Mixed Race Studies

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  • Douglas Todd: Mixed unions applauded by some, but dismissed by others as brownwashing

    Douglas Todd: Mixed unions applauded by some, but dismissed by others as brownwashing The Vancouver Sun Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 2015-07-24 Douglass Todd, Vancouver Sun columnist Ethnically mixed couples — involving whites, blacks, Japanese, Hispanics, Chinese, South Asians or others — were heralded not long ago as the wave of a tolerant, open, non-racist future.…

  • Crossing Borders, Crossing Boundaries: How Asian Immigrant Backgrounds Shape Gender Attitudes About Interethnic Partnering

    Crossing Borders, Crossing Boundaries: How Asian Immigrant Backgrounds Shape Gender Attitudes About Interethnic Partnering Journal of Family Issues Volume 36, Number 10 (August 2015) pages 1324-1350 DOI: 10.1177/0192513X13504920 Charlie V. Morgan, Assistant Professor of Sociology University of Ohio How do gender attitudes affect second-generation Asian Americans’ decisions to enter into interethnic heterosexual partnerings? A grounded…

  • The Global African – Mexican Afro-descendants

    The Global African – Mexican Afro-descendants The Global African 2014-12-03 Bill Fletcher, Host Randal Archibold, Bureau Chief for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean The New York Times (Author of the article “Negro? Prieto? Moreno? A Question of Identity for Black Mexicans”) William Loren Katz Author of: Black Indians: A Hidden Heritage Each week on…

  • A Bias More Than Skin Deep

    A Bias More Than Skin Deep The New York Times 2015-07-13 Charles M. Blow I will never forget the October 2013 feature on National Geographic’s website: There was a pair of portraits of olive-skinned, ruby-lipped boys, one with a mane of curly black hair, the other with the tendrils of blond curls falling into his…

  • ‘Mestizo’ and ‘mulatto’: Mixed-race identities among U.S. Hispanics

    ‘Mestizo’ and ‘mulatto’: Mixed-race identities among U.S. Hispanics Pew Research Center 2015-07-10 Ana Gonzalez-Barrera, Research Associate For many Americans, the term “mixed race” brings to mind a biracial experience of having one parent black and another white, or perhaps one white and the other Asian. But for many U.S. Latinos, mixed-race identity takes on a…

  • It’s official: Latinos now outnumber whites in California

    It’s official: Latinos now outnumber whites in California The Los Angeles Times 2015-07-08 Javier Panzar Source: The Los Angeles Times The demographers agreed: At some point in 2014, Latinos would pass whites as the largest ethnic group in California. Determining when exactly that milestone would occur was more of a tricky question. Counting people isn’t…

  • Reclaiming Jewish Identity: An Aboriginal People of the Middle East

    Reclaiming Jewish Identity: An Aboriginal People of the Middle East The Huffington Post 2015-06-07 Binyamin Arazi Starting this September, after decades of lobbying efforts by Arab-American organizations, the United States Census Bureau will begin testing a new category for Americans of Middle Eastern and North African origin. In conjunction with this new listing, no less…

  • Race in Rhode Island: Is race just an invention?

    Race in Rhode Island: Is race just an invention? The Providence Journal Providence, Rhode Island 2015-06-27 Paul Edward Parker Classifications were created to divide people, say educator, historian. When you ask “What is race?” don’t expect a simple answer. And, when you consider Latinos — Are they a race or an ethnicity? — plus America’s…

  • Hawaii is home to the nation’s largest share of multiracial Americans

    Hawaii is home to the nation’s largest share of multiracial Americans Pew Research Center 2015-06-17 Jens Manuel Krogstad, Writer/Editor, Hispanic Trends Project The number of multiracial Americans is growing nationwide, but in Hawaii, it’s nothing new. The Rainbow State – with its history of attracting immigrants from Asia and other parts of the world to…

  • The ambiguity of racial categories

    The ambiguity of racial categories The Washington Post 2015-06-16 Andrew Gelman, Professor of Statistics and Political Science Columbia University, New York, New York Racial classification has been in the news lately with the story of Rachel Dolezal, the NAACP official who is ethnically white but characterized herself as black until the story came out: The…