Mixed Race Studies

Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.

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  • Meet Steve Riley—Creator of Mixed Race Studies

    Meet Steve Riley—Creator of Mixed Race Studies Mixed Race Radio Wednesday, 2012-07-18, 16:00Z (12:00 EDT, 09:00 PDT, 17:00 BST) Tiffany Rae Reid, Host Join us as we meet Steven Riley, creator of MixedRaceStudies.org which is a non-commercial website that provides a gateway to contemporary interdisciplinary English language scholarship about the relevant issues surrounding the topic of…

  • Obama and Race: History, Culture, Politics

    Obama and Race: History, Culture, Politics Routledge 2011-11-10 200 pages Hardback ISBN: 978-0-415-68678-5 Edited by Richard H. King, Professor Emeritus of American and Canadian Studies University of Nottingham In this collection, academics from both sides of the Atlantic analyze the confluence of a politician, a process, and a problem—Barack Obama, the 2008 US presidential election,…

  • Becoming black, becoming president

    Becoming black, becoming president Patterns of Prejudice Volume 45, Issue 1-2, 2011 pages 62-85 DOI: 10.1080/0031322X.2011.563145 Richard H. King, Professor Emeritus of American and Canadian Studies University of Nottingham Speculation about the relationship between Barack Obama’s election to the presidency and race in the United States was rife prior to, during and after his successful…

  • Betwixt And Between: Studying Multiracial Identity

    In 1989, Reginald Daniel began teaching a university course on multiracial identity called Betwixt and Between. It remains the longest-running college course addressing the multiracial experience. For his continuing studies and research on multiraciality, Daniel received the Loving Prize.

  • Two Classes, Divided by ‘I Do’

    Two Classes, Divided by ‘I Do’ The New York Times 2012-07-15 Jason Deparle          Also see the video, “Single and Unequal” by Shayla Harris here. ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Jessica Schairer has so much in common with her boss, Chris Faulkner, that a visitor to the day care center they run might get them confused.…

  • The Miracle and the Defects [Chapter]

    The Miracle and the Defects [Chapter] Chapter in: The Constantinos Kararnanlis Institute for Democracy Yearbook 2009 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-00621-0 pages 73-77 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-00621-0_11 Edited by: Constantine Arvanitopoulos, Professor of European and International Studies Panteion University, Athens, Greece Konstantina E. Botsiou, Associate Professor of Political Science University of Peloponnisos, Korinthos, Greece Chapter Author: George Th. Mavrogordatos, Professor…

  • How Do Children of Mixed Partnerships Fare in the United Kingdom? Understanding the Implications for Children of Parental Ethnic Homogamy and Heterogamy

    How Do Children of Mixed Partnerships Fare in the United Kingdom? Understanding the Implications for Children of Parental Ethnic Homogamy and Heterogamy The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science Volume 643, Number 1, September 2012 pages 239-266 DOI: 10.1177/0002716212444853 Lucinda Platt, Professor of Sociology Institute of Education, University of London Many…

  • American Creoles: The Francophone Caribbean and the American South

    American Creoles: The Francophone Caribbean and the American South Liverpool University Press May 2012 256 pages 234 x 156 mm Hardback ISBN: 9781846317538 Edited by: Celia Britton, Professor of French and Francophone Studies University College London Martin Munro, Professor of French and Francophone Studies Florida State University The Francophone Caribbean and the American South are…

  • British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act (1914)

    British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act (1914) Mix-d: Museum: Timeline Mix-d: 2012-07-10 With the increase of the minority ethnic population in Britain from the turn of the century, popular concerns about interracial relationships grew. The 1914 British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act meant that not only did ‘aliens’ – that is, foreign-born residents,…

  • Black or biracial? Census forces a choice for some

    There were 784,764 U.S. residents who described their race as white and black in the last census. But that number didn’t include Laura Martin, whose father is black and mother is white. “I’ve always just checked black on my form,” said Martin, a 29-year-old university employee in Las Vegas. She grew up surrounded by black…