Mixed Race Studies
Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.
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- Mixed Roots: Writers on Multiracial Identity and Both/And Belonging
- The Routledge International Handbook of Interracial and Intercultural Relationships and Mental Health
- Loving Across Racial and Cultural Boundaries: Interracial and Intercultural Relationships and Mental Health Conference
- Call for Proposals: 2026 Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference at UCLA
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Category: Social Science
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I find that most mixed-race couples are similar to white couples in their out-mobility responses to neighborhood poverty. However, when mixed-race couples with black partners migrate they tend to move to neighborhoods with higher poverty concentrations than couples without a black partner.
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Call for Papers: Representations of Afrolatinidad in Global Perspective Conference Representations of Afrolatinidad in Global Perspective University of Pittsburgh 2019-04-11 through 2019-11-13 Conference Convened by the Afro-Latin American and Afro-Latinx Studies Initiative Contact: Dr. Michele Reid-Vazquez, University of Pittsburgh Keynote Speakers: Dr. Juliet Hooker, Professor of Political Science, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island Dr. Nancy…
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Our evidence suggests then that at age 5/6 there is no evidence of poorer socioemotional wellbeing for mixed race/ethnicity children in either the UK or the US. The contrast between our findings and some previous literature, which reports that mixed race/ethnicity children have poorer socioemotional wellbeing, may reflect changes in the meaning of mixed identities…
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Skin color and skin tone has historically played a significant role in determining the life chances of African Americans and other people of color. It has also been important to our understanding of race and the processes of racialization. But what does the relationship between skin tone and stratification outcomes mean?
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I examine whether the socio-economic differences between Mulattos and Blacks varied across geographic space in proportion to places’ reliance on slave labor and the characteristics of its free African American population.
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For millions of Americans, Obama lifted the nation. For white supremacists, he lit a powder keg.
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JewAsian: race, religion, and identity for America’s Newest Jews [Review] Ethnic and Racial Studies Volume 40, 2017 – Issue 13 pages 2380-2382 DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2017.1329544 Hasia R. Diner, Paul And Sylvia Steinberg Professor of American Jewish History New York University Helen Kiyong Kim and Noah Samuel Leavitt, JewAsian: Race, Religion, and Identity for America’s Newest Jews…
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With demographic changes such as generational change, who counts as multiracial or mixed race? This question has yet to receive significant attention. Although mixing is becoming more commonplace, the question of who counts as multiracial is far from straightforward, especially as we look down the generational pipeline.
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Instead, I use historical Census data and regression analysis to explore the historical role of color-based marriage selection on concentrating economic advantage among lighter skinned Black Americans.
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“Comparative Racial Politics in Latin America” explores the dynamic interplay between racial politics and hegemonic power in the region. It investigates the fluid intersection of social power and racial politics and their impact on the region’s histories, politics, identities and cultures.