Mixed Race Studies
Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.
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- The Routledge International Handbook of Interracial and Intercultural Relationships and Mental Health
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- Call for Proposals: 2026 Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference at UCLA
- Participants Needed for a Paid Research Study: Up to $100
- You were either Black or white. To claim whiteness as a mixed child was to deny and hide Blackness. Our families understood that the world we were growing into would seek to denigrate this part of us and we would need a community that was made up, always and already, of all shades of Blackness.
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Category: Arts
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On Her Second Album, Xenia Rubinos Finds a New Language to Talk About Latinidad Remezcla 2016-06-01 Isabelia Herrera At a time when the political utility of the Afro-Latino label is as urgent as ever, it’s easy to forget that the journey to embrace that identity isn’t always immediate. Before recording her sophomore album Black Terry…
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An Octoroon Woolly Mammoth Theater 641 D Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20004 2016-05-30 through 2016-06-26 By Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Directed by Nataki Garrett A plantation on the brink of foreclosure. A young gentleman falling for the part-black daughter of the estate’s owner. An evil swindler plotting to buy her for himself. Meanwhile, the slaves are trying…
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Social-practice art challenges the status quo The Winnipeg Free Press 2016-05-30 Alison Gillmor, Writer – Arts and Life From KC Adams’ Perception series, 2014-15. Adams’ portraits blend personal, political Even if you don’t regularly visit art galleries, you probably saw some of KC Adams’ work in the weeks following the notorious Maclean’s magazine article that…
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Dancer, painter, soldier … Tottenham brothers on their way to the top The Guardian 2016-05-28 Jessica Elgot From left to right, Solomon, Kidane and Amartey … ‘We are fiercely proud – we didn’t feel like these institutions were worlds away.’ Photograph: Linda Nylind for the Guardian Maryam Golding’s three oldest sons – an artist, a…
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Amrita Hepi’s New Dance Collab Explores Authenticity, Race & The Politics Of Passing Oyster Paddington, New South Wales, Australia 2016-05-10 Jerico Mandybur Local hero Amrita Hepi is showcasing her new dance piece ‘Passing’ — with costumes by Honey Long and sound by Laverne of Black Vanilla — alongside Jahra Rager at Next Wave Festival this…
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See Logic Talk Biracial Identity, Anime Influence Rolling Stone 2016-04-20 Brittany Spanos, Staff Writer Rapper discusses prejudice, upcoming albums and ‘The Incredible True Story’ ahead of co-headlining tour with G-Eazy “When it comes to being black and white, and the things that I’ve experienced, it was just a personal journey to look in the mirror…
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LA poets document the city in ‘Coiled Serpent’ anthology Los Angeles Daily News 2016-03-25 Richard Guzman, Arts and Entertainment Reporter Long Beach Press Telegram As students take part in a guitar workshop inside his Tia Chucha’s Centro Cultural & Bookstore in Sylmar, Los Angeles Poet Laureate Luis Rodriguez grabs a copy of the latest book…
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Race, revolution and interracial relations: Revisiting rapper Emicida’s video ‘Boa Esperança’, the most courageous video of 2015 Black Women of Brazil 2016-04-25 Note from BW of Brazil: Get ready! Today’s piece is one of those long articles in which you must read every word in order to get the full significance. The rapper known as…
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Knowledge Session: Who Was Lena Horne? I Am Hip-Hop 2015-07-07 Rishma Dhaliwal Lena Horne (June 30, 1917 – May 9, 2010) was born in Brooklyn, New York, on June 30, 1917. Her father, Edwin “Teddy” Horne, who worked in the gambling trade, left the family when Lena was three. Her mother, Edna, was an actress…