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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José Maurício Nunes Garcia Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Last modified: 2015-12-08 José Maurício Nunes Garcia (September 20, 1767 – April 18, 1830) was a Brazilian classical composer, one of the greatest exponents of Classicism in the Americas. Born in Rio de Janeiro, son of mulattos, Nunes Garcia lost his father at an early age, and…
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Bombay To Brooklyn: New York’s Indian Jews Strive To Preserve Heritage News India Times New York, New York 2015-12-14 Ela Dutt, Managing Editor Siona Benjamin. Photo by Sami studio Siona Benjamin, a greater New York City artist, hangs her “very typical” Indian Jewish Mezuzah, a prayer scroll in an engraved casing, on her door to…
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The Rise and Rise of Misty Copeland The Year in Style 2015 The New York Times 2015-12-18 Ruth La Ferla This year, Misty Copeland’s fame rose from her performances in ballet, on Broadway and in commercials. Credit Bon Duke for The New York Times, taken at Steps on Broadway in New York City. Captivating a…
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Play means to help people of mixed race find sense of belonging MPR News Minnesota Public Radio 2015-12-15 Marianne Combs, Arts and Culture Reporter “Purple Cloud,” written by Jessica Huang and directed by Randy Reyes, looks at three generations of hapa, or mixed race, Chinese immigrants as they search to find a place where they…
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Crossing the Line: Multiracial Comedians University of Michigan Shapiro Undergraduate Library 919 South University Avenue Screening Room 2160 Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1185 2016-01-21, 16:00-17:00 CST (Local Time) Karen E Downing, Host Contact This full-length documentary (2007, 59 mins.) analyzes how mixed-race comedians mediate multiracial identities and humor. Crossing lines of racial, ethnic, and cultural acceptability…
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Sock and Buskin’s new production combines history and mysticism The Brown Daily Herald Providence, Rhode Island 2015-11-16 Jennifer Shook, Staff Writer ‘The Road Weeps, The Well Runs Dry’ examines journey of Black Seminoles to Oklahoma In Sock and Buskin’s newest production “The Road Weeps, The Well Runs Dry,” legend and history come together to present…
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Third film festival La Voz News: The voice of De Anza College since 1967 Cupertino, California 2015-10-22 Bojana Cvijic, Staff Writer De Anza students saw the Lacey Schwartz’s film “Little White Lie” and had a discussion about race and identity issues during the Third Film Festival on Oct. 15 at Euphrat Museum. Members of the…
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Maya Rudolph: ‘I’m not a woman in comedy. I’m a comedian’ The Guardian 2015-12-05 Tom Lamont She’s been a Saturday Night Live regular for years, with her hilarious celebrity send-ups, and she hit the global bigtime as the bride in Bridesmaids. So why is Maya Rudolph now playing nasty? Inside a hot studio, on a…
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National Affairs: Who Would Be King Time 1923-10-08 Word came to the U. S. that William Henry Ellis, who preferred to style himself Guillermo Enrique Eliseo, died in Mexico City. Mr. Ellis was one of the most remarkable men who ever acted as agent for the State Department. He was known chiefly for the famous…