Mixed Race Studies
Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.
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- You were either Black or white. To claim whiteness as a mixed child was to deny and hide Blackness. Our families understood that the world we were growing into would seek to denigrate this part of us and we would need a community that was made up, always and already, of all shades of Blackness.
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The “ethnology” of Josiah Clark Nott Journal of Urban Health Volume 50, Number 4 (April 1974) pages 509–528. C. Loring Brace, Ph.D. Museum of Anthropology University of Michigan It is only rarely that a person so completely transcends the ethos of his age that the recorded results of his scientific endeavors can be read a…
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Essentializing Race: Implications for Bicultural Individuals’ Cognition and Physiological Reactivity
Essentializing Race: Implications for Bicultural Individuals’ Cognition and Physiological Reactivity Psychological Science Volume 18, Number 4 (April 2007) pages 341-348 DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2007.01901.x Melody Manchi Chao University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Jing Chen University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Glenn I. Roisman University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Ying-yi Hong University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign It is a widely held belief that…
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Are You an Indian? Public Broadcasting Service Independent Lens Premiere Date: 2011-11-17 Duration: 00:05:25 Though their ethnicities are mixed, the Wampanoag take pride in their tribal heritage. In this companion piece to the documentary film We Still Live Here—Âs Nutayuneân, Wampanoag tribal members discuss how their multicultural heritage both complicates and enriches their identities as…
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Building Multiracial Fortunes: Black Identity, Masculinity, and Authenticity Through the Body of T. Thomas Fortune, 1883-1907 San Diego State University Fall 2011 69 pages Guy Mount A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of San Diego State University In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Arts in History This thesis examines the…
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The Sweet Hell Inside: The Rise of an Elite Black Family in the Segregated South Harper Perennial an imprint HarperCollins 2001-09-30 432 pages 5 5/16 x 8 ISBN: 9780060505905; ISBN10: 0060505907 Edward Ball, Lecturer in English Yale University From National Book Award winner ccomes The Sweet Hell Inside, the story of the fascinating Harleston family…
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The Octoroon The Georgetown Theatre Company North, South, Race & Class: A Staged Reading Series of 19th century Plays at Grace Church 1041 Wisconsin Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. Wednesday, 2012-02-29, 19:30 EST (Local Time) The Octoroon (by Dion Boucicault) was one of the biggest hits of mid-19th century American theatre. It is the story of…
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“Freedom By A Judgment”: The Legal History of an Afro-Indian Family Law and History Review Volume 30, Issue 1 (February 2012) pages 173-203 DOI: 10.1017/S0738248011000642 Honor Sachs, Assistant Professor of History Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, North Carolina Forum: Ab Initio: Law in Early America On May 2, 1771, John Hardaway of Dinwiddie County, Virginia posted…