Mixed Race Studies

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  • Charleston Syllabus: Readings on Race, Racism, and Racial Violence

    Charleston Syllabus: Readings on Race, Racism, and Racial Violence University of Georgia Press May 2016 336 pages Trim size: 6 x 9 Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-8203-4956-5 Paper ISBN: 978-0-8203-4957-2 Author Website Edited by: Chad Williams, Associate Professor of African & Afro-American Studies Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts Kidada E. Williams, Associate Professor of History Wayne State University,…

  • Race & Racisms: A Critical Approach [Gabriel Review]

    Race & Racisms: A Critical Approach [Gabriel Review] Tanya Maria Golash-Boza, Race and Racisms: A Critical Approach (New York, London: Oxford University Press, 2014) Sociology of Race and Ethnicity Published online before print 2016-04-22 DOI: 10.1177/2332649216645801 Ricardo Gabriel The Graduate Center City University of New York Explaining to students that race is a social construction…

  • Multiracial families socially excluded

    Multiracial families socially excluded The Korean Times 2016-04-26 Kim Bo-eun Multiracial family members in Korea have become more stabilized but continue to feel isolated due to obstacles in building relationships with locals, a survey shows. According to a Statistics Korea’s survey of 17,849 multiracial households here, more immigrant brides and naturalized Koreans have trouble befriending…

  • “Passing” “Presenting” & the Troubled Language of Mixed Race

    “Passing” “Presenting” & the Troubled Language of Mixed Race Multiracial Asian Families: thinking about race, families, children, and the intersection of mixed ID/Asian 2016-04-21 Sharon H. Chang I’m a light-skinned mixed race Asian/white woman. I don’t deny it. On my lightest day, in the deep of winter, under cover of endless Seattle clouds, I could…

  • Colorism

    Colorism The Podcast Stuff Mom Never Told You 2016-04-13 Cristen Conger, Co-host Caroline Ervin, Co-host Why does lighter skin improve women’s chances of getting through school, getting a job and getting married? Cristen and Caroline explore the historical roots, repercussions and cross-cultural shades of colorism around the world. Listen to the episode (00:48:48) here. Download…

  • Shade∙ism

    Shade∙ism London South Bank University K2-VG10 Keyworth Street London, SE1 6NG, United Kingdom Thursday, 2016-04-21 17:30 BST (Local Time) Join us for this Black History Event organised by EquiNet, a network for Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) staff at LSBU. This event is supported by the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Unit. This event brings together…

  • The Psychosis of Whiteness: The Celluloid Hallucinations of Amazing Grace and Belle

    The Psychosis of Whiteness: The Celluloid Hallucinations of Amazing Grace and Belle Journal of Black Studies Published online before print 2016-03-21 DOI: 10.1177/0021934716638802 Kehinde Andrews, Associate Professor in Sociology Birmingham City University, Birmingham, United Kingdom Critical Whiteness studies has emerged as an academic discipline that has produced a lot of work and garnered attention in…

  • About Latino Whiteness…

    About Latino Whiteness… The NiLP Report on Latino Politics & Policy The National Institute for Latino Policy 2016-04-10 CONTENTS “A Response to Linda Martín Alcoff’s ‘Latinos and the Category of Whiteness’” By Manuel Pastor (April 10, 2016) “Reply to Manuel Pastor” by Linda Martín Alcoff (April 10, 2016) Manuel Pastor, Professor of Sociology and American…

  • #BlackLivesMatter in Latin America: Race, Space and Consciousness

    #BlackLivesMatter in Latin America: Race, Space and Consciousness New York University Department of Social & Cultural Analysis 20 Cooper Square New York, New York 10003 Monday, 2016-04-18 18:30-20:00 EDT (Local Time) The hashtag turned social movement, #blacklivesmatter, has thrust police brutality and institutionalized racism into the American consciousness. African descendants in Latin America are concurrently…

  • Negotiating Identities: Mixed Race Individuals in China, Japan, and Korea

    Negotiating Identities: Mixed Race Individuals in China, Japan, and Korea University of San Francisco McLaren Complex – MC 250 2130 Fulton Street San Francisco, California 94117-1080 2016-04-14 through 2016-04-15 The University of San Francisco Center for Asia Pacific Studies is pleased to announce its spring symposium Negotiating Identities: Mixed-Race Individuals in China, Japan, and Korea,…