Mixed Race Studies

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  • Multiple Social Categorization: Processes, Models and Applications

    ‘Ethnic cleansing’, ‘institutional racism’, and ‘social exclusion’ are just some of the terms used to describe one of the most pressing social issues facing today’s societies: prejudice and intergroup discrimination. Invariably, these pervasive social problems can be traced back to differences in religion, ethnicity, or countless other bases of group membership: the social categories to…

  • One Drop of Love: A Multimedia Solo Performance on Racial Identity by Fanshen Cox DiGiovanni at James R. Fitzgerald Theater

    One Drop of Love: A Multimedia Solo Performance on Racial Identity by Fanshen Cox DiGiovanni at James R. Fitzgerald Theater James R. Fitzgerald Theater Cambridge Rindge & Latin School 459 Broadway Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 Friday, 2013-08-30, 19:30 EDT (Local Time) Fanshen Cox DiGiovanni, Playwright, Producer, Actress, Educator Jillian Pagan, Director Produced by: Ben Affleck, Matt…

  • Esther J. Cepeda: Debate grows over Hispanics and the 2020 Census

    Esther J. Cepeda: Debate grows over Hispanics and the 2020 Census San Jose Mercury News San Jose, California 2013-09-07 Esther J. Cepeda, Columnist The Washington Post CHICAGO—A debate is raging about whether the U.S. Census Bureau should offer Hispanics the option of identifying themselves as a separate race in the 2020 count. But let’s instead…

  • Mixed emotions: Reflections on researching racial mixing and mixedness

    Mixed emotions: Reflections on researching racial mixing and mixedness Emotion, Space and Society Volume 11, May 2014 pages 79–88 DOI: 10.1016/j.emospa.2013.07.002 Chamion Cabellero, Senior Research Fellow Social Capital Research Group London South Bank University Researching racial and ethnic issues can involve entering a highly emotive terrain and the subject of ‘mixed race’ is no exception.…

  • SO224: The Sociology of Race and Ethnicity

    SO224: The Sociology of Race and Ethnicity London School of Economics 2013/2014 session Helen Kim The course provides an introduction to theoretical, historical and contemporary debates around race, racism and ethnicity. It firstly explores the main theoretical perspectives which have been used to analyse racial and ethnic relations, in a historical and contemporary framework. It…

  • Kinship and Identity: Mixed Bloods in Urban Indian Communities

    Kinship and Identity: Mixed Bloods in Urban Indian Communities American Indian Culture and Research Journal ISSN 0161-6463 (Print) Volume 23, Number 2 (1999) Pages 73-89 Susan Applegate Krouse [Ziigwam Nibi Kwe (Spring Water Woman) Haslett] (1955-2010), Associate Professor of Anthropology Michigan State University INTRODUCTION American Indians have become an increasingly urban population in the twentieth…

  • Race and Justice in Transnational Perspective: “Colorblind?: The Contradictions of Racial Classification”

    Race and Justice in Transnational Perspective: “Colorblind?: The Contradictions of Racial Classification” Seminar Series: Race and Justice in Transnational Perspective University of California, Merced California Room 5200 North Lake Rd. Merced, California 95343 2013-09-19, 10:30 PDT (Local Time) Michael Omi, Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies University of California, Berkeley The dominant racial ideology of colorblindness…

  • The Chican@ Hip Hop Nation: Politics of a New Millennial Mestizaje

    The Chican@ Hip Hop Nation: Politics of a New Millennial Mestizaje Michigan State University Press 2013-11-01 310 pages 6 in x 9 in Paperback ISBN: 9781611860863 eBook ISBN: 9781609173753 Pancho McFarland, Associate Professor of Sociology Chicago State University The population of Mexican-origin peoples in the United States is a diverse one, as reflected by age,…

  • Will Interracial Relationships Ever Be Common on TV?

    Will Interracial Relationships Ever Be Common on TV? Bitch Magazine 2013-09-04 Sophia Seawell I’m usually skeptical of advertising. I know companies spend millions of dollars hoping that their body lotion or paper towels or lunch meat will bring me to tears. But ads are powerful. They’re a form of media where we see representations of…

  • Black and white in America: The culture and politics of racial classification

    Black and white in America: The culture and politics of racial classification International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society Volume 7, Issue 2 (Winter 1993) pages 229-258 DOI: 10.1007/BF02283196 Ernest Evans Kilker The sociological imagination enables its possessor to understand the larger historical scene in terms of its meaning for the inner life and external…