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  • Transracial mothering and maltreatment: are black/white biracial children at higher risk?

    Transracial mothering and maltreatment: are black/white biracial children at higher risk? Child Welfare Volume 91, Number 1 (January-February 2012) pages 55-77 Mary E. Rauktis, Research Assistant Professor of Social Work University of Pittsburgh Rachel A. Fusco, Assistant Professor of Social Work University of Pittsburgh The number of people identifying as biracial is rapidly growing, though…

  • Racial and Ethnic Identity Development in White Mothers of Biracial, Black-White Children

    Racial and Ethnic Identity Development in White Mothers of Biracial, Black-White Children Affilia Volume 19, Number 1 (February 2004) pages 68-84 DOI: 10.1177/0886109903260795 Margaret O’Donoghue, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Social Work New York University This article reports on a qualitative research study of the racial and ethnic identity of 11 White mothers who were married…

  • Are the Tsarnaevs White?

    Are the Tsarnaevs White? The Daily Beast 2013-04-24 Peter Beinart, Senior Political Writer and Associate Professor of Journalism City University of New York also Editor-in-chief Open Zion In a word, yes. But why is this so hard for Americans to grasp? Peter Beinart on our country’s long track record of conflating religion and race. The…

  • Engendering Racial Perceptions: An Intersectional Analysis of How Social Status Shapes Race

    Engendering Racial Perceptions: An Intersectional Analysis of How Social Status Shapes Race Gender & Society Published online before print: 2013-04-12 DOI: 10.1177/0891243213480262 Andrew M. Penner, Associate Professor of Sociology University of California, Irvine Aliya Saperstein, Assistant Professor of Sociology Stanford University Intersectionality emphasizes that race, class, and gender distinctions are inextricably intertwined, but fully interrogating the…

  • Dimensions Variable: Multiracial Identity

    Dimensions Variable: Multiracial Identity RUSH Arts Gallery 526 West 26th St, #311 New York, New York Phone: 212-691-9552 2013-04-04 through 2013-05-10 Opening Reception: Thursday, 2013-04-04, 18:00-20:00 EDT (Local Time) Artist Talk: Saturday, 2013-05-04, 16:00-18:00 EDT (Local Time) Firelei Báez, Yael Ben-Zion, Cecile Chong, Dennis Redmoon Darkeem, Nicky Enright, Lorra Jackson, Sara Jimenez, and Saya Woolfalk…

  • Family and Community History of the Winton Triangle

    Family and Community History of the Winton Triangle Research at the National Archives & Beyond BlogTalk Radio 2013-04-22, 21:00-22:00 EDT (2013-04-23, 01:00-02:00Z) Bernice Bennett, Host Marvin T. Jones, Executive Director Chowan Discovery Group From Family History to Community History—the Chowan Discovery Group Story with Marvin T. Jones, Executive Director of the Chowan Discovery Group (CDG).…

  • This, That, Both, Neither: The Badging Of Biracial Identity In Young Adult Realism

    This, That, Both, Neither: The Badging Of Biracial Identity In Young Adult Realism The Journal of Research on Libraries and Young Adults The official research journal of the Young Adult Library Services Association 2013-04-22 Sarah Hannah Gómez, Graduate Student School of Library and Information Science Simmons College, Boston, Massachusetts Editor’s Note: “This, That, Both, Neither”…

  • Becoming Mexipino: A Book Event with Rudy Guevarra Jr.

    Becoming Mexipino: A Book Event with Rudy Guevarra Jr. California State University, Fullerton Langsdorf Hall 402 (Map) Thursday, 2013-04-25, 16:00-17:30 PDT (Local Time) Rudy Guevarra, Jr., Assistant Professor, Asian Pacific American Studies, School of Social Transformation, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Arizona State University, Tempe Becoming Mexipino is a social-historical interpretation of two ethnic…

  • Issue Brief – Race and Ethnicity Matters: Concepts and Challenges of Racial and Ethnic Classifications in Public Health

    Race has become a prominent focus for human biotechnology. Despite often good intentions, genetic technologies are being applied in a manner that may provide new justification for thinking about racial difference and racial disparities in biological terms—as if social categories of race reflect natural or inherent group differences.