Mixed Race Studies

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  • Double the trouble, twice the joy for Japan’s hāfu

    Double the trouble, twice the joy for Japan’s hāfu The Japan Times 2013-10-03 Kaori Shoji, Special To The Japan Times Until about 10 years ago, the standard Japanese image of kids of mixed blood was that they were 1) gorgeous, 2) rich and 3) able to live in Japan with none of the kinks and…

  • Paint the White House Black: Barack Obama and the Meaning of Race in America [Review]

    Paint the White House Black: Barack Obama and the Meaning of Race in America [Review] Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews Volume 42, Number 5 (September 2013) page 763 DOI: 10.1177/0094306113499714e Paint the White House Black: Barack Obama and the Meaning of Race in America, by Michael P. Jeffries. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2013.…

  • Film Review: Multiracial Identity

    Film Review: Multiracial Identity Teaching Sociology Volume 41, Number 4 (October 2013) pages 397-399 DOI: 10.1177/0092055X13496205 Sara McDonough Department of Sociology Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University David L. Brunsma, Professor of Sociology Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Multiracial Identity. 77 minutes. 2010. Brian Chinhema , director. Bullfrog Films. PO Box 149, Oley, PA…

  • Some Critical Thoughts on the Census Bureau’s Proposals to Change the Race and Hispanic Questions

    Some Critical Thoughts on the Census Bureau’s Proposals to Change the Race and Hispanic Questions National Institute for Latino Policy, Inc. 2013-01-10 Nancy López, Guest Commentator and Associate Professor of Sociology University of New Mexico As a sociologist of racial, ethnic and gender stratification, I applaud the Census Bureau’s ongoing efforts to examine how we…

  • The Construction of Racial Identity in Children of Mixed Parentage: Mixed Metaphors

    The Construction of Racial Identity in Children of Mixed Parentage: Mixed Metaphors Jessica Kingsley Publishers 1996 224 pages 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in Paperback ISBN: 978-1-85302-376-7 Ilan Katz, Professor Social Policy Research Center University of New South Wales, Australia For several decades the issues of race, identity and child development have been of…

  • In China, mixed marriages can be a labor of love

    In China, mixed marriages can be a labor of love The Christian Science Monitor 2013-09-21 Yepoka Yeebo, Contributor In one major Chinese city, marriages between Chinese and Africans are on the rise. In a country known for monoculture, it isn’t easy. GUANGZHOU, China The restaurant that Joey and Ugo Okonkwo own was packed on a…

  • Race, Identity and Citizenship: A Reader

    This comprehensive and timely reader covers the range of topics that have been at the center of these debates including critical race theory, multiracial feminism, mixed race, whiteness, citizenship and globalization.

  • Not Just Color: Whiteness, nation, and status in Latin America

    Not Just Color: Whiteness, nation, and status in Latin America Hispanic American Historical Review Volume 93, Number 3 (August 2013) pages 411-449 DOI: 10.1215/00182168-2210858 Edward Telles, Professor of Sociology Princeton University René Flores Princeton University In this study we use statistical analysis of nationally representative surveys from the 2010 AmericasBarometer to examine how color, nationality, and…

  • ‘It’s not written on their skin like it is ours’: Greek letter organizations in the age of the multicultural imperative

    ‘It’s not written on their skin like it is ours’: Greek letter organizations in the age of the multicultural imperative Ethnicities Volume 13, Number 5 (October 2013) pages 519-543 DOI: 10.1177/1468796812471127 Joanna S. Hunter, Assistant Professor of Sociology Radford University, Radford, Virginia Matthew W. Hughey, Associate Professor of Sociology University of Connecticut Today’s students wrestle…

  • Colour Coded Health Care: The Impact of Race and Racism on Canadians’ Health

    Colour Coded Health Care: The Impact of Race and Racism on Canadians’ Health Wellesly Institute: advancing urban health Toronto, Ontario, Canada January 2012 30 pages Sheryl Nestel, Ph.D. Scope and Purpose of the Review Canada is home to a much-admired system of universal health care, understood as a central pillar of this nation’s overall commitment…