Category: Campus Life

  • New Contenders Emerge in Quest to Identify Yale’s First African-American Graduate The New York Times 2014-03-16 Ariel Kaminer For Richard Henry Green, recently declared to have been Yale College’s first known African-American graduate, fame, or at least the certainty of his claim on history, was fleeting. Just last month, an Americana specialist at the Swann…

  • Mixed Madness Month 2014 University of Maryland Adele H. Stamp Student Union March 2014 ________ Looks Like Me Mixed Madness Month takes place every March. It is the annual heritage and advocacy month for those that consider themselves multicultural, multiracial, multiethnic, and/or a supporter of the mixing of cultures. This year’s theme is: The “__________…

  • Why isn’t College for Learning About Mixed-Race Identities? Racism Review: scholarship and activism toward racial justice 2014-03-08 Sharon Chang There are some incredible opportunities out there right now to get certificates, higher ed and even advanced degrees specializing in the experience of Americans of color. Want a degree in Asian American Studies? Sure. How about…

  • MiC Drop: Let’s talk about race The Michigan Daily The Campus Newspaper of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor 2014-01-20 Rima Fadlallah, Michigan in Color Editor Jerusaliem Gebreziabher, Michigan in Color Editor Kayla Upadhyaya, Michigan in Color Editor MiC check 1, 2. 1, 2. Can you hear us? Because we’re here. We are Michigan…

  • Meaning of mixed race Macalester College News Saint Paul, Minnesota 2013-02-07 Americans are increasingly thinking about their racial identities, says American studies professor Jane Rhodes, with the whole question of mixed race identities getting more attention. “Academia is just starting to catch up with that conversation,” she says, which is one reason why her department…

  • Black History Month celebrates both race and ethnicity The Red & Black University Georgia Student Newspaper Athens, Georgia 2014-07-02 Mariya Lewter, Sphomore Decatur, Georgia As a person of “mixed” race, I’ve always found it difficult to truly racially identify myself. Not because I don’t know who I am, but because others refused to accept my…

  • “Mixed” presents engaging and incisive first-person experiences of what it is like to be multiracial in what is supposedly a postracial world. Bringing together twelve essays by college students who identify themselves as multiracial, this book considers what this identity means in a reality that occasionally resembles the post-racial dream of some and at other…

  • Skin color remains big barrier The Korea Times 2014-01-27 Park Si-soo Min Kyung-joon (alias) is a “good boy” in many aspects. The freshman at a middle school in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province, has been acknowledged by his teachers for his outstanding academic achievement and affable personality. Min is also very actively engaged in sports, which explains…

  • “We Have Created Our Own Meaning for Hapa Identity”: The Mobilization of Self-Proclaimed Hapas within Institutions of Higher Education Amerasia Journal Volume 35, Number 2 (2009) pages 191-213 Patricia E. Literte, Associate Professor of Sociology California State University, Fullerton This article examines Hapa student organizations on two university campuses—one public and one private. Drawing on…

  • Racial identity development of mixed race college students Clemson University 2012 216 pages Helen Diamond Steele The purpose of this study was to identify the factors that influence mixed race college students’ choice of racial identity. This study also explored whether or not there are any differences among each of the racial identity groups’ perceptions…