Mixed Race Studies

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  • “A Mongrel Breed of Citizens”: Animus Against Multiracial People

    …One might argue that discrimination against multiracial people is merely a subset—perhaps even a milder one—of discrimination against monoracial individuals. In other words, a person who is identified as partially Black might be subject to the same kind of animus as one who is identified as fully Black. This Part aims to disprove that notion…

  • Quadroon Balls

    Quadroon Balls functioned as a form of entertainment but also served a meeting space for its participants to enter into plaçage/sexual relationships. It was at these dances that free young women of color, guided by their mothers, charmed their way into the hearts and pockets of Louisiana’s white males. At the balls, quadroon women “show…

  • Blue Veins and Kinky Hair: Naming and Color Consciousness in African America

    The author explores how Africans in America internalized the negative images created of them by the European world, and how internalized racism has worked to fracture African American unity and thereby dilute inchoate efforts toward liberation.

  • Making sense of race and racial classification

    Making sense of race and racial classification Race and Society Volume 4, Issue 2, (2001) Pages 235-247 DOI: 10.1016/S1090-9524(03)00012-3 Angela D. James, Associate Professor of African American Studies Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles As social scientists, race scholars, and demographers, how do we begin to make sense of recent changes in the Census Bureau’s system…

  • Psychological Adjustment, Behavior and Health Problems in Multiracial Young Adults

    Psychological Adjustment, Behavior and Health Problems in Multiracial Young Adults University of Maryland, College Park 2006 236 pages Warren L. Kelley Dissertation submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of the University of Maryland, College Park in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy 2006 This study: (1) examined…

  • Challenges and Resilience in the Lives of Multiracial Adults: The Development and Validation of a Measure

    Challenges and Resilience in the Lives of Multiracial Adults: The Development and Validation of a Measure Nazish M. Salahuddin University of Maryland, College Park 2008 141 pages Dissertation submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of the University of Maryland, College Park, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of…

  • 100% Multiracial

    100% Multiracial UrbanFaith.com 2010-06-11 Kyle Waalen The latest Census estimates show that multiracial people are the fastest growing demographic group in the United States. Yet many still struggle with the question of how many boxes to check. Two Christian women share about the tension and joy of being young and multiracial in America. Kristy McDonald…

  • Righteous Fathers, Vulnerable Old Men and Degraded Creatures: Southern Justices on Miscegenation in the Antebellum Will Contest

    Righteous Fathers, Vulnerable Old Men and Degraded Creatures: Southern Justices on Miscegenation in the Antebellum Will Contest Tulsa Law Review Volume 40 (2005) pages 699- Bernie D. Jones, Associate Professor of Law Suffolk University Although scholars have long addressed the role of legislators and local elites in policing the color line between black and white,…

  • AMCV 1611J – Sex, Love, Race: Miscegenation, Mixed Race and Interracial Relations

    AMCV 1611J – Sex, Love, Race: Miscegenation, Mixed Race and Interracial Relations Brown University Fall 2010 Ulli K. Ryder This class will explore the conditions and consequences for crossing racial boundaries in North America. We will take a multidisciplinary approach, exploring literary, anthropological, and historical writings along with several feature and documentary film treatments of…

  • In mixed-race couples, fathers profoundly influence their children’s racial identifications

    In mixed-race couples, fathers profoundly influence their children’s racial identifications Research@Rice 2006-09-15 In mixed-race couples, fathers profoundly influence their children’s racial identifications. Interracial marriage increased seven-fold from 1970 to 2000, and how the children of these marriages view their racial identity has a lot to do with their father’s race and the number of father-child…