Category: Census/Demographics

  • The Shifting Politics of Multiracialism in the United States Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA) 2008 Annual Meeting Hynes Convention Center Boston, Massachusetts 2008-08-28 38 pages Awarded the American Political Science Association Public Policy Section 2008 prize for her paper, co-authored with Vesla Weaver, of the University of…

  • Mark One or More: Civil Rights in Multiracial America University of Michigan Press 2006 208 pages 6 x 9; 11 Tables & 8 Figures. Paper ISBN: 978-0-472-03280-8 Kim M. Williams, Associate Professor of Political Science; Academic Director of the Center for Women, Politics & Policy at the Hatfield School of Government Portland State University, Portland,…

  • The Politics of Multiracialism: Challenging Racial Thinking State University of New York Press June 2004 263 pages Hardcover ISBN-10: 0-7914-6153-X; ISBN-13: 978-0-7914-6153-2 Paperback ISBN-10: 0-7914-6154-8; ISBN13: 978-0-7914-6154-9 Editor: Heather M. Dalmage, Professor of Sociology and Director Mansfield Institute for Social Justice Roosevelt University A provocative analysis of current thought and discourse on multiracialism. This is…

  • This collection adds a new dimension to the growing body of literature on the topic and provides a comprehensive history of the origins and directions of ‘mixed race’ research as an intellectual movement. For students of anthropology, race and ethnicity, it is an invaluable resource for examining the complexities and paradoxes of ‘racial’ thinking across…

  • Spurious Issues: Race And Multiracial Identity Politics In The United States Westview Press 1999-08-12 240 pages Hardcover ISBN-10: 0813336775; ISBN-13: 978-0813336770 Rainier Spencer, Director and Professor of Afro-American Studies; Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies University of Nevada, Las Vegas Recent times have seen the rise of a movement lobbying for explicit recognition of multiracial identity as…

  • Beyond Racial Exceptionalism: Explaining the Convergence of Mixed-Race Census Categorizations in Canada, the U.S. and Great Britain Canadian Political Science Association 81th Annual Conference 2009-05-27 through 2009-05-29 Debra Thompson, Assistant Professor of Political Science Ohio University By examining racial classifications in national censuses this paper will explore moments of policy convergence that defy domestic explanations…

  • The one drop rule & the one hate rule Dædalus, Winter 2005 David A. Hollinger, Preston Hotchkis Professor of American History University of California at Berkeley Two portentous practices within the public discussion of ‘race’ in the United States since the late 1960s are rarely analyzed together. One is the method by which we decide…

  • Mixed Race in Britain: A Survey of the Preferences of Mixed Race People for Terminology and Classifications (Interim Report) Centre for Health Services Studies (CHSS) University of Kent at Canterbury July 2006 Peter Aspinall, Senior Research Fellow Centre for Health Services Studies (CHSS) University of Kent Miri Song, Professor of Sociology University of Kent Ferhana…

  • Policing the Borderlands: White- and Black-American Newspaper Perceptions of Multiracial Heritage and the Idea of Race, 1996–2006 Journal of Social Issues Volume 65, Number 1 (March 2009) pages 105-127 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-4560.2008.01590.x Michael C. Thornton University of Wisconsin-Madison By employing a new policy of “check all that apply,” the Census Bureau accommodated a mushrooming multiracial lobby…

  • Dr. Maria P. P. Root Guest on Mixed Chicks Chat Mixed Chicks Chat (The only live weekly show about being racially and culturally mixed. Also, founders of the Mixed Roots Film & Literary Festival) Hosted by Fanshen Cox, Heidi W. Durrow Website: TalkShoe™ (Keywords: Mixed Chicks) Episode: #113 – Maria P. P. Root, Ph.D. Wednesday,…