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  • Positioning Multiraciality in Cyberspace: Treatment of Multiracial Daters in an Online Dating Website

    Positioning Multiraciality in Cyberspace: Treatment of Multiracial Daters in an Online Dating Website American Sociological Review Volume 80, Number 4 (August 2015) pages 764-788 DOI: 10.1177/0003122415591268 Celeste Vaughan Curington Department of Sociology University of Massachusetts, Amherst Ken-Hou Lin, Assistant Professor of Sociology The University of Texas, Austin Jennifer Hickes Lundquist, Professor of Sociology University of…

  • Race: An Introduction

    Taking a comparative approach, this textbook is a concise introduction to race. Illustrated with detailed examples from around the world, it is organised into two parts. Part One explores the historical changes in ideas about race from the ancient world to the present day, in different corners of the globe. Part Two outlines ways in…

  • Whiteness Fractured

    Whiteness Fractured Ashgate Publishing November 2013 256 pages Includes 1 b&w illustration 234 x 156 mm Hardback ISBN: 978-1-4094-6357-3 Cynthia Levine-Rasky, Associate Professor of Sociology Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada Whiteness Fractured examines the many ways in which whiteness is conceptualized today and how it is understood to operate and to effect social relationships. Exploring…

  • What does race do?

    What does race do? Ethnic and Racial Studies Volume 38, Issue 8, 2015 Special Issue: Ethnic and Racial Studies Review pages 1401-1406 DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2015.1016064 Alana Lentin, Senior Lecturer in Cultural and Social Analysis University of Western Sydney, Australia In writing on ‘John Rex’s Main Mistake’, Michael Banton reveals more about Banton than he does about…

  • The Science Behind ‘They All Look Alike to Me’

    The Science Behind ‘They All Look Alike to Me’ The New York Times 2015-09-20 Rachel L. Swarns The outcry was immediate and ferocious when a white New York City police officer tackled James Blake, the retired biracial tennis star, while arresting him this month in a case of mistaken identity. The officer mistook Mr. Blake…

  • One Drop of Love at Smith College

    One Drop of Love at Smith College Smith College Hallie Flanagan Theater, Theatre Green Room 122 Green Street Northampton, Massachusetts 01063 Friday, 2015-09-18 and Saturday, 2015-09-19 (Two Performances!) 19:00-21:00 EDT (Local Time) One Drop of Love is a multimedia solo performance by Fanshen Cox DiGiovanni, incorporating filmed images, photographs and animation to tell the story of…

  • Raising Mixed Kids: Family Workshop with Sharon Chang

    Raising Mixed Kids: Family Workshop with Sharon Chang Hapa-palooza Festival 2015 Heartwood Community Cafe 317 E. Broadway Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Saturday, 2015-09-19, 18:00-20:00 PDT (Local Time) Sharon H. Chang, author, scholar, sociologist and activist Multiracial Asian Families How do we have transformative race conversations with multi-racial children when most grownups aren’t even able to…

  • Is Hawaii a Racial Paradise?

    Races, Ethnicities, and Cultures Mix More Freely Than Elsewhere in the U.S., But There Are Limits to the Aloha Spirit

  • Biases in the Perception of Barack Obama’s Skin Tone

    Biases in the Perception of Barack Obama’s Skin Tone Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy Volume 14, Issue 1, December 2014 pages 137–161 DOI: 10.1111/asap.12061 Markus Kemmelmeier, Professor of Sociology University of Nevada, Reno H. Lyssette Chavez University of Nevada, Reno White Americans higher in prejudice were less likely to vote for Barack Obama…

  • Do Children See in Black and White? Children’s and Adults’ Categorizations of Multiracial Individuals

    Do Children See in Black and White? Children’s and Adults’ Categorizations of Multiracial Individuals Child Development Published Online: 2015-08-28 DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12410 Steven O. Roberts Department of Psychology University of Michigan Susan A. Gelman, Heinz Werner Distinguished University Professor of Psychology and Linguistics University of Michgan Categorizations of multiracial individuals provide insight into the development of…