle author writes about the challenges of raising multiracial Asian children in America and helping then overcome racial biases.…
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WELL! WELL! Goldsboro Weekly Argus Goldsboro, North Carolina Thursday, 1895-02-28 (Volume XVI, Number 67) page 1, column 3 Source: Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. United States Library of Congress. Well, well, well! “Where are we at?” The sudden death of Frederick Douglas, the foremost negro in America, not by deserts but by the combination of…
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Who is Black? Who is Indian? State/Federal Acknowledgment and the Politics of Racial Purity Arizona State University West Hall, Room 135 Tempe, Arizona 2016-03-21, 16:30-18:00 MST (Local Time) Arica Coleman, adjunct lecturer, Center for African Studies, Johns Hopkins University African and African American History, Widener University, will discuss the politics of racial purity in state…
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Raquel Cepeda is a fighter. The renowned writer, journalist and filmmaker is clad in light blue patterned tights and a gray crop top, with her hair pulled back in a ponytail— she is furiously jabbing a black Everlast bag. On this chilly Friday afternoon, we’re at Mendez Boxing where Cepeda spends a good amount of…
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Fr. Virgilio Elizondo Takes His Own Life The Rivard Report: Urban. Independent. All About San Antonio. San Antonio, Texas 2016-03-14 Robert Rivard, Director Fr. Virgilio Elizondo, one of San Antonio’s most accomplished and beloved Catholic priests whose work brought him recognition in Latin America and Europe and an esteemed faculty position at the University of…