Mixed Race Studies

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  • California’s Multiracial Population

    California’s Multiracial Population Public Policy Institute of California California Counts: Population Trends and Profiles Volume 6, Number 1 (August 2004) 20 pages Laura E. Hill, Associate Director and Research Fellow Public Policy Institute of California Hans P. Johnson, Editor; Director of Research and Thomas C. Sutton Chair in Policy Research Public Policy Institute of California…

  • What Being Biracial Means Today

    What Being Biracial Means Today The New York Times The Opinion Pages 2011-02-05 Jordan Awan Re “Black? White? Asian? More Young Americans Choose All of the Above” (“Race Remixed” series, front page, Jan. 30): To the Editor: Oh, big deal! In 1947, as college students, we used to answer the race question with “human.” Each…

  • In Census, Young Americans Increasingly Diverse

    In Census, Young Americans Increasingly Diverse The New York Times 2011-02-04 Sabrina Tabernise WASHINGTON — Demographers sifting through new population counts released on Thursday by the Census Bureau say the data bring a pattern into sharper focus: Young Americans are far less white than older generations, a shift that demographers say creates a culture gap…

  • Dr. Rainier Spencer to be Guest on MSNBC NewsNation with Tamron Hall

    Dr. Rainier Spencer to be Guest on MSNBC NewsNation with Tamron Hall NewsNation MSNBC TV Wednesday, 2011-02-02, 19:00-20:00Z (14:00-15:00 EST, 11:00-12:00 PST) (Recheduled due to a White House news conference on the situation in Egypt from 2011-01-31.) Tamron Hall, Host Rainier Spencer, Director and Professor of Afro-American Studies; Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies University of Nevada, Las Vegas…

  • Changing Census, Changing America

    Changing Census, Changing America Southern Changes: The Journal of the Southern Regional Council Volume 22, Number 4 (2000) pages 24-26 Edward Still Every census is different from the last, but there are some big changes in store with Census 2000. Beginning in early March 2001, the Bureau will publish census data for each state to…

  • Black? White? Asian? More Young Americans Choose All of the Above

    Black? White? Asian? More Young Americans Choose All of the Above The New York Times 2011-01-29 Susan Saulny, National Correspondent Race Remixed: A New Sense of Identity. Articles in this series will explore the growing number of mixed-race Americans. COLLEGE PARK, Md.—In another time or place, the game of “What Are You?” that was played…

  • Remembering Mildred Loving, Unsung Hero of the Civil Rights Movement

    Remembering Mildred Loving, Unsung Hero of the Civil Rights Movement Counterpunch 2008-05-09 Mark A. Huddle, Associate Professor of History Georgia College and State University Fighting “Anti-Miscegenation” Laws On May 2, Mildred Loving died from complications of pneumonia at the age of 68.  The unassuming Mrs. Loving would have scoffed at the notion that she was…

  • The Devil and the One Drop Rule: Racial Categories, African Americans and the U.S. Census

    The Devil and the One Drop Rule: Racial Categories, African Americans and the U.S. Census Michigan Law Review Volume 95, Number 5 (March 1997) pages 1161-1265 Christine B. Hickman, Associate Professor of Law California Western School of Law Table of Contents Introduction I. Treatment of Mixed-Race People: The Early Legal Record A. The First African…

  • The Other Hafu of Japan

    The Other Hafu of Japan Rafu Shimpo: Los Angeles Japanses Daily News 2011-01-14 Brett Fujioka, Rafu Intern A new documentary examines the lives of racially mixed individuals as they explore their own identities. Is a ship the same if you take it apart piece by piece and replace its frame? No simple answer exists, as…

  • Racial Reorganization and the United States Census 1850–1930: Mulattoes, Half-Breeds, Mixed Parentage, Hindoos, and the Mexican Race

    Racial Reorganization and the United States Census 1850–1930: Mulattoes, Half-Breeds, Mixed Parentage, Hindoos, and the Mexican Race Studies in American Political Development Volume 22, Issue 1 (March 2008) pages 59-96 DOI: 10.1017/S0898588X08000047 Jennifer L. Hochschild, Henry LaBarre Jayne Professor of Government and Professor of African and African American Studies Harvard University Brenna Marea Powell, Associate Director…