Mixed Race Studies

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  • Whiteness in Latin America: measurement and meaning in national censuses (1850-1950)

    Drawing on an analysis of all national censuses conducted in Latin America from 1850 to 1950, this article examines how tacit assumptions about the nature of « whiteness » informed the production of statistical knowledge about Latin American populations.

  • We Named Our Son Lincoln: A Testimony Against Racial Injustice

    We Named Our Son Lincoln: A Testimony Against Racial Injustice ChicagoNow: The Family Table Chicago, Illinois 2014-12-08 Amy Negussie Lincoln Park, Chicago I have been debating writing about race & Ferguson the few weeks since the announcement was made that Darren Wilson was not indicted. Then came the further blow of the Eric Gardner case.…

  • “Race”: a Political Weapon

    “Race”: a Political Weapon Counterpunch: Tells the Facts and Names the Names 2014-12-03 Luciana Bohne, Professor Edinboro University, Edinboro, Pennsylvania “The racial categories included in the census questionnaire generally reflect a social definition of race recognized in this country and not an attempt to define race biologically, anthropologically, or genetically.” —US Census According to a…

  • Rethinking 21st Century Racism on the Way Home

    Rethinking 21st Century Racism on the Way Home GeneWatch Council for Responsible Genetics Volume 27, Issue 2 (May-July 2014) Victoria Massie, Ph.D. Candidate Department of Anthropology University of California, Berkeley Returning home from fieldwork can be difficult when you find yourself caught between an unintended call back to your project and the impending reality that…

  • Brute Ideology

    Brute Ideology Dissent Fall 2014 Walter Johnson, Winthrop Professor of History; Professor of African and African American Studies; Director, Charles Warren Center for the Study of American History Harvard University Racecraft: The Soul of Inequality in American Life by Barbara J. Fields and Karen E. Fields. Verso, 2012, 310 pp. The Problem of Slavery in…

  • Racecraft: The Soul of Inequality in American Life

    Most people assume that racism grows from a perception of human difference: the fact of race gives rise to the practice of racism. Sociologist Karen E. Fields and historian Barbara J. Fields argue otherwise: the practice of racism produces the illusion of race, through what they call “racecraft.”

  • UNPOPULAR OPINION: 6 Reasons Why Your Utopic Vision for a Mixed-Race Future is My Nightmare

    Guess what? One day, when we’re all mixed race, racism won’t magically disappear.

  • White Anxiety and the Futility of Black Hope

    White Anxiety and the Futility of Black Hope The New York Times 2014-12-05 George Yancy, Professor of Philosophy Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Shannon Sullivan, Professor of Philosophy University of North Carolina, Charlotte This is the third in a series of interviews with philosophers on race that I am conducting for The Stone. This week’s conversation…

  • Class, Race, or Ethnicity Apart? Changing Whiteness and Counting People of Mexican Descent

    Class, Race, or Ethnicity Apart? Changing Whiteness and Counting People of Mexican Descent U.S. History Scene 2013-10-09 Ester Terry University of Pittsburgh In June 2013, Sebastien de la Cruz sang the National Anthem for Games 3 and 4 of the National Basketball Association (NBA) Finals in San Antonio. In July 2013, Marc Anthony sang “God…

  • We aren’t playing the race card; we are analyzing the racialized deck.

    We aren’t playing the race card; we are analyzing the racialized deck. Taking Jesus Seriously The Christian Century: Thinking Critically. Living Faithfully 2014-12-08 Drew G. I. Hart Changing the game and changing our rhetoric around race and racism. I would be rich if I got money for every time a white person told me that…