Mixed Race Studies
Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.
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Category: Social Work
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The purpose of this article is to examine whether and how the residential racial diversity of transracially adopted children (i.e., nonwhite children adopted by white parents) varies from those of biological children in white monoracial families and biological children in mixed-race families.
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Rosemary Adaser was one of many mixed-race children considered illegitimate who was brought up in institutions run by the Catholic church in Ireland between the 1950s and 1970s. She tells of the abuse and racist treatment she suffered, and returns to her school in Kilkenny for the first time in 40 years and attempts to…
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On January 1, 1955, there were approximately four thousand mischlingskinder2 in the West German Republic. This number is still increasing by 250 to 350 a year. More than 70 per cent of the children are living with their mothers, and about 5 per cent with other relatives—grandparents, aunts, etc. About 12 per cent are in…
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The ‘mixed race’ classification is known to be a factor of disadvantage in children’s social care and this fastest growing population is more likely than any other ethnic group to experience care admission. How does knowledge of ‘mixedness’ underpin policy and practice?
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New Du Bois Review Study Confirms the Obvious: U.S. Latinos Are Not ‘Becoming White’ Latino Rebels 2015-05-28 Julio Ricardo Varela Last year, we spent a lot of time countering slippery claims and misreporting by several nationally recognized writers (specifically Jamelle Bouie and Nate Cohn) who were pushing a mainstream media narrative that more and more…
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An Exploration of Racial Considerations in Partnered Fathers’ Involvement in Bringing Up Their Mixed-/Multi-Race Children in Britain and New Zealand Fathering: A Journal of Theory, Research, and Practice about Men as Fathers Volume 13, Number 2 (2015) 26 pages Rosalind Edwards, Professor of Sociology University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom Chamion Caballero, Visiting Senior Fellow…
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Motherhood in Liminal Spaces: White Mothers’ Parenting Black/White Children Affilia Volume 31, Number 4 (November 2016) pages 434-449 DOI: 10.1177/0886109916630581 Mary Elizabeth Rauktis, Research Assistant Professor of Social Work University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Rachel A. Fusco, Associate Professor of Social Work University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Sara Goodkind, Associate Professor of Social Work University…
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Trans-racial Mothering: Double-Edged Privilege Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless Volume 17, Issue 1-2 (01 February 2008) pages 8-36 DOI: 10.1179/sdh.2008.17.1-2.8 Martha Satz, Assistant Professor of English Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas In this essay, the white adoptive mother of two bi-racial children reflects upon her thirty year experience of parenting to make several…
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This pioneering volume draws together theoretical and empirical contributions analyzing the experiences of white mothers in interracial families in Britain, Canada and the USA.
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New York Times Just Boarded the Post-Racial Express: A critical response to “Choose Your Own Identity” Multiracial Asian Families 2015-12-16 Sharon H. Chang screen shot from NY Times Magazine This Monday, The New York Times Magazine published a very unfortunate essay about multiracial Asian children: Choose Your Own Identity, by author and mother Bonnie Tsui.…