Category: United States

  • The Journal of Critical Mixed Race Studies inaugural issue is now available Journal of Critical Mixed Race Studies Volume 1, Number 1 (2014-01-30) ISSN: 2325-4521 Laura Kina, Associate Professor Art, Media and Design and Director Asian American Studies DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois G. Reginald Daniel, Professor of Sociology University of California at Santa Barbaral Saya…

  • Interview with upcoming CultureFest Performer Laura Kina Multiracial Network Blog 2014-03-07 To start us off, we have an interview from our CultureFest performer Laura Kina! As can also be found on her website (http://www.laurakina.com/) Laura is an artist and scholar who focuses “on the fluidity of cultural difference and the slipperiness of identity”. With subjects…

  • I’ve been thinking a lot lately about whether there is such a thing as ‘mixed privilege’.

  • GalleryDAAS: Photographs by Ed West University of Michigan G648 Haven Hall 505 S State Street Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 2014-03-13 through 2014-05-02 Opening Reception: 2014-03-14, 17:30-20:00 CDT (Local Time) Hosted by the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies (DAAS) GalleryDAAS presents So Called, a photography series by award-winning artist and U-M professor Edward West. Curated…

  • Mixed Madness Month 2014 University of Maryland Adele H. Stamp Student Union March 2014 ________ Looks Like Me Mixed Madness Month takes place every March. It is the annual heritage and advocacy month for those that consider themselves multicultural, multiracial, multiethnic, and/or a supporter of the mixing of cultures. This year’s theme is: The “__________…

  • Why isn’t College for Learning About Mixed-Race Identities? Racism Review: scholarship and activism toward racial justice 2014-03-08 Sharon Chang There are some incredible opportunities out there right now to get certificates, higher ed and even advanced degrees specializing in the experience of Americans of color. Want a degree in Asian American Studies? Sure. How about…

  • Rutherford’s Bill Galloway reflects on genealogy, racial history NorthJersey.com Woodland Park, New Jersey Thursday, 2014-02-20 Kelly Nicholaides Bill Galloway, a resident with roots that go back to the 1920s in Rutherford, is proud of both his black roots and the “miscegenation” of his family. The longtime-Rutherford resident’s ancestors built a solid foundation with a focus…

  • The Romance of Race: Incest, Miscegenation, and Multiculturalism in the United States, 1880–1930; and Spectacular Wickedness: Sex, Race, and Memory in Storyville, New Orleans [Smithers Review] The Journal of American History Volume 100, Issue 4 (March 2014) pages 1222-1224 DOI: 10.1093/jahist/jau065 Gregory D. Smithers, Associate Professor of History Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia Jolie A.…

  • Fatal Invention: The New Biopolitics of Race and Gender – Dorothy Roberts University of California, Berkeley Alumni House Friday, 2014-03-07, 17:00-19:30 PST (Local Time) Join us for a discussion with Prof. Dorothy Roberts, University of Pennsylvania Law School, author of Fatal Invention: How Science, Politics, and Big Business Re-create Race in the Twenty-first Century.  Lecture…

  • ‘Chinese, on the Inside’ The New York Times 2014-03-03 Liz Mak, writer and multimedia producer Oakland, California Catie and Kimberly were adopted from China by a couple from Maine, who attempt to pass on a culture they’ve never known firsthand. About a decade ago, Barbara Cough adopted two girls from China, Kimberly and Catie. Barbara…