Mixed Race Studies
Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.
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- Mixed Roots: Writers on Multiracial Identity and Both/And Belonging
- The Routledge International Handbook of Interracial and Intercultural Relationships and Mental Health
- Loving Across Racial and Cultural Boundaries: Interracial and Intercultural Relationships and Mental Health Conference
- Call for Proposals: 2026 Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference at UCLA
- Participants Needed for a Paid Research Study: Up to $100
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Category: Social Justice
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No Racial Barrier Left to Break (Except All of Them) The New York Times 2017-01-14 Khalil Gibran Muhammad, Professor of History, Race, and Public Policy, HKS Suzanne Young Murray Professor Harvard Kennedy School Harvard University We can’t create a more just nation simply by dressing up institutions in more shades of brown. Now we must…
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Jolted by Deaths, Obama Found His Voice on Race The New York Times 2017-01-15 Michael D. Shear, White House Correspondent Yamiche Alcindor, National Reporter Tensions across the country prompted the president to abandon his early reticence on race again and again. WASHINGTON — Only weeks after 70 million Americans chose a black man for president,…
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BEST OF 2016: 12 on Tuesday with Matthew Braunginn Madison365 Madison, Wisconsin 2016-12-21 Henry Sanders Matthew Braunginn A founder of the Young, Gifted and Black Coalition, Matthew Braunginn works to close the achievement gaps as a coordinator with UW’s PEOPLE program. [Since this came out, Braunginn has become the Student Engagement Specialist for the Middleton-Cross…
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The Rumpus Interview with Emily Raboteau The Rumpus 2016-12-28 Gina Prescott The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race is a collection of essays and poetry that takes its name from James Baldwin’s classic, The Fire Next Time. Jesmyn Ward, the collection’s editor and author of the National Book Award-winning novel, Salvage the Bones,…
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Partnered fathers bringing up their mixed-/multi-race children: an exploratory comparison of racial projects in Britain and New Zealand Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power Published online: 2015-09-23 DOI: 10.1080/1070289X.2015.1091320 Rosalind Edwards, Professor of Sociology; Social Sciences Director of Research and Enterprise; Co-director, ESRC National Centre for Research Methods University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom…
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Dating in the Time of #BlackLivesMatter Racism Review: shcolarship and activism toward racial justice 2016-02-24 Shantel Buggs, Ph.D. Candidate Department of Sociology The University of Texas, Austin When I started my dissertation research a year ago, I had not considered what impact the widespread media coverage of #BlackLivesMatter as a movement and rallying cry might have…
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Do you take issue with the following declaration? “Race is real, race matters, and race is the foundation of identity.”
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It was a policy was born of good intentions but has stirred up perplexing, often painful, questions: What makes a person black, or white? Is it facial features? Hair? Family? Or an experience of racism? And who gets to decide?
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Trevor Noah Still Doesn’t Get It BuzzFeed 2016-12-06 Tomi Obaro, BuzzFeed News Reporter Trevor Noah (Paul Zimmerman / Getty Images) The Daily Show host and biracial South African comic’s recent comments suggest a profound misunderstanding of the way racism works in America. “There’s many assumptions I’ve made about America that I’ve realized were wrong,” said Trevor…