Category: United States

  • Negotiating Ethnic Boundaries: Multiethnic Mexican Americans and Ethnic Identity in the United States Ethnicities Volume 4, Number  1 (March 2004) pages 75-97 DOI: 10.1177/1468796804040329 Tomás R. Jiménez, Assistant Professor of Sociology Stanford University This article examines the ethnic identity of the offspring of Mexican/white (non-Hispanic) intermarriages, or multiethnic Mexican Americans, using 20 in-depth interviews with…

  • A Feminist Critique of Research on Interracial Family Identity: Implications for Family Health Journal of Family Nursing 2004 Vol. 10, No. 3 pp. 302-322 DOI: 10.1177/1074840704267189 Marcia M. Byrd, Assistant Professor of Nursing College of St. Catherine Ann W. Garwick, Associate Dean for Research, Professor and Director of Center for Child and Family Health Promotion…

  • Africans and Native Americans: The Language of Race and the Evolution of Red-Black Peoples (Second Edition) University of Illinois Press 1993 Paper: 978-0-252-06321-3 352 pages Jack D. Forbes, Professor Emeritus. Native American Studies and Anthropology University of California, Davis This volume will revise the way we look at the modern populations of Latin America and…

  • On Being Amorphous: Autoethnography, Genealogy, and a Multiracial Identity Qualitative Inquiry Volume 9, Number 1 (2003) pages 20-48 DOI: 10.1177/1077800402239338 Sarah N. Gatson, Associate Professor of Sociology Texas A&M University The article is a sociologically informed approach to understanding the author’s own place and identity. Questions of personal identity serve to highlight larger insights about…

  • A New Multicultural Population: Creating Effective Partnerships With Multiracial Families Intervention in School and Clinic Published: 2009-11-01 Vol. 45, No. 2, pp. 124-131 DOI: 10.1177/1053451209340217 Monica R. Brown, Assistant Professor (mobrown@nmsu.edu) Department of Special Education/Communication Disorders New Mexico State University Multiracial families make up the fastest growing demographic in the United States.  Approximately 9% of…

  • Hapa Girl: A Memoir Temple University Press March 2007 232 pages 5.5×8.25, 12 halftones Paper EAN: 978-1-59213-616-2 (ISBN: 1592136168) Cloth EAN: 978-1-59213-615-5 (ISBN: 159213615X May-lee Chai Named one of the Notable Books in the Kiriyama Prize, 2008 Honorable Mention at the Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Awards, 2007 A vivid depiction of the racism suffered by…

  • Complexities in Researching Mixed Ancestry Adolescents: A Preliminary Study Wellesley Centers for Women 2004 Michelle Porche Peony Fhagen-Smith, Assistant Professor of Psychology Wheaton College, Norton Massachusetts Jo H. Kim Heidie A. Vázquez García Allison J. Tracy Sumru Erkut Contemporary events, such as the change in the 2000 U.S. Census, highlight the need for a better…

  • Ellen Craft: A New American Opera 8th Annual New York City International Fringe Festival 2004-08-13 through 2004-08-29 Lyrics by Sherry Boone Music: Sean Jeremy Palmer Book: Sherry Boone and Sean Jeremy Palmer Ellen Craft: A New American Opera is based on true events of a half -white, half-black womans harrowing escape from slavery disguised as…

  • Published in 1860, shortly before the start of the Civil War,” Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom” is the narrative of William and Ellen Craft’s escape from slavery.

  • Multiracial America: A Resource Guide on the History and Literature of Interracial Issues The Scarecrow Press, Inc. March 2005 264 pages Paper ISBN: 0-8108-5199-7; ISBN-13: 978-0-8108-5199-3 Edited by Karen Downing, Foundation and Grants Librarian Hatcher Graduate Library, University of Michigan Darlene Nichols, Psychology Librarian and Coordinator of Instruction Hatcher Graduate Library, University of Michigan Kelly…