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  • Blood Quantum and Perceptions of Black-White Biracial Targets: The Black Ancestry Prototype Model of Affirmative Action

    Blood Quantum and Perceptions of Black-White Biracial Targets: The Black Ancestry Prototype Model of Affirmative Action Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin Volume 37, Number 1 (January 2011) pages 3-14 DOI: 10.1177/0146167210389473 Diana T. Sanchez, Associate Professor of Psychology Rutgers University Jessica J. Good, Assistant Professor of Psychology Davidson College, Davidson, North Carolina George F. Chavez Department…

  • New research explains why we see Barack Obama as “black” rather than “white”

    New research explains why we see Barack Obama as “black” rather than “white” News of Otago University of Otago, New Zealand 2010-11-25 Why do people tend to see biracial individuals such as Barack Obama as belonging to the minority group in their parentage rather than the majority one? According to new studies led by a…

  • Through Mixed Eyes: The Biracial Experience and The Current State of Race in America

    Through Mixed Eyes: The Biracial Experience and The Current State of Race in America Williams College 2009-05-22 163 pages Riki McDermott Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment Of the requirement for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts with Honors In Sociology President Barack Obama became the 44th president of the United States on January 20, 2009.…

  • The People of Frilot Cove: A Study of Racial Hybrids

    The People of Frilot Cove: A Study of Racial Hybrids The American Journal of Sociology Volume 57, Number 2 (September 1951) pages 145-149 J. Hardy Jones, Jr. Vernon J. Parenton Frilot Cove is a color-conscious, semi-isolated rural community of 302 persons with an ante bellum cultural background, who, though they approximate Nordic and Mediterranean types, are…

  • Theorizing Interracial Families and Hybrid Identity: And Australian Perspective

    Theorizing Interracial Families and Hybrid Identity: And Australian Perspective Educational Theory Volume 49, Issue 2 (June 1999) pages 223–249 DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-5446.1999.00223.x Carmen Luke, Emeritus Professor of Education University of Queensland Allan Luke, Research Professor Queensland University of Technology This essay is a theoretical exploration at how interracial families are sites for the development and articulation…

  • Sociology Professor Chronicles Rising Latino Culture

    Sociology Professor Chronicles Rising Latino Culture Inside Fordham Online Fordham University In Focus: Faculty and Research 2010-11-15 Patrick Verel Already the largest minority group in the United States, Latinos will be an even bigger presence in the years to come, according to demographic studies. Clara Rodriguez, Ph.D., professor of sociology in Fordham College at Lincoln…

  • Trends in the Naming of Tri-Racial Mixed-Blood Groups in the Eastern United States

    Trends in the Naming of Tri-Racial Mixed-Blood Groups in the Eastern United States American Speech Volume 22, Number 2 (April, 1947) pages 81-87 A. R. Dunlap University of Delaware C. A. Weslager University of Delaware In the eastern part of the United States, particularly in the southern and middle-Atlantic portions, are a number of populations…

  • Video from 2010 Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference at DePaul now available on iTunes U

    Video from 2010 Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference at DePaul now available on iTunes U If you missed the Nov 5-6, 2010 “Emerging Paradigms in Critical Mixed Race Studies” conference or any of the keynote talks or the welcoming address, you can now download the videos via Apple’s iTunes U. Here is a link to the…

  • CAMD Scholars Take On Variety of Complex Racial Issues in MLK Jr. Day Presentations

    CAMD Scholars Take On Variety of Complex Racial Issues in MLK Jr. Day Presentations Phillips Academy Andover, Massachusetts 2008-01-28 Sally Holm January 28, 2008 — Simone Hill ’08 had good reason to be excited last Monday. Chosen as a featured speaker for one of Phillips Academy’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day special events, the CAMD…

  • Race remains hot topic despite Obama presidency

    Race remains hot topic despite Obama presidency USA Today 2010-10-17 Shannon Mullen, Asbury Press The election of the first black president in U.S. history was supposed to usher in a post-racial era in America. But a series of controversies since then, from the White House “Beer Summit” to the conflicts between the tea party and…