Mixed Race Studies

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  • The Skin We’re In: A Literary Analysis of Representations Of Mixed Race Identity in Children’s Literature

    This study systematically analyzed novels of contemporary and historical fiction with mixed race content intended for readers age 9-14. In the context of an increasingly multiracial and multicultural society, this study was primarily concerned with the question of identity representation: What is contemporary children’s literature saying about the experience of being racially mixed? This question…

  • HCOL 86 E: D1: Mixed: Multiracialism in U.S. Culture

    HCOL 86 E: D1: Mixed: Multiracialism in U.S. Culture University of Vermont The Honors College Spring 2013 John Gennari, Associate Professor of English This seminar will examine the theme of multiracial identity and culture in the United States. We’ll consider how U.S. concepts and ideologies of race have developed historically, and why within that history…

  • Covering Multiracial America Requires Historical Perspective

    Covering Multiracial America Requires Historical Perspective Maynard Media Center on Structural Inequity Maynard Institute 2012-11-14 Nadra Kareem Nittle Although people of mixed races have lived in the United States for centuries, authorities on multiracial identity say mainstream media continue to report on these people as if they are a new phenomenon. In 1619, the first…

  • Carnival, Convents, and the Cult of St. Rocque: Cultural Subterfuge in the Work of Alice Dunbar-Nelson

    Carnival, Convents, and the Cult of St. Rocque: Cultural Subterfuge in the Work of Alice Dunbar-Nelson Georgia State University 2012-08-09 57 pages Sibongile B. N. Lynch A Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in the College of Arts and Sciences Georgia State University 2012 In the…

  • Paradigm Lost: Race, Ethnicity, and the Search for a New Population Taxonomy

    Paradigm Lost: Race, Ethnicity, and the Search for a New Population Taxonomy American Journal of Public Health Volume 91, Number 7 (July 2001) pages 1049-1056 DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.91.7.1049 Gerald M. Oppenheimer, Professor of Clinical Sociomedical Sciences Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health The Institute of Medicine (IOM) recently recommended that the National Institutes of Health…

  • Political Racism in the Age of Obama

    Political Racism in the Age of Obama The New York Times 2012-11-10 Steven Hahn, Roy F. and Jeannette P. Nichols Professor of History University of Pennsylvania The white students at Ole Miss who greeted President Obama’s decisive re-election with racial slurs and nasty disruptions on Tuesday night show that the long shadows of race still…

  • Strange Fruit: Dr. Yaba Blay’s (1)ne Drop Project; Director Kenny Leon

    Strange Fruit: Dr. Yaba Blay’s (1)ne Drop Project; Director Kenny Leon WFPL 89.3 FM Louisville, Kentucky 2012-11-03 Laura Ellis, Producer Who is black? That’s the question the (1)ne Drop Project seeks to answer. The project, created by Dr. Yaba Blay, features photographs of people who identify as black, African-American, biracial, and other identities—but whose physical…

  • Racializing Drug Design: Implications of Pharmacogenomics for Health Disparities

    Racializing Drug Design: Implications of Pharmacogenomics for Health Disparities American Journal of Public Health Volume 95, Number 12 (December 2005) pages 2133-2138 DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.068676 Sandra Soo-Jin Lee, Senior Research Scholar Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics Stanford University Current practices of using “race” in pharmacogenomics research demands consideration of the ethical and social implications for understandings…

  • Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference 2012 and Mixed Roots Midwest

    Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference 2012 and Mixed Roots Midwest 2012-11-13 Camilla Fojas, (CMRS 2012 organizer) Associate Professor and Chair Latin American and Latino Studies DePaul University Laura Kina, (Mixed Roots Midwest 2012 co-organizer) Associate Professor Art, Media and Design and Director Asian American Studies DePaul University Photo of Mixed Roots Midwest: Filmmakers Panel by…

  • News from the 2012 Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference Business Meeting

    News from the 2012 Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference Business Meeting 2012-11-13 Camilla Fojas, (CMRS 2012 organizer) Associate Professor and Chair Latin American and Latino Studies DePaul University Laura Kina, (Mixed Roots Midwest 2012 co-organizer) Associate Professor Art, Media and Design and Director Asian American Studies DePaul University Photo of Eric Hamako at CMRS 2012…