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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‘Passing’ — the original 1929 novel — is disturbingly brilliant Book Reviews National Public Radio 2021-11-10 Carole V. Bell The one thing most people know about Nella Larsen’s Passing is that it explores a peculiar kind of deception — being born into one marginalized racial category and slipping into another, for privilege, security, or power.…
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Kinship of Clover, A Novel Red Hen Press 2017-04-04 272 pages 5.5 x 0.75 x 8.5 inches Paperback ISBN: 9781597093811 Ellen Meeropol He was nine when the vines first wrapped themselves around him and burrowed into his skin. Now a college botany major, Jeremy is desperately looking for a way to listen to the plants…
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Passing Signet Classics (an imprint of Penguin Random House) 2021-07-06 (Originally published in 1929) 176 Pages 4-3/16 x 6-3/4 Paperback ISBN: 9780593437841 Ebook ISBN: 9780593439074 Nella Larsen (1891–1964) Introduction by Brit Bennett Nella Larsen’s fascinating exploration of race and identity—the inspiration for the Netflix film directed by Rebecca Hall, starring Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga.…
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“House Arrest” explores the meaning of family loyalty when beliefs conflict, and questions the necessity of sometimes breaking rules to serve justice.
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There’s plenty of love between Wanda Coleman and Austin Straus, but it has an edge: every kiss, every snuggle, every touch is political. How to make a marriage work under the unyielding pressures of racial bigotry and cultural bias?
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Anne Liu Kellor with Kristen Millares Young — Heart Radical Third Place Books EventsThird Place Books2021-10-01 Kristen Millares Young, Host On September 28th, 2021, Third Place Books was honored to host Anne Liu Kellor for the release of her debut memoir, Heart Radical: A Search for Language, Love, and Belonging. She will be joined in…
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The only woman in the National Baseball Hall of Fame had a fascinating — and confusing — past
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Negga’s provocative and strong-willed character in Rebecca Hall’s film highlights the actress’ singular talent.
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Tessa Thompson Delves Into the Subtext of ‘Passing’: ‘None of Us Fit Too Squarely in Boxes’ Variety 2021-11-05 Angelique Jackson, Reporter Ryan Pfluger / AUGUST In “Passing,” Tessa Thompson stars as Irene Redfield, a Black woman living in Harlem amid the Renaissance, whose life with her doctor husband Brian (André Holland) and their two sons…