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  • Civilisation, Culture and the Hybrid Self in the work of Robert Ezra Park

    Civilisation, Culture and the Hybrid Self in the work of Robert Ezra Park Journal of Intercultural Studies Volume 27, Issue 4 (November 2006) pages 413-433 DOI: 10.1080/07256860600936911 Vince Marotta, Senior Lecturer in Sociology Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia Contemporary discussions on hybridity in cultural and ethnic studies have overlooked the work of the Chicago sociologist Robert…

  • White Mothers, Brown Children: Ethnic Identification of Maori-European Children in New Zealand

    White Mothers, Brown Children: Ethnic Identification of Maori-European Children in New Zealand Journal of Marriage and Family Volume 69, Issue 5 (December 2007) pages 1150–1161 DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2007.00438.x Tahu H. Kukutai, Senior Research Fellow Population Studies Centre University of Waikato Studies of multiethnic families often assume the ethnic identification of children with the minority group results…

  • An Exploration of the Experiences of Inter-racial Couples

    An Exploration of the Experiences of Inter-racial Couples Canadian Journal of Family and Youth (Le Journal Canadien de Famille et de la Jeunesse) Volume 1, Number 2 (2008) pages 75-111 ISSN: 1718-9748 Temitope Oriola Department of Sociology University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada This study utilizes in-depth interviews of five interracial heterosexual couples to explore how…

  • The Rise and Decline of Hybrid (Metis) Societies on the Frontier of Western Canada and Southern Africa

    The Rise and Decline of Hybrid (Metis) Societies on the Frontier of Western Canada and Southern Africa The Canadian Journal of Native Studies Volume 3, Number 1 (1983) (Special Issue on the Metis) ISSN  0715-3244 Alvin Kienetz A comparison of the development of the Metis in Canada and similar peoples in Southern Africa reveals some…

  • The Other Hafu of Japan

    The Other Hafu of Japan Rafu Shimpo: Los Angeles Japanses Daily News 2011-01-14 Brett Fujioka, Rafu Intern A new documentary examines the lives of racially mixed individuals as they explore their own identities. Is a ship the same if you take it apart piece by piece and replace its frame? No simple answer exists, as…

  • Racial Reorganization and the United States Census 1850–1930: Mulattoes, Half-Breeds, Mixed Parentage, Hindoos, and the Mexican Race

    Racial Reorganization and the United States Census 1850–1930: Mulattoes, Half-Breeds, Mixed Parentage, Hindoos, and the Mexican Race Studies in American Political Development Volume 22, Issue 1 (March 2008) pages 59-96 DOI: 10.1017/S0898588X08000047 Jennifer L. Hochschild, Henry LaBarre Jayne Professor of Government and Professor of African and African American Studies Harvard University Brenna Marea Powell, Associate Director…

  • The Hapa Project: How multiracial identity crosses oceans

    The Hapa Project: How multiracial identity crosses oceans UH Today University of Hawai`i Spring 2007 Alana Folen and Tina Ng Hawai`i—often overlooked as nothing more than a scenic paradise—recently started to live up to its “melting pot” reputation when a U.S. senator representing Illinois formally announced his presidential candidacy. With personal ties to Hawai`i, Sen.…

  • Who Are We? New Dialogue on Mixed Race

    Who Are We? New Dialogue on Mixed Race The New York TImes 2008-03-31 Mireya Navarro Jenifer Bratter once wore a T-shirt in college that read “100 percent black woman.” Her African-American friends would not have it. “I remember getting a lot of flak because of the fact I wasn’t 100 percent black,” said Ms. Bratter,…

  • He’s Black, Get Over It

    He’s Black, Get Over It The American Prospect 2008-12-05 Adam Serwer We may not have chosen to be a hybrid people, anymore than we chose to come here in the first place, but that’s what we are now. And it’s a beautiful thing. In a provocatively titled op-ed for The Washington Post last Sunday, Marie…

  • He’s Not Black

    He’s Not Black The Washington Post 2008-11-30   Marie Arana He is also half white. Unless the one-drop rule still applies, our president-elect is not black. We call him that—he calls himself that—because we use dated language and logic. After more than 300 years and much difficult history, we hew to the old racist rule:…