Mixed Race Studies
Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.
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- You were either Black or white. To claim whiteness as a mixed child was to deny and hide Blackness. Our families understood that the world we were growing into would seek to denigrate this part of us and we would need a community that was made up, always and already, of all shades of Blackness.
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Category: Social Science
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“What are you?” Biracial Perceptions of Persistent Identity Questions when Bodily Appearances signify Race Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association Sheraton New York New York, New York 2005-05-26 through 2005-05-30 23 pages Erica Butcher Ohio State University This qualitative study examines the perceptions of Biracial females persistently questioned about their…
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Black Is, Black Ain’t: Biracials, Middle-Class Blacks, and the Meaning of “The Black Community” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting Hilton San Francisco San Francisco, California 2009-08-09 46 pages Cherise A. Harris, Assistant Professor of Sociology Connecticut College Nikki Khanna Sherwin, Assistant Professor of Sociology University of Vermont…
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Social Comparisons, Social Networks, and Racial Identity: The Case of Black-White Biracial Americans
Social Comparisons, Social Networks, and Racial Identity: The Case of Black-White Biracial Americans Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting Hilton San Francisco San Francisco, California 2009-08-08 47 pages Nikki Khanna Sherwin, Assistant Professor of Sociology University of Vermont Cathryn Johnson, Professor of Sociology and Director of Graduate Studies…
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Thinking outside the (black) box: Measuring black and multiracial identification on surveys Social Science Research Volume 36, Issue 3, September 2007 Pages 921-944 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2006.07.001 Mary E. Campbell, Associate Professor of Sociology University of Iowa To better understand the diversity of the multiracial population, compare multiracial data to single-race data, and evaluate the rigidity of…
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Dreaming of a colour-blind S’pore The Straits Sunday Times 2010-08-08 page 30 Edwina Shaddick, 22 British-Chinese Edwina Shaddick, final year politics and sociology major from SMU, has a father from Swindon, England and a mother who is Chinese Singaporean. She shares how her mixed heritage has shaped her identity. The politics and sociology major from…
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Geographies of diaspora and mixed descent: Anglo-Indians in India and Britain International Journal of Population Geography Special Issue: Geographies of Diaspora Volume 9, Issue 4 (July/August 2003) pages 281–294 DOI: 10.1002/ijpg.287 Alison Blunt, Professor of Geography Queen Mary, University of London This paper explores geographies of diaspora for Anglo-Indians (formerly known as ‘Eurasians’) through a…
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Fadeout for a Culture That’s Neither Indian Nor British The New York Times 2010-08-14 Mian Ridge CALCUTTA — Entering the crumbling mansion of the Lawrence D’Souza Old Age Home here is a visit to a vanishing world. Breakfast tea from a cup and saucer, Agatha Christie murder mysteries and Mills & Boon romances, a weekly…
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Understanding Identity Differences among Biracial Siblings American Sociological Association Annual Meeting 2010 Regular Session: Multi-Racial Classification/Identity Atlanta Marriott Marquis Monday, 2010-08-16, 16:30-18:10 EDT (Local Time) Session Organizer: Rebecca C. King-O’Riain, Senior Lecturer of Sociology, National University of Ireland-Maynooth Presider: Carolyn A. Liebler, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Minnesota Melissa R. Herman, Assistant Professor, Sociology…
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Fluid or Fixed: Which is Better? Multiracial Identity Consistency and Emotional Well-Being in Adolescence American Sociological Association Annual Meeting 2010 Regular Session: Multi-Racial Classification/Identity Atlanta Marriott Marquis Monday, 2010-08-16, 16:30-18:10 EDT (Local Time) Session Organizer: Rebecca C. King-O’Riain, Senior Lecturer of Sociology National University of Ireland-Maynooth Presider: Carolyn A. Liebler, Assistant Professor of Sociology University…
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…Fleming’s use of the term ‘passing’ is also worthy of comment. Not only does it have the connotation of deceit and disguise, but it also implies that the offspring of mixed heritage could never be truly English, despite their birth in England and their English mothers. To cross racial boundaries (‘race crossing’) had two meanings:…