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  • The Identity Development of Multiracial Youth. ERIC/CUE Digest, Number 137

    The Identity Development of Multiracial Youth. ERIC/CUE Digest, Number 137 Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) ERIC Identifier: ED425248 November 1998 9 pages Wendy Schwartz In the past several decades, individuals have been responding more actively to political and personal pressures to identify with a specific group that shares their background. For many people of mixed…

  • Racial Theories in Context (Second Edition)

    Racial Theories in Context (Second Edition) Cognella 2013 224 pages Paperback ISBN: 978-1-60927-056-8 Edited by: Jared Sexton, Associate Professor of African American Studies and Film & Media Studies University of California, Irvine This book presents a critical framework for understanding how and why race matters — past, present, and future. The readings trace the historical…

  • What’s Black and White and Black Or White?: The Effects of Category Assignment on the Evaluation of and Memory for Multi-raced Faces

    What’s Black and White and Black Or White?: The Effects of Category Assignment on the Evaluation of and Memory for Multi-raced Faces University of Colorado 2007 85 pages ISBN: 9780549508632 Eve C. Willadsen-Jensen A thesis submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of the University of Colorado in partial fulfillment of the requirement for…

  • Race and Ethnic Relations in the Twenty-First Century: History, Theory, Institutions, and Policy

    Race and Ethnic Relations in the Twenty-First Century: History, Theory, Institutions, and Policy Cognella 2011 436 pages Paperback ISBN: 978-1-93555-160-7 Edited by: Rashawn Ray, Assistant Professor of Sociology University of Maryland, College Park This book examines the major theoretical and empirical approaches regarding race/ethnicity. Its goal is to continue to place race and ethnic relations…

  • Japanese American Student Alliance: Ha-fu: Exploring Half Asian Identity

    Japanese American Student Alliance: Ha-fu: Exploring Half Asian Identity George Washington University Marvin Center, Amphitheater (view map) 800 21st Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20052 2013-04-28, 12:00-16:00 EDT (Local Time) Learn more about GW’s multiracial experience as a student panel discusses their perspectives and shares their stories. The George Washington University Presents: 2013 Asian Pacific Islander…

  • Ambiguity and the Timecourse of Racial Perception

    Ambiguity and the Timecourse of Racial Perception Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic Volume 24, Number 5 (October 2006) pages 580-606 DOI: 10.1521/soco.2006.24.5.580 Eve C. Willadsen-Jensen University of Colorado, Boulder Tiffany A. Ito, Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience University of Colorado, Boulder Two studies examined early perceptual processing and explicit racial categorization of racially ambiguous faces.…

  • Multiracial Identity Development

    Multiracial Identity Development Arlington County Public Schools Arlington County, Virginia Clarendon Education Center 2011-11-30 28 pages/ 55 slides Ms. Eleanor Lewis, M.A., CAGS, School Psychologist Arlington Public Schools Ms. Veronica Sanjines, M.A., CAG, School Psychologist Arlington Public Schools Dr. Ricia Weiner, Ph.D., School Psychologist Arlington Public Schools Special Education Parent Resource Center: Workshop Handouts View…

  • Hapa, Amerasian, Euro-Asian, or ‘Other’

    Hapa, Amerasian, Euro-Asian, or ‘Other’ Asian Week: The Voice of Asian America 2005-12-16 Nathalie Ishizuka From day one, I was labeled, “other.” Singing my ABCs, looking Japanese and asking for a “bonbon,” it was hard not to notice me. My French mother and Japanese father told me that it was my terrible singing voice that…

  • Richard Pryor’s Daughter on Growing Up Biracial

    Richard Pryor’s Daughter on Growing Up Biracial WNYC Radio New York, New York WNYC News 2013-04-07 Soterios Johnson April 7, 2013 – Richard Pryor, one of the most influential comedians of all-time, gained pop star status in the 1970’s with his incisive storytelling about issues including race.  Now, his daughter Rain is sharing her take…

  • The New Normal

    The New Normal The Rafu Shimpo: Los Angeles Japanese Daily News 2013-04-11 Mia Nakaji Monnier, Rafu Staff Writer Hapa Japan Festival and JANM exhibit celebrate mixed Japanese and Japanese Americans Outside the newest exhibit at the Japanese American National Museum hangs a banner. Up close, visitors can make out individual pictures—each about the size of…