Mixed Race Studies

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  • Mixed Kids Roundtable: The Politics of Multiracialism and Identity

    We were joined in this edition of iMiXWHATiLiKE! by a roundtable of panelists for a discussion of the politics of multiracialism and identity.

  • Moving beyond monoracial categories

    Moving beyond monoracial categories The Daily: of the University of Washington 2015-01-25 Emily Muirhead I once had a professor claim that in 50 years, everyone will be so racially “mixed” and therefore ambiguous, no one will be able to distinguish “what someone is,” so race won’t matter much anymore. As a biracial individual who has…

  • Race in Contemporary Brazil: From Indifference to Inequality

    Brazil’s traditionally agrarian economy, based initially on slave labor and later on rural labor and tenancy arrangements, established inequalities that have not diminished even with industrial development and urban growth. While fertility and infant mortality rates have dropped significantly and life expectancy has increased during the past thirty years, the gaps in mortality between rich…

  • The Superiority of the Mulatto

    The Superiority of the Mulatto American Journal of Sociology Volume 23, Number 1 (July, 1917) pages 83-106 E. B. Reuter (1880-1946) Perhaps the most significant fact regarding the Negro people in America is the degree to which the race has undergone differen- tiation during the period of contact with European civilization. From the low and…

  • Aboriginal Identity: Who is ‘Aboriginal’?

    Aboriginal Identity: Who is ‘Aboriginal’? Creative Spirits 2014-12-23 Jens Korff People who identify themselves as ‘Aboriginal’ range from dark-skinned, broad-nosed to blonde-haired, blue-eyed people. Aboriginal people define Aboriginality not by skin colour but by relationships. Light-skinned Aboriginal people often face challenges on their Aboriginal identity because of stereotyping. Ever since white people mixed with Aboriginal…

  • Mixed Race Identities: Written by Peter J. Aspinall and Miri Song

    Mixed Race Identities: Written by Peter J. Aspinall and Miri Song The Kelvingrove Review Issue 13: Dialogue Across Decades (2014-05-27) 5 pages Mengxi Pang Centre on Dynamics of Ethnicity University of Glasgow, United Kingdom Aspinall, Peter J. and Miri Song, Mixed Race Identities (Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013), 218 pp. As the fastest growing population…

  • Social representations of ‘mixed-race’ in early twenty-first-century Britain: content, limitations, and counter-narratives

    Social representations of ‘mixed-race’ in early twenty-first-century Britain: content, limitations, and counter-narratives Ethnic and Racial Studies Published online: 2015-01-23 19 pages DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2014.992924 Peter J. Aspinall, Emeritus Reader in Public Health Centre for Health Services Studies (CHSS) University of Kent, United Kingdom Over the last two decades, lay and professional interest in Britain’s ‘mixed-race’ population…

  • More Than a Knapsack: The White Supremacy Flower as a New Model for Teaching Racism

    This article suggests that White supremacy versus White privilege provides a clearer and more accurate conceptual understanding of how racism operates, evolves, and sustains itself. This article suggests a specific model for teaching White supremacy, the White supremacy flower, and describes the application and benefits of the model.

  • Black Cubans: Restoring US Ties Is Cool, but America, Keep Your Hang-Ups About Race at Bay

    Black Cubans: Restoring US Ties Is Cool, but America, Keep Your Hang-Ups About Race at Bay The Root 2015-01-21 Diana Ozemebhoya Eromosele, Staff Writer Will the current racial tensions in America seep into Cuba and awaken a sleeping giant? Black Cubans say probably not. It doesn’t matter how much Cuba’s culture changes now that the…

  • Talking about Critical Mixed Race Studies in the Wake of Ferguson

    Talking about Critical Mixed Race Studies in the Wake of Ferguson University of Washington Press Blog 2015-01-21 Laura Kina, Vincent de Paul Professor of Art, Media, & Design DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois In this guest post, Laura Kina, coeditor of War Baby / Love Child: Mixed Race Asian American Art, discusses the emerging discipline of…