Mixed Race Studies

Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.

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As the mixed-race population grows, the stigma of the past fades

2011-05-02

As the mixed-race population grows, the stigma of the past fades jcOnline.com (Journal and Courier) Lafayette – West Lafayette, Indiana 2011-05-01 Taya Flores Gerald and Susan Thomas experienced a hurtful racial climate in Greater Lafayette when they dated during the 1970s. A drive-by verbal assault in Lafayette early in their marriage is one Gerald still…
Shady’s Back

2011-05-02

Shady’s Back New Matilda Surry Hills NSW, Australia 2011-05-02 Jennifer Mills As Obama is called to prove his place of birth, Indigenous Australians are being asked to account for their origins too. Not black enough, not white enough: Jennifer Mills on public anxiety about biracial identity The release of Obama’s birth certificate by the White…
Birtherism’s real anxiety

2011-05-02

Birtherism’s real anxiety The Carletonian Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota 2011 Spring Issue 4 (2011-04-29) David Heifetz Can we put this issue to rest now? On Wednesday morning, President Obama surprised a lot of people by suddenly releasing his long-form birth certificate, which, of course, showed that he was born in Hawaii. In explaining why he…
Book Review: Multiracial Americans and Social Class: The Influence of Social Class on Racial Identity

2011-05-02

Nonetheless, correctly and jointly, these articles recognize that we live in a society dominated and dictated by white supremacy. To understand multiracial Americans, we must place individuals with this identity within this context. Additionally, this collection does what no other has: It includes in this recognition the role that class can and does play when…
Biracial Identity and the College Social Environment: An Examination of the Effect of College Racial Composition on Black-White Biracial Students’ Racial Identity Construction and Maintenance

2011-05-02

Biracial Identity and the College Social Environment: An Examination of the Effect of College Racial Composition on Black-White Biracial Students’ Racial Identity Construction and Maintenance 29th Annual SouthEastern Undergraduate Sociology Symposium 2011 Co-sponsored by Morehouse College and Emory University Departments of Sociology Emory University, February 25-26, 2011 Kristen Clayton Emory University Winner of the first…
Controversy: Race and Sexuality on the American Frontier (FRO 100.023)

2011-05-01

Controversy: Race and Sexuality on the American Frontier (FRO 100.023) Goucher College, Baltimore, Maryland Angelo Robinson, Associate Professor of English “Am I Black or White? Am I Straight or Gay? CONTROVERSY?” Since its founding, and long before recording artist Prince penned these lyrics in the 1980s, America has been a space and a place demanding…
The Morbid Proclivities and Retrogressive Tendencies in the Offspring of Mulattoes

2011-04-30

The Morbid Proclivities and Retrogressive Tendencies in the Offspring of Mulattoes The Journal of the American Medical Association Volume 20, Number 1 (1893-01-07) pages 1-2 DOI: 10.1001/jama.1893.02420280009001 W. A. Dixon, M.D. Read in the Section of Diseases of Children, at the Forty-third Annual Meeting of the American Medical Association, held at Detroit, Mich., June 7,…
Lest we forget: the children they left behind: the life experience of adults born to black GIs and British women during the Second World War

2011-04-28

Lest we forget: the children they left behind: the life experience of adults born to black GIs and British women during the Second World War The University of Melbourne 1999 177 pages Janet Baker An estimated 22,000 children were born in England during the Second World War as a result of relationships between British women…
Where Do We Come From?

2011-04-27

Where Do We Come From? Discover 2003-05-01 Kathleen McGowan Photography by Katy Grannan A new generation of DNA genealogists stand ready to unearth our ancestors. We may not like what they find. Brent Kennedy’s 19th-century ancestors stare out from his photo albums with dark eyes, high cheekbones, olive skin, and thick black hair—a genetic riddle…
The Triracial Experience in a Poor Appalachian Community: How Social Identity Shapes the School Lives of Rural Minorities

2011-04-27

The Triracial Experience in a Poor Appalachian Community: How Social Identity Shapes the School Lives of Rural Minorities Ohio University June 2005 176 pages Stephanie Diane Starcher A dissertation presented to the faculty of the College of Education of Ohio University In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Education This study…

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