Mixed Race Studies
Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.
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- 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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Overseas adoptions rise — for black American children Cable News Network (CNN) 2013-09-17 Sophie Brown Editor’s note: In this series, CNN investigates international adoption, hearing from families, children and key experts on its decline, and whether the trend could — or should — be reversed. (CNN) — Elisa van Meurs grew up with a Polish…
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Creative Media lecturer publishes new book Dundalk Institute of Technology Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland 2013-09-02 Sarah Mc Cann Zélie Asava, a lecturer on the BA & BA (Hons) in Video & Film Production has recently had her book—The Black Irish Onscreen: Representing Black and Mixed-Race Identities on Irish Film and Television—published by the Peter Lang…
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Race and Narrative in Italian Women’s Writing Since Unification Fairleigh Dickinson University Press July 2013 127 pages ISBN: 9781611475999 Melissa Coburn, Assistant Professor of Italian and Italian Program Director Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Race and Narrative in Italian Women’s Writing Since Unification explores racist ideas and critiques of racism in four long narratives…
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Wilder than her pet cheetah, the sex-mad Black Venus who outwitted the Nazis: Remarkable story of Josephine Baker as Rihanna is set to play legendary seductress in biopic The Daily Mail 2013-08-22 Annabel Venning Under scorching stage-lights, Josephine Baker stepped out in front of the audience entirely naked, but for a few strategically-placed flamingo-feathers. Her…
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This book examines the position of black and mixed-race characters in Irish film culture. By exploring key film and television productions from the 1990s to the present day, the author uncovers and interrogates concepts of Irish identity, history and nation.
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UMASS Recognizes Growing Interdisciplinary Study of Black Germans in Academia Diverse: Issues in Higher Education 2013-08-12 Jamal Watson AMHERST, Mass.—In an effort to recognize a relatively young academic discipline that many in the academy have never heard of before, nearly a hundred students and scholars gathered at Amherst College over the weekend to discuss their…
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Brown Babies: The Mischlingskinder Story Regina Griffin Films, Inc. 2011 102 minutes color United States Regina Griffin, Director Brown Babies: The Mischlingskinder Story reveals the tragic lives of biracial, bicultural children, unwanted, ignored and forgotten by enemy nations. Imagine being born in a place and time where racism and hatred run rampant, and your mother…
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Blackness in Germany: Locating “Race” in Johannes Schaaf’s 1986 Film Adaptation of Michael Ende’s Fantasy Novel Momo Focus on German Studies Volume 19 (2012) pages 133-148 Benjamin Nickl Georgetown University Michael Ende’s 1973 fantasy novel, Momo first became popular in West Germany. Decades later, the book remained successful in the unified Republic. Intended as a…