Mixed Race Studies
Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.
recent posts
- The Routledge International Handbook of Interracial and Intercultural Relationships and Mental Health
- Loving Across Racial and Cultural Boundaries: Interracial and Intercultural Relationships and Mental Health Conference
- Call for Proposals: 2026 Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference at UCLA
- Participants Needed for a Paid Research Study: Up to $100
- 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: Census/Demographics
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Hafu: The Film Hafu: The Film 2013-01-30 Megumi Nishikura, Director, Producer and Cinematographer Lara Perez Takagi, Director, Producer and Cinematographer Marcia Yumi Lise, Thematic Advisor Jilann Spitzmiller, Executive Producer Aika Miyake, Editor Winton White, Music Dear Friends, A belated happy new years to you! We have been quietly busy these past few months but have…
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Bridging 1990 and 2000 census race data: Fractional assignment of multiracial populations Population Research and Policy Review Volume 20, Issue 6 (December 2001) pages 513-533 DOI: 10.1023/A:1015666321798 James P. Allen, Emeritus Professor of Geography California State University, Northridge Eugene Turner, Professor of Geography California State University, Northridge In contrast to previous censuses, Census 2000 permitted…
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Census Race Change For Hispanics Sparks Criticism The Huffington Post 2013-01-09 Tony Castro Some Latino civil rights groups are questioning the U.S. Census consideration of designating Hispanics a race of their own, fearing the loss of national original designations. The change, making “Hispanic” a racial instead of an ethnic category, would eliminate the check-off boxes…
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Census Bureau Names Eric Hamako to National Advisory Committee on Racial, Ethnic and Other Populations United States Census Bureau News Release CB12-R.33 2012-10-12 The U.S. Census Bureau announced today the establishment of the National Advisory Committee on Racial, Ethnic and Other Populations and has named Eric Hamako as a member of the committee. The…
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Why More Races Could Appear on the 2020 Census PolicyMic 2013-01-07 Justine Gonzalez The U.S. Census is re-evaluating how they measure race for the 2020 Census. Our country is rapidly diversifying, both culturally and racially, which makes the Census’ job that much more critical and complicated. As the 2010 Census has shown, Latinos, who often…
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Olsen: A multiracial, multiethnic future Salt Lake Tribune Salt Lake City, Utah 2012-12-28 Erica Olsen Recent political analysis has focused on the decline of the white vote, and a corresponding rise in the number of minority voters. According to exit polls in November, President Barack Obama won the votes of about 93 percent of African…
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Census Bureau Rethinks The Best Way To Measure Race National Public Radio 2012-12-27 Corey Dade, National Correspondent, Digital News Possible revisions to how the decennial census asks questions about race and ethnicity have raised concerns among some groups that any changes could reduce their population count and thus weaken their electoral clout. The Census Bureau…
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Marriages Across Racial, Ethnic Lines on the Rise, Study Says Education Week 2012-02-16 Lesli A. Maxwell, Education Reporter As the number of couples marrying across racial and ethnic lines continues to grow in the United States, public attitudes toward intermarriage are also becoming more accepting, according to a new report by the Pew Research Center.…