Mixed Race Studies

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  • Is it time to ditch the term ‘black, Asian and minority ethnic’ (BAME)?

    Is it time to ditch the term ‘black, Asian and minority ethnic’ (BAME)? The Guardian 2015-05-22 Lola Okolosie, Joseph Harker, Leah Green, and Emma Dabiri This week, former chairman of the commission for racial equality Trevor Phillips gave a speech in which he suggested that phrases such as black and minority ethnic (BME) and black,…

  • Fostering Mixed Race Children: Everyday Experiences of Foster Care

    The ‘mixed race’ classification is known to be a factor of disadvantage in children’s social care and this fastest growing population is more likely than any other ethnic group to experience care admission. How does knowledge of ‘mixedness’ underpin policy and practice?

  • Colored Perceptions: Racially Distinctive Names and Assessments of Skin Color

    Colored Perceptions: Racially Distinctive Names and Assessments of Skin Color American Behavioral Scientist Volume 60, Number 4 (April 2016) pages 420-441 DOI: 10.1177/0002764215613395 Denia Garcia Department of Sociology Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey Maria Abascal Department of Sociology Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey Scholars are increasingly employing skin color measures to investigate racial stratification beyond…

  • Shades of Race: How Phenotype and Observer Characteristics Shape Racial Classification

    Shades of Race: How Phenotype and Observer Characteristics Shape Racial Classification American Behavioral Scientist Volume 60, Number 4 (April 2016) pages 390-419 DOI: 10.1177/0002764215613401 Cynthia Feliciano, Associate Professor of Sociology and Chicano/Latino Studies University of California, Irvine Although race-based discrimination and stereotyping can only occur if people place others into racial categories, our understanding of…

  • Interrogating Race: Color, Racial Categories, and Class Across the Americas

    Interrogating Race: Color, Racial Categories, and Class Across the Americas American Behavioral Scientist Volume 60, Number 4 (April 2016) pages 538-555 DOI: 10.1177/0002764215613400 Stanley R. Bailey, Associate Professor of Sociology University of California, Irvine Fabrício M. Fialho University of California, Los Angeles Andrew M. Penner, Associate Professor of Sociology University of California, Irvine We address…

  • Documenting Contested Racial Identities Among Self-Identified Latina/os, Asians, Blacks, and Whites

    Documenting Contested Racial Identities Among Self-Identified Latina/os, Asians, Blacks, and Whites American Behavioral Scientist Volume 60, Number 4 (April 2016) pages 442-464 DOI: 10.1177/0002764215613396 Nicholas Vargas, Assistant Professor of Latin American Studies and Sociology University of Florida Kevin Stainback, Associate Professor of Sociology Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana A contested racial identity refers to incongruence…

  • The Latinos of Asia: How Filipino Americans Break the Rules of Race

    Is race only about the color of your skin? In “The Latinos of Asia,” Anthony Christian Ocampo shows that what “color” you are depends largely on your social context.

  • Afro-Latin America: Black Lives, 1600–2000

    Of the almost 11 million Africans who came to the Americas between 1500 and 1870, two-thirds came to Spanish America and Brazil. Over four centuries, Africans and their descendants—both free and enslaved—participated in the political, social, and cultural movements that indelibly shaped their countries’ colonial and post-independence pasts. Yet until very recently Afro-Latin Americans were…

  • 2016 Duke Global Brazil Conference

    2016 Duke Global Brazil Conference Duke University Ahmadieh Family Lecture Hall (FHI Garage) C105, Bay 4, Smith Warehouse Durham, North Carolina 2016-03-04, 09:00-17:30 EST (Local Time) Co-sponsored by FHI Global Brazil Lab and the Duke Brazil Initiative Invited guests include: Keynote: Dr. Elizabeth Hordge-Freeman (USF) – The Color of Love in Bahia Dr. John Collins…

  • That moment you look in the mirror and realize you’re black

    Brazil’s Black Awakening