Mixed Race Studies
Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.
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- The Routledge International Handbook of Interracial and Intercultural Relationships and Mental Health
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- You were either Black or white. To claim whiteness as a mixed child was to deny and hide Blackness. Our families understood that the world we were growing into would seek to denigrate this part of us and we would need a community that was made up, always and already, of all shades of Blackness.
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Category: Social Science
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Race as Biology Is Fiction, Racism as a Social Problem Is Real: Anthropological and Historical Perspectives on the Social Construction of Race American Psychologist Volume 60, Number 1, January 2005 pages 16–26 DOI: 10.1037/0003-066X.60.1.16 Audrey Smedley Virginia Commonwealth University Institute of Medicine Brian D. Smedley Virginia Commonwealth University Institute of Medicine Racialized science seeks to…
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What Constitutes Intermarriage for Multiracial People in Britain? The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science Volume 662, Number 1, November 2015 pages 94-111 DOI: 10.1177/0002716215595387 Miri Song, Professor of Sociology University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom Intermarriage is of great interest to analysts because a group’s tendency to partner across…
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From Multiracial to Transgender? Assessing Attitudes toward Expanding Gender Options on the US Census Transgender Studies Quarterly Volume 2, Number 1, February 2015 pages 77-100 DOI: 10.1215/23289252-2848895 Kristen Schilt, Associate Professor of Sociology University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois Jenifer Bratter, Associate Professor of Sociology Rice University, Houston, Texas In 2000, the US Census Bureau acknowledged…
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A resurgence of black identity in Brazil? Evidence from an analysis of recent censuses Demographic Research Volume 32 Article 59 (2015-06-18) pages 1603-1630 DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2015.32.59 Vítor Miranda Population Studies Center University of Pennsylvania Background: The second half of the 20th century brought a sharp increase in the number of people self-identifying as “brown” in the…
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The Criminal Justice System and the Racialization of Perceptions The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science Volume 651, Number 1 (January 2014) pages 104-121 DOI: 10.1177/0002716213503097 Aliya Saperstein, Assistant Professor of Sociology Stanford University Andrew M. Penner, Associate Professor of Sociology University of California, Irvine Jessica M. Kizer Department of Sociology…
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Patterns of Racial and Educational Assortative Mating in Brazil Demography June 2014, Volume 51, Issue 3 pages 835-856 DOI: 10.1007/s13524-014-0300-2 Aaron Gullickson, Associate Professor of Sociology University of Oregon Florencia Torche, Professor of Sociology New York University Exchange of racial for educational status has been documented for black/white marriages in the United States. Exchange may…
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Disentangling the Effects of Racial Self-identification and Classification by Others: The Case of Arrest Demography June 2015, Volume 52, Issue 3 pages 1017-1024 DOI: 10.1007/s13524-015-0394-1 Andrew M. Penner, Associate Professor of Sociology University of California, Irvine Aliya Saperstein, Assistant Professor of Sociology Stanford University Scholars of race have stressed the importance of thinking about race…
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Race, color, and income inequality across the Americas Demographic Research Volume 31 Article 24 (2014-09-19) pages 735-756 DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2014.31.24 Stanley Bailey, Associate Professor of Sociology University of California, Irvine Aliya Saperstein, Assistant Professor of Sociology Stanford University Andrew Penner, Associate Professor of Sociology University of California, Irvine Background: Racial inequality in the U.S. is typically…
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The Cost of Color: Skin Color, Discrimination, and Health among African-Americans American Journal of Sociology Volume 121, Number 2 (September 2015) pages 396-444 DOI: 10.1086/682162 Ellis P. Monk Jr., Neubauer Family Assistant Professor of Sociology University of Chicago In this study, the author uses a nationally representative survey to examine the relationship(s) between skin tone,…
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The Persistent Problem of Colorism: Skin Tone, Status, and Inequality Sociology Compass Volume 1, Issue 1 (September 2007) pages 237-254 DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-9020.2007.00006.x Margaret Hunter, Mary S. Metz Professorship for Excellence and Creativity in Teaching Professor of Sociology Mills College, Oakland, California Colorism is a persistent problem for people of color in the USA. Colorism, or…