Mixed Race Studies

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  • Philosophical aspects of the ‘AAA Statement on “Race”’

    Philosophical aspects of the ‘AAA Statement on “Race”’ Anthropological Theory Volume 1, Number 4 (December 2001) pages 445-465 DOI: 10.1177/14634990122228836 Naomi Zack, Professor of Philosophy University of Oregon I apply philosophical analysis to the ‘AAA Statement on “Race”’ (American Anthropological Association, 1998) and the commentary on its earlier draft published in the Anthropology Newsletter (1997).…

  • Australian Mixed Race

    Australian Mixed Race European Journal of Cultural Studies Volume 7, Number 2 (May 2004) pages 177-199 DOI: 10.1177/1367549404042493 Maureen Perkins, Associate Professor of History, Anthropology and Sociology Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia This article argues against the case for colour-blindness as a fundamental principle of liberal policy and recommends more colour consciousness rather than less.…

  • Mixed Race Marriages

    Mixed Race Marriages The Milken Institute Review Second Quarter 2009 William “Bill” H. Frey, Senior Fellow in Demography/Senior Fellow in Metropolitan Policy Milken Institute Brookings Institution in Washington While Barack Obama’s election was a signal event for many reasons, the fact that Americans chose someone of mixed race isn’t quite as startling as it first…

  • Belonging to Britain

    Belonging to Britain The Munk Centre for International Studies University of Toronto 2008-11-14 Video Length: 00:46:36 Hazel V. Carby, Charles C. and Dorathea S. Dilley Professor of African American Studies Yale University In her lecture, “Belonging to Britain”, Hazel Carby looks at the historic relationship between England and Jamaica, including the history of the slave…

  • Brown Babies in Britain

    Brown Babies in Britain Radcliffe Quarterly Winter 2007 Dean’s Lecture Series Julia Hanna When white British women met black servicemen during World War II, mixed-race children sometimes resulted from their relationships. In her November 2 [2007] Dean’s Lecture, Hazel V. Carby addressed issues of race and class by drawing on scholarship and personal experience as…

  • Forced to Choose: Some Determinants of Racial Identification

    Forced to Choose: Some Determinants of Racial Identification Child Development May/June 2004 Volume 75, Number 3 Pages 730-748 Melissa Herman, Assistant Professor of Sociology Dartmouth University This paper categorizes multiracial youth (N=1,496) ages 14 to 19 and compares them with other and with monoracial youth on identity development measures.  The multiracial categories used here are…

  • Hybrid: Bisexuals, Multiracials, and Other Misfits Under American Law

    In “Hybrid,” Ruth Colker argues that our bipolar classification system obscures a genuine understanding of the very nature of subordination. Acknowledging that categorization is crucial and unavoidable in a world of practical problems and day-to-day conflicts, Ruth Colker shows how categories can and must be improved for the good of all.

  • Choosing Ethnic Identity

    Choosing Ethnic Identity Polity Books February 2003 192 pages 229 x 152 mm, 6 x 9 in Hardback ISBN: 9780745622767; ISBN10: 0745622763 Paperback ISBN: 9780745622774; ISBN10: 0745622771 Miri Song, Professor of Sociology University of Kent Choosing Ethnic Identity explores the ways in which people are able to choose their ethnic identities in contemporary multiethnic societies…

  • Tripping on the Color Line: Black-White Multiracial Families in a Racially Divided World

    Tripping on the Color Line: Black-White Multiracial Families in a Racially Divided World Rutgers University Press October 2000 192 pages Cloth ISBN: 0-8135-2843-7 Paper ISBN: 0-8135-2844-5 Heather M. Dalmage, Professor of Sociology and Director Mansfield Institute for Social Justice Roosevelt University A sociological analysis of the experiences and challenges faced by black-white multiracial families At…

  • The “Tragic Mulatta” Revisited: Race and Nationalism in Nineteenth-Century Antislavery Fiction

    The “Tragic Mulatta” Revisited: Race and Nationalism in Nineteenth-Century Antislavery Fiction Rutgers University Press 2004-09-29 202 pages Cloth ISBN: 978-0-8135-3481-7 Paper ISBN: 978-0-8135-3482-4 Eve Allegra Raimon, Professor, Arts & Humanities University of Southern Maine Since its inception, the United States has been intensely preoccupied with interracialism. The concept is embedded everywhere in our social and…