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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Category: Native Americans/First Nation
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Examining the legacy of racial mixing in Indian Territory through the land and lives of two families, one of Cherokee Freedman descent and one of Muscogee Creek heritage, Darnella Davis’s memoir writes a new chapter in the history of racial mixing on the frontier.
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OKLAHOMA CITY — A bill ending a blood quantum requirement awaits President Donald Trump’s signature after it unanimously passed the U.S. House and Senate.
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It doesn’t matter how dark or fair someone’s skin is or if they grew up in a family that struggled or one of privilege. There is no such thing as being Indigenous enough.
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Shirley Segree Cuffee (July 16, 1932 – November 10, 2018) Beyond The Dash 2018-12-28 Shirley G. Segree Cuffee was born on Saturday, July 16, 1932 in the woodlands of Varina, in Henrico county, Virginia. She was born in her grandmother’s house on her 140 acre farm, to Native American (Powhatan/ Arrohateck, Cherokee) and African-American parents.…
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DNA, Race, and Native Rights
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Spanning four generations of a mixed-race family, Mostly White is a powerful tale of inter-generational trauma and the healing brought by wildness, music, and the resilience of women.
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Peace-weaving marriages between Salish families and pioneer men played a crucial role in mid-1800s regional settlement. Author Candace Wellman illuminates this hidden history and shatters stereotypes surrounding these relationships.
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Their ancestors were black slaves owned by Native Americans. Now they’re suing the Creek nation to fully restore their citizenship
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Race and Cultural Practice in Popular Culture Rutgers University Press 2018-10-17 296 pages 6 x 9 Paperback ISBN: 978-1-9788-0130-1 Cloth ISBN: 978-1-9788-0131-8 PDF ISBN: 978-1-9788-0134-9 EPUB ISBN: 978-1-9788-0132-5 MobiPocket ISBN: 978-1-9788-0133-2 Edited by: Domino Perez, Associate Professor of English University of Texas, Austin Rachel González-Martin, Assistant Professor of Mexican American and Latina/o Studies University of…
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Our genetic code cannot be treated as a matter of simple fractions.