Mixed Race Studies

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  • Who is Latino?

    Who is Latino? The Washington Post 2013-06-21 Carlos Lozada, Editor of Outlook, The Washington Post’s Sunday section for opinion, analysis ‘Shut up, you stupid Mexican!” The words spewed from the mouth of a pale, freckle-faced boy, taunting me on our elementary school playground. I wish I could recall what I said to inspire the insult.…

  • Whither White America?

    Whither White America? The American Prospect 2013-06-13 Jamelle Bouie More thoughts on the future of white people. “Majority-minority” is an unusual term—by definition, minorities are no longer such if they’re in the majority—but it’s a convenient shorthand for what most people expect to happen in the United States over the next few decades. A growing…

  • Are Mixed Race Couples and Families Still Fighting for Acceptance in Alberta?

    Are Mixed Race Couples and Families Still Fighting for Acceptance in Alberta? Alberta Primetime Edmonton, Alberta 2013-06-12 Jennifer Martin, Host Monica Das, Registered Psychologist Yvonne Breckenridge University of Alberta Alberta Primetime is a daily current affairs show airing weeknights from 7pm MST to 8pm MST. Airing across Alberta on CTV Two Alberta, Alberta Primetime drills…

  • More Americans consider themselves multiracial

    More Americans consider themselves multiracial The Los Angeles Times 2013-06-12 Emily Alpert The number of mixed or multiracial people in the United States jumped 6.6% between 2010 and 2012, according to the Census Bureau. Their ranks will only continue to grow, experts say. The number of Americans who consider themselves multiracial has grown faster than…

  • Pacific Islanders: a Misclassified People

    Pacific Islanders: a Misclassified People The Chronicle of Higher Education 2013-06-03 Kawika Riley, Chief Executive and Founder Pacific Islander Access Project also adjunct lecturer at George Washington University Imagine that you’re a parent, teacher, or counselor who helped a promising student apply for financial aid. She’s an underrepresented minority, so you encouraged her to apply…

  • OMB’s Preliminary Recommendation & an IV Commentary

    OMB’s Preliminary Recommendation & an IV Commentary Interracial Voice [1995-2003] July 1997 Charles Michael Byrd The Office of Management and Budget announced last Wednesday (07-09-97) that Americans could choose more than one racial category on Census and other federal forms but would have no new “multiracial” box to check under new rules the agency proposed.…

  • Why the multiracial community must march on July 20!

    Why the multiracial community must march on July 20! Interracial Voice [1995-2003] July 1996 Charles Michael Byrd Any group needs and deserves to know why someone makes a particular decision, especially when that person asks them to act upon that decision, to contribute and participate. So, too, you need to understand the reasons behind the…

  • Backlash greets Cheerios ad with interracial family

    Backlash greets Cheerios ad with interracial family The Washington Post 2013-05-31 Mary C. Curtis Here we go again, with more proof, if anyone needed it, that the post-racial American society some hoped the election of an African American president signified is far from here. Who would have thought that breakfast cereal would trigger the latest…

  • A “Mulatto Escape Hatch” in the United States? Examining Evidence of Racial and Social Mobility During the Jim Crow Era

    A “Mulatto Escape Hatch” in the United States? Examining Evidence of Racial and Social Mobility During the Jim Crow Era Demography Published Online: 2013-04-20 DOI: 10.1007/s13524-013-0210-8 Aliya Saperstein, Assistant Professor of Sociology Stanford University Aaron Gullickson, Associate Professor of Sociology University of Oregon Racial distinctions in the United States have long been characterized as uniquely rigid…

  • US Census: Rationalizing Race in US History

    US Census: Rationalizing Race in US History Crossing Borders, Bridging Generations Brooklyn Historical Society, Othmer Library Brooklyn, New York 2013-04-18, 19:00-21:00 EDT (Local Time) View the full video of the event here. What boxes do you mark on the U.S. Census to describe your heritage? Prior to the year 2000, multiracial people could only check…