Mixed Race Studies
Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.
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- Mixed Roots: Writers on Multiracial Identity and Both/And Belonging
- The Routledge International Handbook of Interracial and Intercultural Relationships and Mental Health
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Six-year-old taken from California foster family under Indian Child Welfare Act The Guardian 2016-03-22 The Associated Press in Santa Clarita, California Lexi, who has lived with the foster family for years, was removed by a court order which says her Native American heritage requires her to live with Utah relatives A six-year-old girl who spent…
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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…