Mixed Race Studies

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  • The Moment of Theory: Race as Myth and Medium

    The Moment of Theory: Race as Myth and Medium W. E. B. Du Bois Lecture Series W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research Harvard University 2010-04-20 W. J. T. Mitchell, Gaylord Donnelley Distinguished Service Professor of English and Art History University of Chicago Watch the lecture here.

  • The Myth of Race

    The Myth of Race Argo-Navis 2012-11-27 154 pages 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.4 inches Paperback ISBN-10: 0786754362; ISBN-13: 978-0786754366 Jefferson M. Fish, Professor Emeritus of Psychology St. John’s University, New York City The Myth of Race deals concisely with a wide range of topics, from how the concept of race differs in different cultures and race…

  • Blacks may be second class, but they can’t make them leave: Mexican racial formation and immigrant status in Winston-Salem

    Blacks may be second class, but they can’t make them leave: Mexican racial formation and immigrant status in Winston-Salem Latino Studies Volume 10, Issue 1 (Spring/Summer 2012) pages 60-80 DOI: 10.1057/lst.2012.7 Jennifer A. Jones, SBS Diversity Post Doctoral Fellow Ohio State University, Columbus In this article, I investigate how race is produced by looking at…

  • Parental messages concerning Latino/Black interracial dating: An exploratory study among Latina/o young adults

    Parental messages concerning Latino/Black interracial dating: An exploratory study among Latina/o young adults Latino Studies Volume 10, Issue 3 (August 2012) pages 314-333 DOI: 10.1057/lst.2012.24 Erica Morales, Assistant Professor of Sociology University of Missouri Many immigrant groups have racially distanced themselves from Blacks due to anti-Black prejudice and stigma. Racial distancing can be transmitted to…

  • ETHS 309 D: Race & Ethnicity

    ETHS 309 D: Race & Ethnicity Edgewood College, Madison, Wisconsin Ethnic Studies Spring 2013 Cynthia Rolling, Professor of Anthropology and Sociology This course engages students in an analysis of historical and contemporary experiences of race and ethnicity in the United States as influenced by changing migration trends and economic developments. Special consideration is given to…

  • Racial endogamy in Great Britain: A cross-national perspective

    Racial endogamy in Great Britain: A cross-national perspective Ethnic and Racial Studies Volume 3, Issue 2 (1980) pages 224-235 DOI: 10.1080/01419870.1980.9993301 Richard T. Schaefer, Professor of Sociology DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois Introduction Large numbers of Blacks and Asians have migrated to Great Britain since World War II, and especially between 1955 and 1967. These ‘coloured’ people,…

  • U-M’s Understanding Race Project examines issues at heart of the human experience, advances national conversation on race

    U-M’s Understanding Race Project examines issues at heart of the human experience, advances national conversation on race University of Michigan News Release 2012-12-19 Contacts: Frank Provenzano, (734) 647-4411 Maryanne George, (734) 615-6514 Deborah Greene, (734) 763-4008 Twitter hashtags: #UnderstandRace, #UMtheme   ANN ARBOR—Few subjects provoke as strong a visceral response as the topic of race.…

  • Commentary: Black Is…

    Commentary: Black Is… Black Entertainment Television (BET) 2012-12-17 James Braxton Peterson, Director of Africana Studies; Associate Professor of English Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Black in America explores what it means to be Black. CNN’s Black in America series has become something of a welcome crucible for the Black community these last four years — especially…

  • Ethnicity: what the census doesn’t tell us

    Ethnicity: what the census doesn’t tell us New Internationalist: People, ideans and action for global justice 2012-12-17 Amy Hall, Editorial Intern As the story goes, we are hurtling towards the anniversary of an important census, when Jesus’s family made its way to Bethlehem. Here in Britain, we have recently been analysing the results of our…

  • The Color of Colorblind: Exploring Mixed Race Identity

    The Color of Colorblind: Addressing the History of Racial Classification and Mixed Racial Identity in the U.S.