Mixed Race Studies

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  • America’s ‘Postracial’ Fantasy

    America’s ‘Postracial’ Fantasy The New York Times Magazine 2015-06-30 Anna Holmes Illustration by Javier Jaén For millions of mixed-race people, identity fits more than one box, but we still see one another in black and white. On Father’s Day, my dad and I had brunch with some close friends of mine. The conversation soon turned…

  • How Race Is Conjured

    The fiction of race hides the real source of racism and inequity in America today.

  • The problems with Rachel Dolezal and the social construction of race

    The problems with Rachel Dolezal and the social construction of race Nerding Out with Dorian Warren MSNBC 2015-06-17 Dorian Warren, Host and Associate Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs Columbia University, New York, New York Christina Greer, Assistant Professor of Political Science Fordham University, The Jesuit University of New York Allyson Hobbs,…

  • “Empathy does not preclude accountability:” Jay Smooth on Rachel Dolezal

    Last night, while I was in the midst of making a video on the Rachel Dolezal situation, the news broke of this horrific racist killing in Charleston South Carolina. After much deliberation we have decided to release the video as scheduled, and I believe its core message is still relevant to the moment.

  • Study illuminates why multiracial Americans almost never call themselves white

    Study illuminates why multiracial Americans almost never call themselves white Vox 2015-06-15 Jenée Desmond-Harris Look up any article about President Obama that focuses on his role as the first black president. Go ahead, do it now. Scroll down to the comments. I promise you, you’ll find earnest inquiries asking why the president is considered black…

  • One Drop of Love: Written and Performed by: Fanshen Cox DiGiovanni

    One Drop of Love: Written and Performed by: Fanshen Cox DiGiovanni 2015 TCG National Conference Theatre Communications Group Westfield Insurance Studio Theatre, IDEA Center 1375 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, Ohio Friday, 2015-06-19, 20:00 EDT (Local Time) Produced by Ben Affleck, Matt Damon and Fanshen Cox DiGiovanni, this extraordinary one-woman show incorporates filmed images, photographs and animation…

  • Prof. Khanna widely consulted in Dolezal controversy

    Prof. Khanna widely consulted in Dolezal controversy UVM Department of Sociology University of Vermont 2015-06-17 Prof. Nikki Khanna, an expert in shifting racial identities and the social construction of race, has been widely sought after by the media in the wake of the controversy about Rachel Dolezal. Some of the media outlets where she was…

  • Mimicry is Not Solidarity: Of Allies, Rachel Dolezal and the Creation of Antiracist White Identity

    In a country where being black increases your likelihood of being unemployed, poor, rejected for a bank loan, suspected of wrongdoing and profiled as a criminal, being arrested or even shot by police, the mind boggles at the decision of Rachel Dolezal some years ago to begin posing as an African American woman. Yes perhaps…

  • How Fluid Is Racial Identity?

    How Fluid Is Racial Identity? Room for Debate The New York Times 2015-06-17 Heidi W. Durrow, Novelist Amanda Kay Erekson, President MAVIN Angela Onwuachi-Willig, Charles M. and Marion J. Kierscht Professor of Law University of Iowa Nancy Leong, Associate Professor of Law University of Denver Mark Hugo Lopez, Director of Hispanic Research Pew Research Center…

  • Pew: Multiracial Americans Now Make Up 7% Of Population

    Pew: Multiracial Americans Now Make Up 7% Of Population Wisconsin Public Radio Thursday, 2015-06-11, 16:35 CDT Aliya Saperstein, Assistant Professor of Sociology Stanford University Jennifer Sims, Adjunct Visiting Professor of Sociology University of Wisconsin, River Falls According to Census data, only about 2 percent of Americans consider themselves to be multiracial, but a new report…