Mixed Race Studies
Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.
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- The Routledge International Handbook of Interracial and Intercultural Relationships and Mental Health
- Loving Across Racial and Cultural Boundaries: Interracial and Intercultural Relationships and Mental Health Conference
- Call for Proposals: 2026 Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference at UCLA
- Participants Needed for a Paid Research Study: Up to $100
- 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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Identifying Interventions to Improve the Retention of Biracial Students: A Case Study Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory and Practice Volume 5, Number 4 (2003-2004) pages 349-363 Nicole Sands Johnson & Wales University, Colorado John H. Schuh, Distinguished Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Iowa State University Biracial students represent a growing number…
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College Students’ Multiracial Identity Perceptions and Experiences of Programs and Associations Oregon State University 2011-04-19 89 pages Lauren S. Plaza A Thesis submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science This thesis examined the identity transitions that occurred prior to enrollment at a predominantly, White,…
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Multiracial students and the evolution of affirmative action Harvard Law & Policy Review 2011-06-17 Jay Willis Reduced to its elements, affirmative action is a relatively straightforward concept. Colleges and universities consider an applicant’s racial and ethnic background to ensure that they enroll sufficient numbers of students from traditionally underrepresented groups. But schools are now grappling…
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The Madeleine Brand Show with Ulli K. Ryder The Madeleine Brand Show KPCC 89.3 FM, Southern California Public Radio Monday, 2011-06-20, 16:00-17:00Z (09:00-10:00 PDT, Local Time) Madeleine Brand, Host Ulli K. Ryder, Ph.D., Visiting Scholar Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America Brown University Ms. Brand and Ms. Ryder will be discussing…
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Mixed-Race Students Wonder How Many Boxes to Check The New York Times 2011-06-14 Susan Saulny Jacques Steinberg Multiracial students confess to spending sleepless nights worrying about how best to answer the race question on college applications. Some say they wonder whether their answers will be perceived as gamesmanship or a reflection of reality… Read the…
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On College Forms, a Question of Race, or Races, Can Perplex The New York Times 2011-06-13 Susan Saulny Jacques Steinberg HOUSTON — At the beginning of the college application season last fall, Natasha Scott, a high school senior of mixed racial heritage in Beltsville, Md., vented about a personal dilemma on College Confidential, the go-to…
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‘Of Many Colors: Portraits of Multiracial Families’ traveling exhibit bridges diverse backgrounds Daily Bruin University of California, Los Angeles 2011-05-22 Lenika Cruz Starting this evening, UCLA will act as a home for 20 families, each with a story to tell about being multiracial Americans. While these families will not be physically present, their photographs and…