Mixed Race Studies

Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.

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  • Passing and the Problematic of Multiracial Pride (or, Why One Mixed Girl Still Answers to Black)

    I have never had the comfort zone of a given racial identity. My mother is a Bostonian white woman of WASP heritage. My father is a Louisiana black man of mixed African and Mexican heritage. Unlike people who are automatically classified as black or white, I have always been up for debate. I am forever having…

  • “Interracial” Sex and Racial Democracy in Brazil: Twin Concepts?

    “Interracial” Sex and Racial Democracy in Brazil: Twin Concepts? American Anthropologist Volume 101, Issue 3 (September 1999) pages 563–578 DOI: 10.1525/aa.1999.101.3.563 Donna Goldstein, Associate Professor of Anthropology University of Colorado, Boulder Racial democracy is maintained in Brazil through both scholarly and popular discourses that consider “interracial” sex as proof of Brazil’s lack of a racial…

  • Being Mixed Race: What are the identity politics of the million-strong ‘Jessica Ennis generation’?

    Being Mixed Race: What are the identity politics of the million-strong ‘Jessica Ennis generation’? Women of the World Festival Southbank Centre 2013-03-06 through 2013-03-10 Sunday, 2013-03-10, 12:00-13:00Z Level 5 Function Room Royal Festival Hall Panelists: Emma Dabiri, Teaching Fellow Africa Department, School of African and Oriental Studies, London Visual Sociology Ph.D. Researcher, Goldsmiths University of…

  • Mixed Race in Britain

    Mixed Race in Britain Kneeshaw Consulting 2013-03-11 In the 2011 census over a million people in the UK classed themselves as ‘mixed race’ – but for some, the label is unhelpful. The identity politics of the ‘Jessica Ennis generation’ was the subject of a workshop at the Women of the World Festival yesterday at London’s…

  • SOCI 329-Multiracial America

    SOCI 329-Multiracial America Rice University 2013-2014 Multiracial America examines the phenomenon of race mixing (e.g. interracial interaction, multiracial identity) from a sociological perspective. The course covers the legal, political, and cultural contexts of interracial interaction and how these impact current understanding of what it means to be “mixed race.” Recommended Prerequisite(s): SOCI 101.

  • American Multicultural Studies (AMCS) 374: The Multiracial Experience

    American Multicultural Studies (AMCS) 374: The Multiracial Experience Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California 2012-2013 Elenita Fe (Leny) M Strobel, Associate Professor and Chair of American Multicultural Studies Department A general survey of the historical and contemporary experience of people claiming more than one racial or ethnic background. Emphasis will be given to inter-racial relations,…

  • The Myth of Post-Racialism: Hegemonic and Counterhegemonic Stories About Race and Racism in the United States

    The Myth of Post-Racialism: Hegemonic and Counterhegemonic Stories About Race and Racism in the United States Critical Race and Whiteness Studies Australian Critical Race and Whiteness Studies Association Volume 7, Issue 1 (2011) (Special Issue: Post-Racial States) pages 2-25 Babacar M’Baye, Associate Professor of Pan-African Literature and Culture Kent State University In the United States,…

  • Referential Ambiguity in the Calculus of Brazilian Racial Identity

    Referential Ambiguity in the Calculus of Brazilian Racial Identity Southwestern Journal of Anthropology Volume 26, Number 1 (Spring, 1970) pages 1-14 Marvin Harris (1927-2001) Categorizations elicited from 100 Brazilian informants through the use of a standardized deck of facial drawings suggests that the cognitive domain of racial identity in Brazil is characterized by a high…

  • Racial Identity in Brazil

    Racial Identity in Brazil Luso-Brazilian Review Volume 1, Number 2 (Winter, 1964) pages 21-28 Marvin Harris (1927-2001) According to the 1950 census, the population of Brazil consisted of 61.66% brancos, 26.54% pardos, and 10.6% pretos. In the I.B.G.E.’s 1961 review of these facts, the following caution is registered: In order to avoid erroneous interpretation, it…

  • Pigmentocracy in the Americas: How is Educational Attainment Related to Skin Color?

    Pigmentocracy in the Americas: How is Educational Attainment Related to Skin Color? Latin American Pubic Opinion Project AmericasBarometer Insights Number 73 (2012) Vanderbilt University 2012-02-20 Number 73 (2012) 9 pages Edward Telles, Professor of Sociology Princeton University Liza Steele Department of Sociology Princeton University Executive Summary: This Insights report addresses the question of whether educational…