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  • The Anglo-Indians: A Disorganized Marginal Group

    The Anglo-Indians: A Disorganized Marginal Group Social Forces Volume 14, Number 2 (December 1935) pages 263-268 Paul Frederick Cressey, Professor of Sociology and Anthropology Wheaton College, Newton, Massachusetts FOUR centuries of European contact with India have left a biological residue of many thousand people of mixed European and Indian stock. Since 1911 this group has…

  • Interracial Marriage and Admixture in Hawaii

    Interracial Marriage and Admixture in Hawaii Biodemography and Social Biology Volume 17, Issue 4 (1970) pages 278-291 DOI: 10.1080/19485565.1970.9987885 Clarence E. Glick, Professor of Sociology University of Hawaii Michener’s phrase “the golden men of Hawaii” reflects a popular romantic interest in the blending of ethnic elements that has been going on in Hawaii for almost…

  • The Hybrid in Hawaii as a Marginal Man

    The Hybrid in Hawaii as a Marginal Man American Journal of Sociology Volume 39, Number 4 (January 1934) pages 459-468 William C. Smith William Jewell College Several factors conspire to make the hybrid in Hawaii occupy a position markedly different from that of the mixed-blood in other areas. The relative absence of race prejudice on the…

  • Lone mothers of mixed racial and ethnic children in Britain: Comparing experiences of social attitudes and support in the 1960s and 2000s

    Lone mothers of mixed racial and ethnic children in Britain: Comparing experiences of social attitudes and support in the 1960s and 2000s Women’s Studies International Forum Volume 34, Issue 6, November-December 2011 Pages 530-538 DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2011.06.007 Rosalind Edwards, Professor of Sociology University of Southampton Chamion Cabellero, Senior Research Fellow Social Capital Research Group London South…

  • Blood Politics: Race, Culture, and Identity in the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma

    Circe Sturm takes a bold and original approach to one of the most highly charged and important issues in the United States today: race and national identity. Focusing on the Oklahoma Cherokee, she examines how Cherokee identity is socially and politically constructed, and how that process is embedded in ideas of blood, color, and race.

  • Miscegenation in South Africa

    Miscegenation in South Africa Cahiers d’études africaines Volume 1, Number 4 (1960) pages 68-84 DOI: 10.3406/cea.1960.3680 Pierre L. Van Den Berghe University of Natal A number of related factors make the Union of South Africa an ideal object of investigation in the field of miscegenation. The exceptionally virulent brand of racism that has developed in…

  • Beyond poverty: the Negro and the Mulatto in Brazil

    Beyond poverty: the Negro and the Mulatto in Brazil Journal de la Société des Américanistes Volume 58 (1969) pages 121-137 DOI: 10.3406/jsa.1969.2100 Florestan Fernandes This paper was first presented, in a condensed version, at the seminars on “Minorities in Latin America and the United States”, (The College of the Finger Lakes, Corning, New York, December…

  • What race do you identify Obama as? Does President Obama’s race effect your opinion of him?

    What race do you identify Obama as? Does President Obama’s race effect your opinion of him? SOC 119 – Voices from the Classroom World in Conversation Project Pennsylvania State University 2011-09-08 The first of 138+ student comments… Personally President Obama’s race does not affect my opinion of him at all. When viewing Obama I consider…

  • Record-High 86% Approve of Black-White Marriages

    Record-High 86% Approve of Black-White Marriages Gallup 2011-09-12 Jeffrey M. Jones Ninety-six percent of blacks, 84% of whites approve PRINCETON, NJ—Americans are approaching unanimity in their views of marriages between blacks and whites, with 86% now approving of such unions. Americans’ views on interracial marriage have undergone a major transformation in the past five decades.…

  • Child Poverty at a Racial Cross Roads: Assessing Child Poverty for Children in Mono- and Multiracial Families

    Child Poverty at a Racial Cross Roads: Assessing Child Poverty for Children in Mono- and Multiracial Families Colloquium Series University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Hamilton Hall 271 2011-09-21, 12:00-13:00 EDT (Local Time) Jenifer L. Bratter, Associate Professor of Sociology Rice University Jenifer L. Bratter (PhD 2001, University of Texas at Austin) is an Associate…