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  • U.S. far from an interracial melting pot

    U.S. far from an interracial melting pot CNN 2010-06-16 Daniel T. Lichter, Ferris family professor in the Department of Policy Analysis and Management, and Professor of Sociology Cornell University Ithaca, New York (CNN)—According to a recent report by the Pew Research Center, one of every seven new marriages in 2008 was interracial or interethnic—the highest…

  • Washington College students awarded summer fellowships

    Washington College students awarded summer fellowships The Star Democrat Easton, Maryland 2010-06-02 CHESTERTOWN, MARYLAND Six Washington College students were awarded Comegys Bight Summer Research Fellowships supported by the Comegys Bight Fellows Program, which invites scholars to design independent research projects and internships built around their particular interests. These projects include field research on the ghost…

  • In Search of Nella Larsen: A Biography of the Color Line

    Born to a Danish seamstress and a black West Indian cook in one of the Western Hemisphere’s most infamous vice districts, Nella Larsen (1891-1964) lived her life in the shadows of America’s racial divide. She wrote about that life, was briefly celebrated in her time, then was lost to later generations–only to be rediscovered and…

  • What’s at stake in claims of “post-racial” media?

    What’s at stake in claims of “post-racial” media? FlowTV Department of Radio, Television, and Film at the University of Texas at Austin 2010-06-03 Mary C. Beltrán, Associate Professor of Media Studies University of Texas, Austin Tracy Morgan, comedic actor best known for his role as comedic performer Tracy Jordan on the NBC series 30 Rock…

  • Race in an Era of Change: A Reader

    Race in an Era of Change: A Reader Oxford University Press September 2010 544 pages ISBN13: 9780199752102 ISBN10: 0199752109 Edited By: Heather Dalmage, Professor of Sociology and Director of the Mansfield Institute Roosevelt University Barbara Katz Rothman, Professor of Sociology Baruch College of the City Univerity of New York Featuring a wide range of classic…

  • 3rd Annual Mixed Roots Film & Literary Festival

    3rd Annual Mixed Roots Film & Literary Festival 2010-06-12 through 2010-06-13 Japanese American National Museum 69 East 1st Street Los Angeles, California The 3rd Annual Mixed Roots Film & Literary Festival will take place at the Japanese American National Museum, 369 East 1st Street, June 12-13, 2010, in downtown Los Angeles. In the Obama age,…

  • Marrying Out: One-in-Seven New U.S. Marriages is Interracial or Interethnic

    Marrying Out: One-in-Seven New U.S. Marriages is Interracial or Interethnic Pew Research Center 2010-06-04 41 pages Paul Taylor, Project Director Pew Research Center Jeffrey S. Passel, Senior Demographer Pew Research Center Wendy Wang, Research Associate Pew Research Center Jocelyn Kiley, Research Associate Pew Research Center Gabriel Velasco, Research Analyst Pew Research Center Daniel Dockterman, Research…

  • Black Women See Fewer Black Men at the Altar

    Black Women See Fewer Black Men at the Altar The New York Times 2010-06-03 Sam Roberts It is a familiar lament of single African-American women: where are the “good” black men to marry? A new study shows that more and more black men are marrying women of other races. In fact, more than 1 in…

  • Exploring the Many Facets of Mixed-Race Identity

    Exploring the Many Facets of Mixed-Race Identity Renegade South: histories of unconventional southerners 2010-05-26 Victoria E. Bynum, Moderator and Emeritus Professor of History Texas State University, San Marcos In recent weeks, The Family Origins of Vernon Dahmer, Civil Rights Activist, by Yvonne Bivins and Wilmer Watts Backstrom, published December 6, 2009 on Renegade South, has…

  • Biracial Identity and Its Relation to Self-Esteem and Depression in Mixed Black/White Biracial Individuals

    Biracial Identity and Its Relation to Self-Esteem and Depression in Mixed Black/White Biracial Individuals Journal of Ethnic And Cultural Diversity in Social Work Volume 19, Issue 2 (April 2010) pages 109 – 126 DOI: 10.1080/15313201003771783 Elizabeth M. Lusk Department of Psychology Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas Matthew J. Taylor, Assistant Professor of Psychology University of Missouri,…