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  • Can the “one-drop rule” tell us anything about racial discrimination? New evidence from the multiple race question on the 2000 Census

    Can the “one-drop rule” tell us anything about racial discrimination? New evidence from the multiple race question on the 2000 Census Labour Economics Volume 16, Issue 4 (August 2009) pages 451-460 DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2009.01.003 Robert W. Fairlie, Professor of Economics University of California, Santa Cruz The inclusion of multiple race information for the first time in…

  • In Their Parents’ Voices: Reflections on Raising Transracial Adoptees

    Rita J. Simon and Rhonda M. Roorda’s In “Their Own Voices: Transracial Adoptees” Tell Their Stories shared the experiences of twenty-four black and biracial children who had been adopted into white families in the late 1960s and 70s. The book has since become a standard resource for families and practitioners, and now, in this sequel,…

  • In Their Own Voices: Transracial Adoptees Tell Their Stories

    In Their Own Voices: Transracial Adoptees Tell Their Stories Columbia University Press April 2000 480 pages Paper ISBN: 978-0-231-11829-3 Rita J. Simon, University Professor Emerita Department of Justice, Law and Society American University, Washington, D.C. Rhonda M. Roorda   Nearly forty years after researchers first sought to determine the effects, if any, on children adopted…

  • The Case for Transracial Adoption

    The Case for Transracial Adoption American University Press 1994 150 pages 6 x 0.5 x 9 inches Paperback ISBN-10: 1879383209; ISBN-13: 978-1879383203 Rita J. Simon, University Professor Emerita Department of Justice, Law and Society American University, Washington, D.C. Howard Altstein, Professor of Social Work University of Maryland, Baltimore Marygold S. Melli, Professor of Law Emerita…

  • Indigo: Shelly Jyoti and Laura Kina

    Indigo: Shelly Jyoti and Laura Kina Curated by Greg Lunceford and Lanny Silverman 2013-01-26 through 2013-04-27 Opening Reception: Friday, 2013-01-25, 17:30-19:30 CST (Local Time) Chicago Cultural Center The Chicago Rooms 78 E. Washington Street Chicago, Illinois 60638 Shelly Jyoti, Visual Artist, Fashion Designer, Poet, Researcher and Independent Curator Laura Kina, Associate Professor Art, Media and…

  • More Than Black? Multiracial Identity and the New Racial Order

    In the United States, anyone with even a trace of African American ancestry has been considered black. Even as the twenty-first century opens, a racial hierarchy still prevents people of color, including individuals of mixed race, from enjoying the same privileges as Euro-Americans. In this book, G. Reginald Daniel argues that we are at a…

  • Genetic Background of Patients from a University Medical Center in Manhattan: Implications for Personalized Medicine

    Genetic Background of Patients from a University Medical Center in Manhattan: Implications for Personalized Medicine PLoS ONE: A peer-reviewed, open access journal Volume 6, Number 5 (2011-05-04) 11 pages DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019166 Bamidele O. Tayo Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois Marie Teil Charles R. Bronfman Institute…

  • The Privilege of Denial

    The Privilege of Denial all things beautiful 2012-09-19 Alyssa Bacon-Liu I remember doing what’s called a Privilege Walk during my freshman year of college. There was a group of us and we stood in a line and we were given instructions. You had to take steps forward or steps back depending on how you answered…

  • How Do Whites Perceive Biracial People?

    How Do Whites Perceive Biracial People? Daily Observations: Your source for the latest psychological research Association for Psychological Science 2011-11-10 In case you missed it, the cameras were rolling at the APS 23rd Annual Convention in Washington, DC. Watch Sabrica Barnett from The City University of New York present her poster research on “Not Fully…

  • The Autobiography of an Ex-White Woman: Bliss Broyard’s One Drop

    The Autobiography of an Ex-White Woman: Bliss Broyard’s One Drop Mother Jones 2007-11-09 Debra J. Dickerson Suddenly, white people are fascinated by race. Good for them. Good for all of us? If you haven’t read Bliss Broyard’s One Drop: My Father’s Hidden Life—A Story of Race and Family Secrets, you must. No matter how well…