Mixed Race Studies

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  • The sweetness of forbidden fruit: Interracial daters are more attractive than intraracial daters

    The sweetness of forbidden fruit: Interracial daters are more attractive than intraracial daters Journal of Social and Personal Relationships Volume 32, Number 5 (August 2015) pages 650-666 DOI: 10.1177/0265407514541074 Karen Wu Department of Psychology University of California, Irvine Chuansheng Chen, Chancellor’s Professor of Psychology & Social Behavior and Education University of California, Irvine Ellen Greenberger,…

  • “Canadian-First”: Mixed Race Self-Identification and Canadian Belonging

    “Canadian-First”: Mixed Race Self-Identification and Canadian Belonging Canadian Ethnic Studies Volume 47, Number 2, 2015 pages 21-44 DOI: 10.1353/ces.2015.0017 Jillian Paragg Department of Sociology University of Alberta Not being read or identified by others as “Canadian” was a common thread in semi-structured in-depth interviews I conducted with 19 young adults of mixed race in a…

  • A Bias More Than Skin Deep

    A Bias More Than Skin Deep The New York Times 2015-07-13 Charles M. Blow I will never forget the October 2013 feature on National Geographic’s website: There was a pair of portraits of olive-skinned, ruby-lipped boys, one with a mane of curly black hair, the other with the tendrils of blond curls falling into his…

  • Maybe White People Really Don’t See Race — Maybe That’s The Problem

    Maybe White People Really Don’t See Race — Maybe That’s The Problem Scenarios USA 2015-07-08 Ijeoma Oluo Seattle, Washington It started with a simple question: “When is the first time you became aware of your race?” But as answers from friends, acquaintances, and complete strangers started to roll in, the question came to represent more…

  • Cross-country variation in interracial marriage: a USA–Canada comparison of metropolitan areas

    Cross-country variation in interracial marriage: a USA–Canada comparison of metropolitan areas Ethnic and Racial Studies Volume 38, Issue 9, 2015 pages 1591-1609 DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2015.1005644 Feng Hou Zheng Wu Christoph Schimmele John Myles While black–white intermarriage is uncommon in the USA, blacks in Canada are just as likely to marry whites as to marry blacks. Asians,…

  • Hybrid Identities: Theoretical and Empirical Examinations

    Hybrid Identities: Theoretical and Empirical Examinations Haymarket Books 2009 412 pages Paperback ISBN: 9781608460359 Edited by: Keri E. Iyall Smith, Associate Professor of Sociology Suffolk University, Boston Patricia Leavy Combining theoretical and empirical pieces, this book explores the emerging theoretical work seeking to describe hybrid identities while also illustrating the application of these theories in…

  • The Social Construction of Race

    Race is a social fiction imposed by the powerful on those they wish to control.

  • Race in Rhode Island: Is race just an invention?

    Race in Rhode Island: Is race just an invention? The Providence Journal Providence, Rhode Island 2015-06-27 Paul Edward Parker Classifications were created to divide people, say educator, historian. When you ask “What is race?” don’t expect a simple answer. And, when you consider Latinos — Are they a race or an ethnicity? — plus America’s…

  • The ambiguity of racial categories

    The ambiguity of racial categories The Washington Post 2015-06-16 Andrew Gelman, Professor of Statistics and Political Science Columbia University, New York, New York Racial classification has been in the news lately with the story of Rachel Dolezal, the NAACP official who is ethnically white but characterized herself as black until the story came out: The…

  • What Is Whiteness?

    What Is Whiteness? Sunday Review The New York Times 2015-06-20 Nell Irvin Painter, Professor Emerita of History Princeton University The terrorist attack in Charleston, S.C., an atrocity like so many other shameful episodes in American history, has overshadowed the drama of Rachel A. Dolezal’s yearslong passing for black. And for good reason: Hateful mass murder…