Mixed Race Studies

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  • When Race Becomes Even More Complex: Toward Understanding the Landscape of Multiracial Identity and Experiences

    When Race Becomes Even More Complex: Toward Understanding the Landscape of Multiracial Identity and Experiences Journal of Social Issues Volume 65, Number 1 (March 2009) pages 1-11 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-4560.2008.01584.x Margaret Shih University of California, Los Angeles Diana T. Sanchez Rutgers University, The State University of New Jersey The explosion in the number of people coming…

  • Mixed-up kids? Race, identity and social order

    Mixed-up kids? Race, identity and social order Russell House Publishing December 2008 184 pages ISBN: 9781905541386 Tina G. Patel University of Salford Transracial adoptees, children of mixed parentage, children of settled immigrant families… more and more children are growing up in mixed-race families and social environments. And there is increasing variety within this mixed-ness. Yet…

  • Mother’s, Father’s, or Both? Parental Gender and Parent-Child Interactions in the Racial Classification of Adolescents

    Mother’s, Father’s, or Both? Parental Gender and Parent-Child Interactions in the Racial Classification of Adolescents Jenifer L. Bratter, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Associate Director of the Institute for Urban Research Rice University Holly E. Heard Rice University Sociological Forum Volume 24, Number 3, September 2009 pages 658-688 DOI: 10.1111/j.1573-7861.2009.01124.x Research on racial identification in interracial…

  • My Choice, Your Categories: The Denial of Multiracial Identities

    Mixed-race individuals often encounter situations in which their identities are a source of tension, particularly when expressions of multiracial and biracial identity are not supported or allowed. Two studies examined the consequences of this identity denial.

  • Racing to Theory or Retheorizing Race? Understanding the Struggle to Build a Multiracial Identity Theory

    Racing to Theory or Retheorizing Race? Understanding the Struggle to Build a Multiracial Identity Theory Journal of Social Issues 2009 Volume 65, Number 1 pp. 13–34 Kerry Ann Rockquemore, Associate Professor University of Illinois at Chicago David L. Brunsma, Professor of Sociology Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Daniel J. Delgado University of Missouri-Columbia Empirical…

  • Mixed-Race Looks

    Mixed-Race Looks Contemporary Asthetics Special Volume 2, 2009 Ronald Sundstrom, Associate Professor of African American Studies University of San Francisco The multiracial population is growing larger and so is popular awareness about multiracial or mixed-race identity. Simmering beneath the growing public recognition of multiracial identity are questions about the legitimacy of mixed race, multiracial, or…

  • ‘Canadian’ and ‘Being Indian’: Subject Positions and Discourses Used in South Asian-Canadian Women’s Talk about Ethnic Identity

    ‘Canadian’ and ‘Being Indian’: Subject Positions and Discourses Used in South Asian-Canadian Women’s Talk about Ethnic Identity Culture & Psychology Volume 15, Number 2 (2009) pages 255-283 DOI: 10.1177/1354067X09102893 Rebecca L. Malhi University of Calgary, Canada, rmalhi@ucalgary.ca Susan D. Boon University of Calgary, Canada, sdboon@ucalgary.ca Timothy B. Rogers University of Calgary, Canada Ethnic identity descriptions…

  • The Face and the Public: Race, Secrecy, and Digital Art Practice

    The Face and the Public: Race, Secrecy, and Digital Art Practice Camera Obscura Volume 24, Number 1, 70 (2009) pages 37-65 DOI: 10.1215/02705346-2008-014 Jennifer González, Associate Professor of History of Art and Visual Culture Contemporary Art, Race and Representation Harvard University Contemporary digital artists have been exploring the function of the face and its relation…

  • Speaking Up: Mixed Race Identity in Black Communities

    Speaking Up: Mixed Race Identity in Black Communities Journal of Black Studies Volume 39, Number 3 (January 2009) pages 434-445 DOI: 10.1177/0021934706297875 Tru Leverette University of North Florida, Jacksonville Within Black communities, individuals of mixed Black/White parentage have faced diverse reactions, ranging from elevation to scorn. These reactions have often been based on the oppressions…

  • hypodescent

    Hypodescent is the practice of determining the classification of a child of mixed-race ancestry by assigning the child the race of his or her more socially subordinate parent.  Because Caucasians were historically socially dominant in the Western world, mixed-race children in slave societies were most frequently assigned the status of their non-Caucasian parent.  This was…