Mixed Race Studies

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  • Britain is now a better place to grow up mixed race. But don’t celebrate yet

    Britain is now a better place to grow up mixed race. But don’t celebrate yet The Guardian 2012-12-15 Lanre Bakare, The Guide’s Previews Editor Prejudices have receded significantly in the past 20 years, but a report out this week shows racist attitudes remain Growing up as a mixed race child, with a mother from Leeds…

  • Mixed race children and young people are individual nation states. They defy classification

    Mixed race children and young people are individual nation states. They defy classification The Independent 2012-12-012 Shyama Perea This week we learned that the number of mixed race people in the UK has doubled to 1.2 million. I’m adding my children to the arsenal of weapons for change n the late 1940s, the Eurasian poet…

  • Who are we? Census 2011 reports on ethnicity in the UK

    Who are we? Census 2011 reports on ethnicity in the UK Runnymede Trust: Intelligence for a multi-ethnic Britain 2012-12-11 Dr. Omar Khan, Head of Policy Research Every ten years the Census provides us with multiple insights into the state of modern Britain. In today’s release of the 2011 Census, we find that the Black and…

  • “Mongrel nation”: How is the face of Britain seen now?

    “Mongrel nation”: How is the face of Britain seen now? British Future 2012-12-10 Shamit Saggar, Professor of Political Science University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom Twenty years ago Time magazine put a composite photograph on its front cover. It was generated by an IBM 486 computer and fused together the phenotypical features of the world’s…

  • The melting pot generation: How Britain became more relaxed on race

    The melting pot generation: How Britain became more relaxed on race British Future 2012-12-12 26 pages Rob Ford, Lecturer in Politics University of Manchester Rachael Jolley, Editorial Director and Director of Communications British Future Sunder Katwala, Director British Future Binita Mehta, Intern British Future As the 2011 census results show an ever larger number of…

  • 2011 Census: Key Statistics for England and Wales, March 2011 (Ethnic Group)

    2011 Census: Key Statistics for England and Wales, March 2011 (Ethnic Group) Office for National Statistics (ONS) Census 2011 Ethnic Group: Part of 2011 Census, Key Statistics for Local Authorities in England and Wales Release Release Date: 2012-12-11 Figure 3: Ethnic groups by English regions and Wales, 2011 Ethnicity across the English regions and Wales Figure…

  • Hapa: One Step at a Time

    Hapa: One Step at a Time Center for Asian American Media 2001 26 minutes DVD Midori Sperandeo, Producer KVIE-TV According to 2000 Census statistics, nearly 7 million Americans identify themselves as multi-racial, or ‘hapa.’ This engaging first-person documentary is about marathon runner and TV producer Midori Sperandeo’s struggles to come to terms with her hapa…

  • Mixed-race Brits rising fast as prejudice wanes

    Mixed-race Brits rising fast as prejudice wanes The Sunday Times 2012-12-09 Dipesh Gadher, Deputy News Editor MIXED-RACE Britons, epitomised by Jessica Ennis, the Olympic heptathlon champion, are among the nation’s fastest-growing ethnic-minority groups, according to official figures. New data from the 2011 census to be published on Tuesday is expected to show that at least…

  • Demographic Shifts Redefine What It Means to Be Korean

    Demographic Shifts Redefine What It Means to Be Korean The New York Times 2012-11-29 Choe Sang-Hun SEOUL, South Korea — Jasmine Lee realizes just how Korean she’s become when she breaks out in the language, forgetting that her Filipino mother on the other end of the phone can’t understand her. But she is reminded of…

  • Race, Skin Color, and Economic Outcomes in Early Twentieth-Century America

    Race, Skin Color, and Economic Outcomes in Early Twentieth-Century America Stanford University Job Market Paper 2012-11-28 53 pages Roy Mill Department of Economics Stanford University Luke C.D. Stein Department of Economics Stanford University We study the effect of race on economic outcomes using unique data from the first half of the twentieth century, a period…