Mixed Race Studies
Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.
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- You were either Black or white. To claim whiteness as a mixed child was to deny and hide Blackness. Our families understood that the world we were growing into would seek to denigrate this part of us and we would need a community that was made up, always and already, of all shades of Blackness.
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Category: Social Work
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Steelers and Ward nominated for Positive Peace Awards Pittsburgh Steelers News 2010-12-06 Celebrate Positive announced today that the Pittsburgh Steelers and wide receiver Hines Ward have been nominated for the inaugural 2010 United Nations NGO Positive Peace Awards in the Professional Sports Team and Professional Athlete categories. This award, viewed as a 21st century peace…
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Aren’t they just black kids? Biracial children in the child welfare system Child & Family Social Work Volume 15, Issue 4 (November 2010) pages 441-45 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2010.00690.x Rachel A. Fusco, Assistant Professor of Social Work University of Pittsburgh Mary E. Rauktis, Research Assistant Professor of Social Work University of Pittsburgh Julie S. McCrae, Research Scientist…
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White like who? The value of whiteness in British interracial families Ethnicities Volume 10, Number 3 (September 2010) pages 292-312 DOI: 10.1177/1468796810372306 France Winddance Twine, Professor of Sociology University of California, Santa Barbara The value of whiteness is not fixed, rather it has contradictory and competing meanings among members of Black British interracial families. Drawing upon…
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Biracial Identity Theory and Research Juxtaposed with Narrative Accounts of a Biracial Individual Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal Volume 27, Number 5 (October 2010) pages 355-364 DOI: 10.1007/s10560-010-0209-6 Simon Nuttgens, Professor of Psychology Athabasca University, Alberta, Canada With the increase in mixed-racial parentage in North America comes increased scholarly activity intended to bring greater understanding…
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Race and Social Problems: Interview with Dean Larry E. Davis The Social Work Podcast 2008-03-24 Jonathan B. Singer, Assistant Professor of Social Work Temple Univerisity Interview with Larry E. Davis, Dean and Donald M. Henderson Professor of Social Work and Director of the Center on Race and Social Problems University of Pittsburgh [Episode 36]…
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Faces of the Future: An Exploration of Biracial Identity Development and Racial Identification in Biracial Young Adults Smith College School for Social Work Northampton, Massachusetts 2009 119 Pages Dana L. Benton A project based upon an independent investigation, submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Social Work. This research…
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“… But … But I am Brown.” The Ascribed Categories of Identity: Children and Young People of Mixed Parentage Child Care in Practice Volume 13, Issue 2 (April 2007) pages 83 – 94 DOI: 10.1080/13575270701201169 Annabel Goodyer, Principal Lecturer in Social Work London South Bank University Toyin Okitikpi This paper explores the concept of the…
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The racial canons of American sociology: Identity across the lifespan as biracial alternative The American Sociologist Volume 31, Number 1 (March, 2000) pages 86-93 Print ISSN: 0003-1232; Online ISSN: 1936-4784 DOI: 10.1007/s12108-000-1006-z Ronald E. Hall, Professor of Social Work Michigan State University The fabric of American sociology is woven from societal belief and tradition. Sociology…
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In Their Siblings’ Voices: White Non-Adopted Siblings Talk About Their Experiences Being Raised with Black and Biracial Brothers and Sisters Columbia University Press May 2009 248 pages 5 tables Cloth ISBN: 978-0-231-14850-4 Paper ISBN: 978-0-231-14851-1 Rita J. Simon, University Professor Emerita Department of Justice, Law and Society American University, Washington, D.C. In Their Siblings’ Voices…
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Social Work Response to the Needs of Biracial Americans Surjit Singh Dhooper, Assistant Professor of Social Work University of Kentucky Journal of Ethnic And Cultural Diversity in Social Work Volume 12, Issue 4 (April 2004) pages 19 – 47 DOI: 10.1300/J051v12n04_02 The number of interracial marriages is rising. The offspring of these marriages are a special…