Mixed Race Studies

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  • “Look at Her Hair”: The Body Politics of Black Womanhood in Brazil

    This article examines Brazilian ideals of female beauty and explores their impact on Black women’s subjective experiences. The analysis focuses on hair as a key site for investigating how Black women’s bodies and identities are marked by Brazilian discourses on race and gender. Despite Brazil’s image as a “racial democracy,” derogatory images of Black women…

  • “You’re Irish?” Celebrating Hidden Identities

    “You’re Irish?” Celebrating Hidden Identities Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu 2012-03-31 Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu Stanford University “You’re Irish?” I introduced myself to the Irishman by my father’s family name Murphy and watched as he stared at me in seeming disbelief and confusion before uttering, “Well, it’s a good name anyway.” I recalled this incident recently as I celebrated St.…

  • Identity for mixed-race kids? ‘Eurasian’ already exists

    Identity for mixed-race kids? ‘Eurasian’ already exists The Straits Times Singapore Forum Letters 2013-03-30 Michael Ang York Poon I am baffled by Mr Peter Wadeley’s letter (“S’porean identity must include mixed-race kids“; March 16). What he is calling for already exists – that is, Eurasians, who are one of Singapore’s four main racial groups. In…

  • S’porean identity must include mixed-race kids

    S’porean identity must include mixed-race kids The Straits Times Singapore Forum Letters 2013-03-16 Peter Wadeley MRS MARIETTA Koh Ai-meng (“Citizens have every right to expect privileges”; last Saturday) claims that rising consciousness of what it means to be Singaporean should not be decried as chauvinistic or jingoistic. Last year, former president S R Nathan said…

  • Won’t Somebody Think of the Children

    Won’t Somebody Think of the Children Slate 2013-03-27 Brian Palmer, Slate’s Chief Explainer Do opponents of marriage equality always claim that they’re merely worried about the kids? During yesterday’s oral arguments over the constitutionality of California’s ban on gay marriage, Justice Antonin Scalia claimed that there is “considerable disagreement among sociologists” as to whether being…

  • Focus on Research: Emma J. Teng F’06 on the Hidden Histories of Mixed Race Families

    Focus on Research: Emma J. Teng F’06 on the Hidden Histories of Mixed Race Families American Council of Learned Societies ACLS News 2012-10-01 ACLS asked its fellows to describe their research: the knowledge it creates and how this knowledge benefits our understanding of the world. We are pleased to present this response from Emma J.…

  • Authentic, Transformational Leadership: A Phenomenological Study of the Experiences of Black/White Biracial Leaders

    Authentic, Transformational Leadership: A Phenomenological Study of the Experiences of Black/White Biracial Leaders University of Nebraska, Lincoln May 2013 182 pages Carmen R. Zafft Presented to the Faculty of The Graduate College at the University of Nebraska In Partial Fulfillment of Requirements For the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Major: Human Sciences (Leadership Studies) This…

  • Clearly Invisible: Racial Passing and the Color of Cultural Identity

    Everybody passes. Not just racial minorities. As Marcia Dawkins explains, passing has been occurring for millennia, since intercultural and interracial contact began. And with this profound new study, she explores its old limits and new possibilities: from women passing as men and able-bodied persons passing as disabled to black classics professors passing as Jewish and…

  • Revising Freedom: Law, Literature, & the Racial Imaginary

    Revising Freedom: Law, Literature, & the Racial Imaginary Center for Race & Gender University of California, Berkeley 691 Barrows 2013-03-21, 16:00-17:30 PDT (Local Time) “Blurring the Lines of Race and Freedom: Mulattoes in the Early-Nineteenth-Century United States” A. B. Wilkinson, History This presentation will combine elements from the last two chapters of my current dissertation,…

  • Talkin’ Race with Laura and Wei Ming

    Talkin’ Race with Laura and Wei Ming The Magic Mulatto: Bringing the fine art of Race Talk straight to the people 2013-03-26 Brett Russell Coleman, Doctoral Student of Community & Prevention Research University of Illinois, Chicago “In 1969, we weren’t at war with China.” If that sentence leaves you perplexed in any way, you need…