Mixed Race Studies

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  • Glenn Robinson—Dedicated to Erasing Hate & Mixing Cultures

    Glenn Robinson—Dedicated to Erasing Hate & Mixing Cultures Mixed Race Radio Wednesday, 2012-10-24, 16:00Z (12:00 EDT, 09:00 PDT, 17:00 BST) Tiffany Rae Reid, Host Glenn Robinson, Creator/Owner Community Village Activist Glenn Robinson is an Irish, German, Dutch, English & Austrian American married to a Spanish & Indigenous Mexican American. They have two children and encourage…

  • Letter, W. A. Plecker to A. T. Shields. 9 May 1925. Typescript.

    Letter, W. A. Plecker to A. T. Shields. 9 May 1925. Typescript. Commonwealth of Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics Richmond, Virginia 1925-05-09 Source: Rockbridge County (Va.) Clerk’s Correspondence [Walter A. Plecker to A.T. Shields], 1912-1943. Local Government Records Collection, Rockbridge County Court Records. The Library of Virginia. 10-0477-003. In a letter to A.T. Shields, Walter…

  • The Choice

    The Choice The New Yorker 2012-10-22 The Editors The morning was cold and the sky was bright. Aretha Franklin wore a large and interesting hat. Yo-Yo Ma urged his frozen fingers to play the cello, and the Reverend Joseph E. Lowery, a civil-rights comrade of Martin Luther King, Jr.,’s, read a benediction that began with…

  • The New Virginia Law To Preserve Racial Integrity

    The New Virginia Law To Preserve Racial Integrity Virginia Health Bulletin Virginia Department of Health Volume XVI, Extra Number 2 (March 1924) pages 1-4 Source: Pamphlet: Rockbridge County Clerk’s Correspondence, 1912–1943. Local Government Records Collection. The Library of Virginia, (Racial Integrity Act Documents) 12-1245-005 W. A. Plecker, M. D. State Registrar of Vital Statistics, Richmond,…

  • For President, a Complex Calculus of Race and Politics

    When President Obama greets African-Americans who broke barriers, he almost invariably uses the same line.

  • Racializing Obama: The Enigma of Post-Black Politics and Leadership

    Racializing Obama: The Enigma of Post-Black Politics and Leadership Souls: A Critical Journal of Black Politics, Culture, and Society Volume 11, Issue 1, 2009 pages 1-15 DOI: 10.1080/10999940902733202 Manning Marable (1950-2011), Professor of Public Affairs, Political Science, History and African-American Studies Columbia University In the 1990s, a new race-neutral, “post-black” leadership of African Americans emerged…

  • Millionaire to Use Money Against Racial Inetermingling

    Millionaire to Use Money Against Racial Inetermingling The Natchez News and Courier Natchez, Mississippi 1949-11-13 James McLean NATCHEZ. Miss, Nov. 12. Bald, rugged George W. Armstrong is determined to make his money talk loud and long against “racial mongrelization”. That’s a term the 84-year-old millionaire uses often in voicing opposition to intermingling of Jews, Gentiles and…

  • The Politics of Samba

    The Politics of Samba Georgetown Journal of International Affairs Volume 2, Number 2 (Summer/Fall 2001) Bruce Gilman Samba, which was created in its present form in the 1910s, yet whose roots reach back much farther and tie Brazil to the African continent, has played an integral part in Brazil’s conceptualization as a nation. Originally despised…

  • Black Pride, Democratic Politics: Can They Be Separated in Blacks’ Support of Obama?

    Black Pride, Democratic Politics: Can They Be Separated in Blacks’ Support of Obama? The Associated Press 2012-10-13 Jesse Washington, National Writer, Race and Ethnicity Surviving slavery, segregation and discrimination has forged a special pride in African-Americans. Now some are saying this hard-earned pride has become prejudice in the form of blind loyalty to President Barack…

  • Let’s Not Be Boxed in by Color / Other Americans Help Break Down Racial Barriers

    Let’s Not Be Boxed in by Color / Other Americans Help Break Down Racial Barriers “Let’s Not Be Boxed in by Color” The Washington Post, Outlook 1997-06-08 pages C3 “Other Americans Help Break Down Racial Barriers” International Herald Tribune 1997-06-10 page 9 Amitai Etzioni, University Professor and Professor of International Affairs; Director, Institute for Communitarian…