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  • An interview with Dr Chamion Caballero

    An interview with Dr Chamion Caballero University of Cambridge Festival of Ideas 2014-10-22 Dr Chamion Caballero, a senior research fellow at London Southbank University, is speaking at the “Mixed race: the future of identity politics in Britain” debate on 25th October. Her research formed the basis of the BBC’s recent Mixed Britannia series, fronted by…

  • ArtsBlast: One resonating drop of Fanshen

    ArtsBlast: One resonating drop of Fanshen Examiner.com 2014-10-29 Jennifer Haaland One conversation with Fanshen Cox DiGiovanni was all it took. After her Examiner interview yesterday, filled with embracing words and vibrant kindness, it was clear that a whole lot more than One Drop of Love is coming to the Phoenix Valley and gracing the Mesa…

  • Parsing Race and Blackness in Mexico

    Parsing Race and Blackness in Mexico Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews Volume 43, Number 6 (November 2014) pages 816-820 DOI: 10.1177/0094306114553216a Enid Logan, Associate Professor of Sociology University of Minnesota Land of the Cosmic Race: Race Mixture, Racism, and Blackness in Mexico, by Christina A. Sue  Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2013. 234pp. $24.95…

  • BSt 335U The Multi-Racial Experience

    BSt 335U The Multi-Racial Experience Portland State University Portland, Oregon 2014-2015 Explores what it means to identify oneself or be identified as multiracial/ethnic. Considers how social class, gender, race and other factors shape the multiracial experience. In addition, explores interracial relationship and the representation of multiracials in the media.

  • The End of Race As We Know It?

    The End of Race As We Know It? Stanford+Connects Stanford University 2014-10-09 Michele Elam, Professor of English Stanford University Sharing demographic shifts and a personal story about the use of her photograph in various advertisements, Professor Michele Elam traces multiracial identities from the 1940s to present day. In this talk, she explores how society understands…

  • ‘I Hope My Son Stays White’

    ‘I Hope My Son Stays White’ Ebony News & Views 2014-09-02 Calvin Hennick A White father of a biracial son admits his fears for what happens when his child gets older and can no longer ‘pass‘ I am a white man, and part of the privilege that comes along with that fact is this: I…

  • Why Latinos won’t become white

    Why Latinos won’t become white Al Jazeera America 2014-10-22 Gabriel Arana Assuming Latinos will join the white majority ignores the stark divisions in a racially diverse group In the lead-up to the midterms, President Barack Obama has been parroting the conventional wisdom about the GOP’s future: Republicans are doomed if they keep up their opposition…

  • Black Is, Black Ain’t: Biracials, Middle-Class Blacks, and the Social Construction of Blackness

    Black Is, Black Ain’t: Biracials, Middle-Class Blacks, and the Social Construction of Blackness Sociological Spectrum Volume 30,  Issue 6, 2010 pages 639-670 DOI: 10.1080/02732173.2010.510057 Cherise A. Harris, Associate Professor of Sociology Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut Nikki Khanna, Associate Professor of Sociology University of Vermont Several scholars claim that group cohesion among black Americans is…

  • “What Are You?” Multiracial Identity and the Persistence of Racism in a “Post-Racial” Society

    “What Are You?” Multiracial Identity and the Persistence of Racism in a “Post-Racial” Society University of Virginia 2014 Hephzibah Virginia Strmic-Pawl In 2000, and for the first time, the U.S. Census allowed individuals to “mark one or more” races, and now the U.S. Census projects that those who choose two or more races will triple…

  • Negro? Prieto? Moreno? A Question of Identity for Black Mexicans

    Negro? Prieto? Moreno? A Question of Identity for Black Mexicans The New York Times 2014-10-25 Randal C. Archibold, Bureau Chief for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean JOSÉ MARÍA MORELOS, Mexico — Hernán Reyes calls himself “negro” — black — plain and simple. After some thought, Elda Mayren decides she is “Afromexicana,” or African-Mexican. Candido…