Mixed Race Studies
Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.
recent posts
- Mixed Roots: Writers on Multiracial Identity and Both/And Belonging
- The Routledge International Handbook of Interracial and Intercultural Relationships and Mental Health
- Loving Across Racial and Cultural Boundaries: Interracial and Intercultural Relationships and Mental Health Conference
- Call for Proposals: 2026 Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference at UCLA
- Participants Needed for a Paid Research Study: Up to $100
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Category: Autobiography
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Embracing otherness, embracing myself TedGlobal July 2011 00:13:55 Thandie Newton Actor Thandie Newton tells the story of finding her “otherness” — first, as a child growing up in two distinct cultures, and then as an actor playing with many different selves. A warm, wise talk, fresh from stage at TEDGlobal 2011.
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My body is not an apology: Race, Representation & Beauty by Emma Dabiri Thandie Kay 2015-04-19 Emma Dabiri, Teaching Fellow Africa Department, School of African and Oriental Studies, London Visual Sociology Ph.D. Researcher, Goldsmiths University of London Emma Dabiri Emma Dabiri is an Irish-Nigerian PhD researcher in Goldsmiths, and teaching fellow in the Africa Department…
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What the Heck Are You? The Racial Guessing Game I Don’t Want to Play Hapa Mama: Asian Fusion Family and Food 2015-04-13 Melinda Frank, Guest Blogger Growing Up Ethnic “I thought you were Dutch–you’re Indonesian?” “I thought you were Irish–you’re Dutch?” “Wait, you’re white and Asian?” “What are you anyways?” I hate answering the question…
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The Family Secret in the Mirror The Brian Lehrer Show WNYC 93.9 FM New York, New York Monday, 2015-03-23 Brian Lehrer, Host Lacey Schwartz wins the documentary section prize for her documentary work-in-progress, ‘Outside The Box’ at the TAA Awards during the 5th Annual Tribeca Film Festival. (Mat Szwajkos/Getty) Raised as a white Jewish kid…
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Sunday Stew: Unsolicited Advice For A Black Girl Too Light To Be Heavy But Too Heavy To Be White South Seattle Emerald 2015-04-12 Nikkita Oliver Painting by Tarra Louis-Charles In the Style of Jeanann Verlee Unsolicited Advice for a Black Mixed Girl Too Light to be Heavy, but too Heavy to be White: When the…
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Lacey Schwartz Unearths Family Secrets in ‘Little White Lie’ KCRW 89.9 MHz FM Santa Monica, California 2015-04-13 Kim Masters, Host Kaitlin Parker, Producer Lacey Schwartz grew up thinking she was white. When her college labeled her a black student based on a photograph, she knew she had to get some explanations from her family. Those…
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How I Learned to Stop Worshipping Whiteness While Growing Up Biracial For Harriet 2015-04-08 Joleen Brantle I haven’t always been very racially aware. When I was a child Pokémon cards, cartoons, and school were of vastly greater importance to me. I was raised in a very diverse city with a strong Latino presence. I had…