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  • Black by Choice

    Black by Choice The Nation 2010-04-15 Melissa Harris-Lacewell, Associate Professor of Politics and African American Studies Princeton University The first black president has created a definitional crisis for whiteness. President Obama created a bit of a stir in early April when he completed his Census form. In response to the question about racial identity the…

  • What happens after segmented assimilation? An exploration of intermarriage and ‘mixed race’ young people in Britain

    What happens after segmented assimilation? An exploration of intermarriage and ‘mixed race’ young people in Britain Ethnic and Racial Studies First Published on: 2010-03-17 Volume 33, Issue 7 (preview) DOI: 10.1080/01419871003625271 Miri Song, Professor of Sociology University of Kent  Theorizing on segmented assimilation has usefully spurred debate about the experiences and positions of the second generation in the…

  • Census reveals history of U.S. racial identity

    Census reveals history of U.S. racial identity San Francisco Chronicle 2010-04-18 Sally Lehrman, Fellow Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University also Knight Ridder San Jose Mercury News Endowed Chair in Journalism and the Public Interest Whether or not they can lay claim to a special category, the “Confederate Southern Americans” who want…

  • Mixed-Race People Perceived as ‘More Attractive,’ UK Study Finds

    Mixed-Race People Perceived as ‘More Attractive,’ UK Study Finds Science Daily 2010-04-14 In the largest study of its kind Dr. Michael Lewis of Cardiff University’s School of Psychology, collected a random sample of 1205 black, white, and mixed-race faces. Each face was then rated for their perceived attractiveness to others — with mixed-race faces, on…

  • Why are mixed-race people perceived as more attractive?

    Why are mixed-race people perceived as more attractive? Perception Volume 39, Issue 1 (2010) pages 136-138 ISSN: 0301-0066 (print), 1468-4233 (electronic) Michael B. Lewis, Senior Lecturer of Psychology Cardiff University Previous, small scale, studies have suggested that people of mixed race are perceived as being more attractive than non-mixed-race people. Here, it is suggested that…

  • The New Ingredient in the Identity of Black Biracial Children

    The New Ingredient in the Identity of Black Biracial Children The Chicago Tribune Op-Ed December 1996 Larry E. Davis, Dean and Donald M. Henderson Professor of Social Work and Director of the Center on Race and Social Problems University of Pittsburgh [Republished in the Race and Social Problems: Interview with Dean Larry E. Davis post of…

  • Race and Social Problems: Interview with Dean Larry E. Davis

    Race and Social Problems: Interview with Dean Larry E. Davis The Social Work Podcast 2008-03-24 Jonathan B. Singer, Assistant Professor of Social Work Temple Univerisity Interview with Larry E. Davis, Dean and Donald M. Henderson Professor of Social Work and Director of the Center on Race and Social Problems University of Pittsburgh   [Episode 36]…

  • Opting for White: choice, fluidity and racial identity construction in post civil-rights America

    Opting for White: choice, fluidity and racial identity construction in post civil-rights America Race & Society Volume 5, Issue 1 (2002) Symposium on The Latin Americanization of Race Relations in the United States edited by Eduardo Bonilla-Silva Pages 49–64 Kerry Ann Rockquemore, Associate Professor of Sociology Univerisity of Illinois, Chicago Patricia Arend, Lecturer in Sociology Babson…

  • Hapas: Emerging Identity, Emerging Terms and Labels & the Social Construction of Race

    Hapas: Emerging Identity, Emerging Terms and Labels & the Social Construction of Race Stanford Journal of Asian American Studies Volume II (October 2009) 20 pages Adriane E. Gamble Adriane E. Gamble presents part of her honors thesis in her paper “Hapas: Emerging Identity, Emerging Terms and Labels, and the Social Construction of Race.” Her paper…

  • Near Black: White-to-Black Passing in American Culture (review)

    Near Black: White-to-Black Passing in American Culture (review) MELUS: Multi-Ethnic Literature of the U.S. Volume 35, Number 1 (Spring 2010) E-ISSN: 1946-3170 Print ISSN: 0163-755X DOI: 10.1353/mel.0.0078 David Todd Lawrence, Associate Professor of English University of St. Thomas Passing narratives have long been a fixture of American literature. For African American authors, plots of racial…