Category: United States

  • “A new American comes ‘home’”: Race, nation, and the immigration of Korean War adoptees, “GI babies,” and brides Yale University May 2010 355 pages Publication Number: AAT 3395980 ISBN: 9781109588873 Susie Woo A Dissertation Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Yale University in Candidacy for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Between…

  • Mixed Chicks Chat will be talking with Michele Elam about her work on mixed-race identity and her new book, “The Souls of Mixed Folks: Race, Aesthetics & Politics in the New Millenium” which examines representations of mixed race in literature and the arts that redefine new millennial aesthetics and politics.

  • Brown Bag: Mixed-race tension in early America The Daily Campus: The Independent Voice of Southern Methodist University Since 1915 Dallas, Texas 2011-09-21 Logan May The struggle of mixed race families in Southwest America was a daunting issue in the early 19th century. As part of the Brown Bag Lecture Series of the Southwest, SMU Director…

  • Genetic Counseling: For children of mixed racial ancestry Biodemography and Social Biology Volume 8, Issue 3, 1961 pages 157-163 DOI: 10.1080/19485565.1961.9987478 Sheldon C. Reed, Director Dight Institute for Human Genetics University of Minnesota, Minneapolis Esther B. Nordlie Dight Institute for Human Genetics University of Minnesota, Minneapolis INTRODUCTION The editors of this journal have been interested…

  • I am a third-year doctoral student in counseling psychology at Teachers College, Columbia University and I am currently working on a study exploring the experiences of biracial and multiracial women. I am looking for women who are 18 years old or older and of mixed racial heritage to participate in a one hour confidential interview.…

  • Supremacy by Law: The One Man One Woman Marriage Requirement and Antimiscegenation Law Journal of Bisexuality Volume 7, Issue 3-4, 2008 pages 145-169 DOI: 10.1080/15299710802170771 Jacqueline Battalora, Associate Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice Saint Xavier University, Orland Park, Illinois This article is concerned with epistemology and the assertion of supremacy. Focusing on the resources…

  • A Review of “Mixed Race Hollywood” Quarterly Review of Film and Video Volume 28, Issue 5 (2011) pages 428-433 DOI: 10.1080/10509200902820589 Delia Konzett, Associate Professor of English University of New Hampshire Mixed Race Hollywood, edited by Mary Beltrán and Camilla Fojas. New York: New York University Press, 2008 The problem of the 20th century, W.…

  • I’m Biracial—Not Black: Brooklyn Savvy Takes on Race Brooklyn Savvy NYC Life, NYC-TV 2010-12-27 Toni Williams, Host and Co-Executive Producer Brooklyn Savvy takes on the complex topic of being “Biracial in America” with Juliette Fairley, actress and playwright of the “Mulatto Saga.” Join this riveting, candid discussion of Juliette’s journey as she discovers, and grapples…

  • Obama’s Presidential (Mixed) Race: Framing and Ideological Analysis of Blogs and News University of New Mexico, Albuquerque July 2011 217 pages Iliana P. Rucker DISSERTATION Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Communication The election of Barack Obama as President of the United States brought a heightened awareness…

  • For many of the now-adult children of white German women and African-American GIs, adopted by families in the United States after World War II, the search for the truth has been difficult. Online communities are helping.