Mixed Race Studies

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  • The Problem of the Marginal Man

    The Problem of the Marginal Man American Journal of Sociology Volume 41, Number 1 (July 1935) Pages 1-12 DOI: 10.1086/217001 Everett V. Stonequist (1901-1979), Professor of Sociology Skidmore College The marginal man arises in a bi-cultural or multi-cultural situation.  The natural desire of the mixed-blood is to advance toward the group occupying the higher status.  He…

  • AMCV 1611J – Sex, Love, Race: Miscegenation, Mixed Race and Interracial Relations

    AMCV 1611J – Sex, Love, Race: Miscegenation, Mixed Race and Interracial Relations Brown University Fall 2010 Ulli K. Ryder This class will explore the conditions and consequences for crossing racial boundaries in North America. We will take a multidisciplinary approach, exploring literary, anthropological, and historical writings along with several feature and documentary film treatments of…

  • In mixed-race couples, fathers profoundly influence their children’s racial identifications

    In mixed-race couples, fathers profoundly influence their children’s racial identifications Research@Rice 2006-09-15 In mixed-race couples, fathers profoundly influence their children’s racial identifications. Interracial marriage increased seven-fold from 1970 to 2000, and how the children of these marriages view their racial identity has a lot to do with their father’s race and the number of father-child…

  • Germany’s Context for Biracial Individuals

    Germany’s history has established a unique context for biracial individuals. For one, foreigners that look different have a hard time being accepted as German citizens. While the most prominent political activists of the Afro-German movement were women, Afro-German men chose the venue of music to express their struggle for identity and acceptance. Their contribution to…

  • Social Construction and the Concept of Race

    Social Construction and the Concept of Race Philosophy of Science Volume 72, Number 5 (December 2005) pages 1208-1219 DOI: 10.1086/508966 Edouard Machery, Associate Professor of History and Philosophy of Science University of Pittsburgh Luc Faucher, Professor of Philosophy Université du Québec, Montréal There has been little serious work to integrate the constructionist approach and the…

  • Racial Ambiguity and Relationship Formation in the United States: Theoretical and Practical Considerations

    Racial Ambiguity and Relationship Formation in the United States: Theoretical and Practical Considerations Journal of Social and Personal Relationships Volume 20, Number 2 (April 2003) pages 153-169 DOI: 10.1177/02654075030202002 Angela D. James, Associate Professor of African American Studies Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles M. Belinda Tucker, Social Psychologist and Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences…

  • Black or Biracial? Who Gets to Decide?

    Black or Biracial? Who Gets to Decide? The Huffington Post 2009-03-04 Abby L. Ferber, Associate Professor, Director of the Matrix Center and Co-Director of Women’s and Ethnic Studies University of Colorado, Colorado Springs Is Obama Black? Biracial? And why do we care so much? A new book by George Yancey and Richard Lewis, Jr., Interracial…

  • Transcending “The Box”: Multiracial Subjects as the New Face of Reality

    Transcending “The Box”: Multiracial Subjects as the New Face of Reality CSW Update Newsletter UCLA Center for the Study of Women February 2008 pages 24-27 Kunti Dudakia I hate it. I hate the feeling I get when I am forced in online surveys, job applications, or school admissions to check a box to identify my…

  • CRN 47519/47520-Mixed Race Asian Americans

    CRN 47519/47520-Mixed Race Asian Americans University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Fall 2008 Kent Ono, Professor of Asian American Studies, Communication, and Institute of Communications Research Part of Asian American Ethnic Groups (AAS-450) This course provides an introduction to the study of mixed race Asian Americans. From discussions of famous mixed race people, such as Tiger Woods,…

  • AMST130 SC-Multiracial People and Relations in U.S. History

    AMST130 SC-Multiracial People and Relations in U.S. History Scripps College, Claremont, California 2013 Matthew Delmont, Assistant Professor of American Studies This class will explore the conditions and consequences for crossing racial boundaries in the U.S. We will take a multidisciplinary approach, exploring historical, literary, and ethnographic writings along with several feature and documentary film treatments…