Mixed Race Studies

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  • Diversity Dialogues lecture opens forum on ethnic identity

    Diversity Dialogues lecture opens forum on ethnic identity Spartan Daily News@SJSU San José State University 2011-03-06 Francisco Rendon So … what are you?” Although a common question facing persons of mixed ethnic heritage, it often characterizes society’s attempt to label them, and these persons‘ struggle to fit into one culture. This question, as well as…

  • The Mysterious Portraitist Joshua Johnson

    The Mysterious Portraitist Joshua Johnson Archives of American Art Journal Volume 36, Number 2 (1996) pages 2-7 Jennifer Bryan Robert Torchia The Maryland Historical Society’s Department of Manuscripts recently received three volumes of Baltimore County court chattel records—registers of personal property transactions such as mortgages, deeds of gift, powers of attorney, bills of sale, and…

  • Mixed Blood: An analytical look at methods of classifying race

    Mixed Blood: An analytical look at methods of classifying race Psyhcology Today 1995-11-01 Jefferson M. Fish, Professor Emeritus of Psychology St. John’s University, New York, New York An analytical look at methods of classifying race. Race is an immutable biological given, right? So how come the author’s daughter can change her race just by getting…

  • Race and Mixed Race

    Race and Mixed Race University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts American Culture AMCULT 311 –  Topics in Ethnic Studies Section 001 Fall 2011 Evelyn Azeeza Alsultany, Assistant Professor of American Culture This course examines how conceptions of race and mixed race have been historically shaped through law, science, and popular culture.…

  • For some, question of race a struggle

    For some, question of race a struggle The Providence Journal Providence, Rhode Island 2011-04-05 Karen Lee Ziner, Journal Staff Writer Face to face with the question of racial identity, Providence lawyer Kas R. DeCarvalho chose a write-in option under “Other” in the 2010 census form. “I put in mixed and called it a day,” said…

  • Living in the Borderlands

    Living in the Borderlands EthicsDaily.com 2007-01-19 Miguel A. De La Torre, Professor of Social Ethics Iliff School of Theology, Denver, Colorado De La Torre La Torre says U.S.-Mexico border isn’t only barrier facing Latinos. From Tijuana on the Pacific Ocean to Matamoros on the Gulf of Mexico runs a 1,833-mile border separating the United States…

  • The One Drop Rule: How Black Is “Black?”

    The One Drop Rule: How Black Is “Black?” Psychology Today Blogs: In the Eye of the Beholder: The science of social perception 2011-04-07 Jason Plaks, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychology University of Toronto The perception of race is subjective. Many biracial people publicly identify themselves with only one race (for example, either black or white,…

  • Census Says There Are More Biracial People, But That Depends On Your Definition of Mixed

    Census Says There Are More Biracial People, But That Depends On Your Definition of Mixed The Black Snob 2011-04-07 Danielle C. Belton Since 2000, the population of biracial and multiracial people has boomed by 50 percent according to 2010 Census data. The New York Times recently ran a story saying that because of changes in…

  • America’s Diverse Future: Initial Glimpses at the U.S. Child Population from the 2010 Census

    America’s Diverse Future: Initial Glimpses at the U.S. Child Population from the 2010 Census Brookings State of Metropolitan American Number 29 (2011-04-06) 14 pages William H. Frey, Senior Fellow, Metropolitan Policy Program For some time, Americans have been aware that “new minorities”—particularly Hispanics, Asians, and people of more than one race—are becoming a more important…

  • “As to her race, its secret is loudly revealed”: Winnifred Eaton’s Revision of North American Identity

    “As to her race, its secret is loudly revealed”: Winnifred Eaton’s Revision of North American Identity MELUS Volume 32, Number 2 (Summer 2007) pages 31-53 Karen E. H. Skinazi, Instructor of English University of Alberta At the tum of the twentieth century, Quebec-born Winnifred Eaton, a Chinese British woman who used the pseudonym “Onoto Watanna,”…