Mixed Race Studies

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  • ‘Myth of racial democracy is part of the education of the Brazilian,” says Congolese anthropologist living in Brazil

    ‘Myth of racial democracy is part of the education of the Brazilian,” says Congolese anthropologist living in Brazil Black Women of Brazil 2016-02-16 Thiago de Araújo The absence of Black nominees at the 2016 Oscars. ‘Black face’ is just a costume. Cotistas (quota students) surpass (scores) of non-cotista students. A black sponge doll on the…

  • Latina/o Whitening? Which Latina/os Self-Classify as White and Report Being Perceived as White by Other Americans?

    Latina/o Whitening? Which Latina/os Self-Classify as White and Report Being Perceived as White by Other Americans? Du Bois Review: Social Science Research on Race Volume 12, Issue 01, Spring 2015 pages 119-136 DOI: 10.1017/S1742058X14000241 Nicholas Vargas, Assistant Professor of Sociology; Latino Studies University of Florida Some scholars argue that Latina/os in the United States may…

  • America Is Obsessed With Identity. Thanks, Obama?

    America Is Obsessed With Identity. Thanks, Obama? Code Switch: Frontiers of Race, Culture and Ethnicity National Public Radio 2016-02-17 Alicia Montgomery Annette Elizabeth Allen for NPR When Barack Obama won the presidency in 2008, there was a lot of talk about “The Obama Effect”: how the nation’s first black president signaled a new era of…

  • A Critical and Comprehensive Sociological Theory of Race and Racism

    A Critical and Comprehensive Sociological Theory of Race and Racism Sociology of Race and Ethnicity Published online before print 2016-02-23 DOI: 10.1177/2332649216632242 Tanya Golash-Boza, Associate Professor of Sociology University of California, Merced This article contests the contention that sociology lacks a sound theoretical approach to the study of race and racism, instead arguing that a…

  • ASA 115: Mixed Race Expeiences

    ASA 115: Mixed Race Expeiences University of California, Davis 2012-2016 Kieu-Linh Caroline Valverde, Associate Professor of Asian American Studies “Even after our first ‘black’ president ushered in a so-called ‘post racial America,’ we understood that there is much more to the race issue than what has been presented.” Using the theme of Race Traitors, this…

  • Call for papers: Mana Tangatarua: Mixed heritages and biculturalism in Aotearoa/New Zealand

    Call for papers: Mana Tangatarua: Mixed heritages and biculturalism in Aotearoa/New Zealand Dr Zarine L. Rocha 2015-11-22 Deadline: 29 February 2016 This volume seeks to explore the diversity of research on “mixed race”/mixed ethnic identity in Aotearoa/New Zealand. “Mixed race” identities have been the subject of growing scholarly interest over the past two decades, particularly…

  • Mixed-Race Youth and Schooling: The Fifth Minority

    Mixed-Race Youth and Schooling: The Fifth Minority Routledge 2016-02-26 256 pages 10 B/W Illus. Hardback ISBN: 978-1-13-802191-4 Paperback ISBN: 978-1-13-802193-8 Sandra Winn Tutwiler, Professor of Education Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas This timely, in-depth examination of the educational experiences and needs of mixed-race children (“the fifth minority”) focuses on the four contexts that primarily influence learning…

  • An Exploration of Racial Considerations in Partnered Fathers’ Involvement in Bringing Up Their Mixed-/Multi-Race Children in Britain and New Zealand

    An Exploration of Racial Considerations in Partnered Fathers’ Involvement in Bringing Up Their Mixed-/Multi-Race Children in Britain and New Zealand Fathering: A Journal of Theory, Research, and Practice about Men as Fathers Volume 13, Number 2 (2015) 26 pages Rosalind Edwards, Professor of Sociology University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom Chamion Caballero, Visiting Senior Fellow…

  • An inquiry on racial, ethnic, and national identity among ‘mixed race’ persons of Indian and Fijian descent

    An inquiry on racial, ethnic, and national identity among ‘mixed race’ persons of Indian and Fijian descent University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji February 2015 149 pages DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.5141.7360 Rolando Alonzo Cocom A thesis submitted in fulfillment of the partial requirements for the completion of Master of Arts in Sociology This explorative research provides…

  • TEDx USF with Elizabeth Hordge-Freeman

    TEDx USF with Elizabeth Hordge-Freeman TEDx USF University of South Florida Tampa, Florida 2016-02-08 From November 2015, Assistant Professor of Sociology Elizabeth Hordge-Freeman discusses her new book, The Color of Love: Racial Features, Stigma, and Socialization in Black Brazilian Families.