Mixed Race Studies

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  • The Diversity Paradox: Immigration and the Color Line in Twenty-First Century America

    The Diversity Paradox: Immigration and the Color Line in Twenty-First Century America Russell Sage Foundation May 2010 240 pages Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-87154-041-6 Jennifer Lee, Associate Professor of Sociology University of California, Irvine Frank D. Bean, Chancellor’s Professor of Sociology and Economics; Director of the Center for Research on Immigration, Population, and Public Policy University of…

  • U.S. far from an interracial melting pot

    U.S. far from an interracial melting pot CNN 2010-06-16 Daniel T. Lichter, Ferris family professor in the Department of Policy Analysis and Management, and Professor of Sociology Cornell University Ithaca, New York (CNN)—According to a recent report by the Pew Research Center, one of every seven new marriages in 2008 was interracial or interethnic—the highest…

  • What Does “White” Mean? Interpreting the Choice of “Race” by Mixed Race Young People in Britain

    What Does “White” Mean? Interpreting the Choice of “Race” by Mixed Race Young People in Britain Sociological Perspectives Volume 53, Number 2 (Summer 2010) Pages 287–292 DOI: 10.1525/sop.2010.53.2.287 Miri Song, Professor of Sociology University of Kent Ferhana Hashem, Research Fellow Centre for Health Services Studies University of Kent Despite the often cited idea that racial…

  • Marrying Out: One-in-Seven New U.S. Marriages is Interracial or Interethnic

    Marrying Out: One-in-Seven New U.S. Marriages is Interracial or Interethnic Pew Research Center 2010-06-04 41 pages Paul Taylor, Project Director Pew Research Center Jeffrey S. Passel, Senior Demographer Pew Research Center Wendy Wang, Research Associate Pew Research Center Jocelyn Kiley, Research Associate Pew Research Center Gabriel Velasco, Research Analyst Pew Research Center Daniel Dockterman, Research…

  • Black Women See Fewer Black Men at the Altar

    Black Women See Fewer Black Men at the Altar The New York Times 2010-06-03 Sam Roberts It is a familiar lament of single African-American women: where are the “good” black men to marry? A new study shows that more and more black men are marrying women of other races. In fact, more than 1 in…

  • Black/Irish: How do Americans understand their multiracial ancestry?

    Black/Irish: How do Americans understand their multiracial ancestry? Population Association of America 2009 Annual Meeting Marriott Renaissance Center Detroit, Michigan 2009-05-01 19 pages Aaron Gullickson, Assistant Professor of Sociology University of Oregon Ann Morning, Assistant Professor of Sociology New York University In recent years, studies examining the racial identification of mixed-race individuals on surveys and…

  • Not-Black by Default

    Not-Black by Default The Nation Diary of a Mad Law Professor 2010-04-21 Patricia J. Williams, James L. Dohr Professor of Law Columbia University Most people who appear phenotypically “black” don’t play around when the government asks them to report their race. Last week, Melissa Harris-Lacewell wrote an insightful column, “Black by Choice,” about President Obama’s…

  • The Multiracial Sheep IS the White Supremacist Fox

    A government and society that is ever ready to restrict the freedoms of Black folks now offers “freedom” from Blackness. This census and social “opt-out” for the progeny of interracial couples allows them to hope to be considered “as something entirely separate, different and apart from” what Curtis Mayfield called the “dark deep well.” The…

  • Census trend shows mixed-race Americans are more likely to identify with their multiracial background

    Census trend shows mixed-race Americans are more likely to identify with their multiracial background Daily Bruin University of California, Los Angeles 2010-05-18 Brittany Wong, Bruin contributor When President Barack Obama got to Question No. 9 on the 2010 Census, he did what mixed-race respondents nationwide were asked to do: pare down and define his complex…

  • Measuring Race (and Ethnicity): An Overview of Past Practices, Current Concerns and Thoughts for the Future [Draft]

    Measuring Race (and Ethnicity): An Overview of Past Practices, Current Concerns and Thoughts for the Future [Draft] Population Association of America 2010 Annual Meeting Program 2010-04-17 25 pages C. Matthew Snipp, Professor of Sociology Stanford University On the eve of the 2010 census, Census Bureau staff are already beginning to think about how race should…