Mixed Race Studies

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  • Call for Papers: Power, Intimacy and the State: Mixed Families in Europe and Beyond

    Historically, mixed couples and people of mixed descent have been seen as a problem, in popular culture as well as in academic literature. ‘Ethnically’ and ‘racially’ mixed relationships were described as dominated by power imbalances and as devoid of love. This perspective was brought to bear upon relationships and marriages in colonial times and in…

  • “Obama, Post-Racialism and the New American Dilemma,” a lecture by Dr. Zebulon Vance Miletsky

    “Obama, Post-Racialism and the New American Dilemma,” a lecture by Dr. Zebulon Vance Miletsky Frank Melville, Jr. Memorial Library 2nd Floor, E-2340 (Special Collections Seminar Room) Stony Brook University Stony Brook, New York 11794 2017-02-13, 14:00-15:00 EST (Local Time) Zebulon Vance Miletsky, Assistant Professor of Africana Studies Stony Brook University The election of Barack Obama…

  • Why A New Mixed Race Generation Will Not Solve Racism

    Why A New Mixed Race Generation Will Not Solve Racism BuzzFeed 2017-02-10 Lauren Michele Jackson, BuzzFeed Contributor Chicago, Illinois A promotional still from A United Kingdom. Fox Searchlight Pictures Love may trump hate, but it can’t cure white supremacy. On January 23, Chrissy Teigen — model, “domestic goddess,” and number one John Legend troll — decided…

  • The Checkered Past of Brazil’s New Race Court (JWJI Race & Difference Colloquium Series)

    The Checkered Past of Brazil’s New Race Court (JWJI Race & Difference Colloquium Series) Jones Room, Woodruff Library The James Weldon Johnson Institute for the Study of Race and Difference Emory University Atlanta, Georgia 30322 Monday, 2017-02-06, 12:00-13:30 EST (Local Time) Ruth Hill, Andrew W. Mellon Chair in the Humanities, Professor of Spanish Vanderbilt University, Nashville,…

  • On the Precipice of a “Majority-Minority” America: Perceived Status Threat From the Racial Demographic Shift Affects White Americans’ Political Ideology

    On the Precipice of a “Majority-Minority” America: Perceived Status Threat From the Racial Demographic Shift Affects White Americans’ Political Ideology Psychological Science Volume 25, Issue 6 (2014-06-01) pages 1189-1197 DOI: 10.1177/0956797614527113 Maureen A. Craig, Assistant Professor of Psychology New York University Jennifer A. Richeson, Philip R. Allen Professor of Psychology Yale University The U.S. Census…

  • Why white liberals need to figure out how to talk about race

    Why white liberals need to figure out how to talk about race KUOW.org: 94.9 FM, Seattle News & Information 2017-01-06 By Katherine Banwell & Jamala Henderson Professor Ralina Joseph at the University of Washington says to just start talking about race. University of Washington Why is race so hard to discuss? Ralina Joseph, founding director…

  • Exploring Classification of Black-White Biracial Students in Oregon Schools

    Exploring Classification of Black-White Biracial Students in Oregon Schools University of Oregon December 2012 145 pages Deana M. James Presented to the Department of Educational Methodology, Policy, and Leadership  and the Graduate School of the University of Oregon in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Multiracial children constitute one…

  • Obama Tapped His Inner Krazy Kat When He Taught Us to Embrace Mutts

    Obama Tapped His Inner Krazy Kat When He Taught Us to Embrace Mutts The Daily Beast 2017-01-18 Michael Tisserand Michael Tisserand is the author of Krazy: George Herriman, a Life in Black and White. A self-described ‘mutt,’ Obama encouraged us to think about race in ways that erased the color line. But George Herriman, another…

  • ‘Our children can become president, too’: Obama’s presidency was a dream realized

    ‘Our children can become president, too’: Obama’s presidency was a dream realized The Grio 2017-01-19 Kevin Cokley, Professor of Educational Psychology; Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies University of Texas, Austin Large crowds watch the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th president of the United States on a large screen in the neighborhood of…

  • Barack Obama’s original sin: America’s post-racial illusion

    Barack Obama’s original sin: America’s post-racial illusion The Guardian 2017-01-13 Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Assistant Professor of African American Studies Princeton University Illustration by Joe Magee Barack Obama’s refusal to use his position as president to intervene on behalf of African Americans is a stain on his record many activists will never forget In the first hours…