Mixed Race Studies

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  • Mixed Race America: Identities and Culture

    Mixed Race America: Identities and Culture Fifteenth Annual American Studies Conference Macalester College 1600 Grand Avenue Saint Paul, Minnesota 55105 2014-02-27 through 2014-02-28 Keynote Address Thursday, 2014-02-27, 18:00-19:30 CST (Local Time) Alexander G. Hill Ballroom Kagin Commons, Macalester Keynote Speakers: Ralina L. Joseph, Associate Professor of Communication University of Washington Author of: Transcending Blackness: From…

  • What’s in a name? ‘Mixed,’ ‘biracial,’ ‘black’

    What’s in a name? ‘Mixed,’ ‘biracial,’ ‘black’ Cable News Network (CNN) 2014-02-19 Martha S. Jones, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, Associate Professor of History University of Michigan (CNN) — When the census listed Negro as a race option in 2010, a controversy erupted. My students at the University of Michigan were eager to denounce the term’s…

  • The invisible weight of whiteness: the racial grammar of everyday life in contemporary America

    The invisible weight of whiteness: the racial grammar of everyday life in contemporary America Ethnic and Racial Studies Volume 35, Issue 2, 2012 pages 173-194 DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2011.613997 Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, Professor of Sociology Duke University Racial domination, like all forms of domination, works best when it becomes hegemonic, that is, when it accomplishes its goal without…

  • Mixed Experiences: Growing up mixed race – mental health and well-being

    Mixed Experiences: Growing up mixed race – mental health and well-being Jessica Kingsley Publishers February 2014 96 pages 210mm x 148mm / 8.5in x 5.5in Paperback ISBN: 9781909391154 Dinah Morley and Cathy Street Mixed race is the fastest growing population group of children and young people in England and Wales. The diversity of the mixed…

  • Who intermarries in Britain? Explaining ethnic diversity in intermarriage patterns

    Who intermarries in Britain? Explaining ethnic diversity in intermarriage patterns The British Journal of Sociology Volume 61, Issue 2 (June 2010) pages 275–305 DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4446.2010.01313.x Raya Muttarak, Visiting Fellow Department of Political and Social Sciences European University Institute Anthony Heath, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Emeritus Fellow of Nuffield College University of Oxford This paper investigates…

  • Biracial, and also black

    Biracial, and also black Cable News Network (CNN) 2014-02-12 Martha S. Jones, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, Associate Professor of History University of Michigan (CNN) — My winter 2010 seminar began the way I start every class. I made introductory remarks about themes and requirements for my course on the history of race, law and marriage…

  • Sex Tourism in Bahia: Ambiguous Entanglements

    How sexism, racism, and socio-economic inequality interact in the Brazilian sex industry

  • Stuart Hall obituary

    Stuart Hall obituary The Guardian 2014-02-10 David Morley and Bill Schwarz Influential cultural theorist, campaigner and founding editor of the New Left Review When the writer and academic Richard Hoggart founded the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies at Birmingham University in 1964, he invited Stuart Hall, who has died aged 82, to join him as…

  • Meaning of mixed race

    Meaning of mixed race Macalester College News Saint Paul, Minnesota 2013-02-07 Americans are increasingly thinking about their racial identities, says American studies professor Jane Rhodes, with the whole question of mixed race identities getting more attention. “Academia is just starting to catch up with that conversation,” she says, which is one reason why her department…

  • Cause of Death Affects Racial Classification on Death Certificates

    Cause of Death Affects Racial Classification on Death Certificates PLoS ONE: A peer-reviewed, open access journal Volume 6, Number 1 (2011-01-26) e15812 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015812 Andrew Noymer, Associate Professor of Sociology; Associate Professor of Population Health and Disease Prevention Public Health University of California, Irvine Andrew M. Penner, Associate Professor of Sociology University of California, Irvine Aliya…