Mixed Race Studies

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  • Cause of Death Affects Racial Classification on Death Certificates

    Cause of Death Affects Racial Classification on Death Certificates PLoS ONE: A peer-reviewed, open access journal Volume 6, Number 1 (2011-01-26) e15812 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015812 Andrew Noymer, Associate Professor of Sociology; Associate Professor of Population Health and Disease Prevention Public Health University of California, Irvine Andrew M. Penner, Associate Professor of Sociology University of California, Irvine Aliya…

  • Study: Stereotypes Drive Perceptions Of Race

    Study: Stereotypes Drive Perceptions Of Race Morning Edition National Public Radio 2014-02-11 Steve Inskeeep, Host Shankar Vedantam, Science correspondent Aliya Saperstein, Assistant Professor of Sociology Stanford University Governments, schools and companies all keep track of your race. The stats they collect are used to track the proportion of blacks and whites who graduate from school,…

  • Migrating race: migration and racial identification among Puerto Ricans

    Migrating race: migration and racial identification among Puerto Ricans Ethnic and Racial Studies Volume 37, Number 3 (2014-02-23) pages 383-404 DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2012.672759 Carlos Vargas-Ramos, Research Associate Center for Puerto Rican Studies Hunter College, City University of New York The pattern of racial identification among Puerto Ricans is not uniform. It varies depending on where they…

  • Into the melting pot

    Into the melting pot The Economist 2014-02-08 The rapid rise of mixed-race Britain is changing neighbourhoods—and perplexing the authorities ZADIE SMITH, a novelist born to a black Jamaican mother and a white British father, recently recalled that when she was growing up in Willesden Green, a London district with a large immigrant population, “nothing could…

  • Where Is My Family on TV?

    Where Is My Family on TV? The New York Times 2014-02-08 Jenna Wortham, Technology Reporter One of my earliest memories is of sitting in an idling car with my mom and sister outside a convenience store in Virginia. Dad’s inside, buying cigarettes and scratch-off lottery tickets. Suddenly, a wild-eyed man appears at the driver-side window,…

  • The racial identity of the offspring of Latino intermarriage: A case of racial identity and census categories

    The racial identity of the offspring of Latino intermarriage: A case of racial identity and census categories Fordham University, Bronx, New York May 2013 241 pages Michael Hajime Miyawaki Since 1970, rates of Latino intermarriage and the number of “part-Latinos” have been on the rise in the United States. Among newlyweds, Latino/non-Latino couples account for…

  • The New York Times and NPR Are Still Clueless About Latinos

    The New York Times and NPR Are Still Clueless About Latinos Alisa Valdes: Official Website for Writer and Producer Alisa Valdes 2014-01-03 Alisa Valdes More than a decade ago, when I worked as a staff writer for two of the nation’s top newspapers (The Boston Globe and the LA Times), I was often disappointed to…

  • NYC Mayor-Elect’s Family Reflects Rise of Intermarriage

    NYC Mayor-Elect’s Family Reflects Rise of Intermarriage Voice of America 2013-12-17 Carolyn Weaver In 1959, only four percent of Americans approved of interracial marriage. Today, 87 percent do, according to a Gallup poll. President Barack Obama was born to such a marriage, and census figures show that the fastest growing demographic under 18 is children…

  • New York Times and The American Riddle

    New York Times and The American Riddle Only-NeverInSweden 2013-09-03 Larry Lundgren Linköping, Sweden The [New York] Times accepted two comments on OpEd article by Charles Blow: “The Most Dangerous Negro.” Here are the two books that I presently cite in comments on this and related articles Prewitt, Kenneth, 2013, What is Your Race-The Census and…

  • Arabs, Hispanics seeking better US Census recognition

    Arabs, Hispanics seeking better US Census recognition Aljazeera America 2013-12-17 Haya El Nasser, Los Angeles Digital Reporter  Many community organizations hope for a new Middle East and North Africa category in the next Census. When Hassan Jaber, a Lebanese-American, fills out his Census questionnaire, the race question gives him pause. White? No. Black? No. Asian?…