Mixed Race Studies

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  • The Modern Mulatto: A Comparative Analysis of the Social and Legal Positions of Mulattoes in the Antebellum South and the Intersex in Contemporary America

    The Modern Mulatto: A Comparative Analysis of the Social and Legal Positions of Mulattoes in the Antebellum South and the Intersex in Contemporary America Columbia Journal of Gender and Law Volume 15, Number 3 (September 2006) Marie-Amélie George, Associate Lawyer Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP Recognizing new social forces working against the “correction”…

  • As the mixed-race population grows, the stigma of the past fades

    As the mixed-race population grows, the stigma of the past fades jcOnline.com (Journal and Courier) Lafayette – West Lafayette, Indiana 2011-05-01 Taya Flores Gerald and Susan Thomas experienced a hurtful racial climate in Greater Lafayette when they dated during the 1970s. A drive-by verbal assault in Lafayette early in their marriage is one Gerald still…

  • Shady’s Back

    Shady’s Back New Matilda Surry Hills NSW, Australia 2011-05-02 Jennifer Mills As Obama is called to prove his place of birth, Indigenous Australians are being asked to account for their origins too. Not black enough, not white enough: Jennifer Mills on public anxiety about biracial identity The release of Obama’s birth certificate by the White…

  • Birtherism’s real anxiety

    Birtherism’s real anxiety The Carletonian Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota 2011 Spring Issue 4 (2011-04-29) David Heifetz Can we put this issue to rest now? On Wednesday morning, President Obama surprised a lot of people by suddenly releasing his long-form birth certificate, which, of course, showed that he was born in Hawaii. In explaining why he…

  • How race becomes biology: Embodiment of social inequality

    How race becomes biology: Embodiment of social inequality American Journal of Physical Anthropology Special Issue: Race Reconciled: How Biological Anthropologists View Human Variation Volume 139, Issue 1 (May 2009) pages 47–57 DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20983 Clarence C. Gravlee, Associate Professor of Anthropology University of Florida, Gainesville The current debate over racial inequalities in health is arguably the…

  • Truthdig Radio with Marcia Dawkins

    Truthdig Radio with Marcia Dawkins Truthdig Radio KPFK 90.7 FM (Los Angeles); 98.7 FM (Santa Barbara); 99.5 FM (China Lake); 93.7 North San Diego Wednesday, 2011-04-20, 21:00Z (14:00 PDT, 17:00 EDT) Kasia Anderson, Host and Associate Editor Marcia Alesan Dawkins, Visiting Scholar Brown University Dr. Dawkins discusses mixed race identities, press (including the 2011-04-18 CNN…

  • When Social Inequality Maps to Demographic Diversity, What Then for Liberal Democracies?

    When Social Inequality Maps to Demographic Diversity, What Then for Liberal Democracies? Social Research: An International Quarterly Volume 77, Number 1 (Spring 2010) pages 1-20 ISBN: 978-1-933481-20-3 Kenneth Prewitt, Carnegie Professor of Public Affairs Columbia University in the City of New York If social inequality results from discriminatory behaviors or policies based on membership in a race…

  • Then I Was Black: South African Political Identities in Transition

    Then I Was Black: South African Political Identities in Transition Yale University Press 2000-06-19 304 pages 6 1/2 x 9 1/4 Cloth ISBN: 9780300080131 Courtney Jung, Associate Professor of Political Science The New School Do race and ethnicity present a danger to the consolidation of effective democratic government? Can liberal constitutionalism provide a stable basis…

  • Black People in Britain: Response and Reaction, 1945-62

    Black People in Britain: Response and Reaction, 1945-62 History Today Volume 36, Issue 1 (January 1986) Paul B. Rich Paul Rich argues that while the official response to post-war immigration was slow to develop, the tensions and white backlash of the late fifties marked its emergence as a national political issue. The Settlers from the…

  • Philanthropic racism in Britain: The Liverpool university settlement, the anti-slavery society and the issue of ‘half-caste’ children, 1919-51

    Philanthropic racism in Britain: The Liverpool university settlement, the anti-slavery society and the issue of ‘half-caste’ children, 1919-51 Immigrants & Minorities Volume 3, Issue 1 (1984) Pages 69-88 DOI: 10.1080/02619288.1984.9974570 Paul B. Rich The history of racial ideology in Britain has focused mainly on extreme groups of the political right. Less attention has been paid…