Mixed Race Studies

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  • Multicultural Perspectives on Race, Ethnicity, and Identity

    Multicultural Perspectives on Race, Ethnicity, and Identity NASW Press 2015 224 pages ISBN: 978-0-87101-460-3 Edited by: Elizabeth Pathy Salett, MSW Diane R. Koslow, PhD In the past 30 years, the United States has undergone an unprecedented and accelerated growth in the diversity of its population. These changes affect all elements of our society, underscoring the…

  • Competencies for Counseling the Multiracial Population

    The Multiracial/Ethnic Counseling Concerns (MRECC) Interest Network of the American Counseling Association has developed the following competencies in order to promote the development of sound professional counseling practices to competently and effectively attend to the diverse needs of the multiple heritage population.

  • This Mocha-Caramel-Honey Post-Racial Fantasy Is Making Me Sick

    As a mixed-race woman, the defining question of my life has not been “Who am I?” but “What are you?” I get it everywhere, from all races. Recently it’s been mostly from Asian immigrants. You Chinese? Last month a black guy walked up to me while I was pumping gas. Man! How do you people…

  • Negotiating Mixed Ethnicity/Heritage Relationships Seminar

    Negotiating Mixed Ethnicity/Heritage Relationships Seminar Coventry University Centre for Communities & Social Justice Room 152, Jaguar Building Coventry, United Kingdom Wednesday, 2015-06-24, 09:45-15:15 BST (Local Time) Historically, debates about ‘mixed race’ families have centred on Black/White relations concerning issues of identity, belonging and racism affecting the partner and their children. Though these issues have not…

  • Beyond Zebra – presented at National Association of Social Workers 2014 National Conference

    Beyond Zebra – presented at National Association of Social Workers 2014 National Conference Slideshare 2014-07-31 Carlos Hoyt Read the presentation transcript here.

  • Smoking Trajectories Among Monoracial and Biracial Black Adolescents and Young Adults

    Smoking Trajectories Among Monoracial and Biracial Black Adolescents and Young Adults Journal of Drug Issues Volume 45, Number 1 (January 2015) pages 22-37 DOI: 10.1177/0022042614542511 Trenette T. Clark, Assistant Professor of Social Work University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Anh B. Nguyen, Cancer Prevention Fellow Science of Research and Technology Branch (SRTB) Behavioral Research Program…

  • ‘The abuse we suffered due to our skin colour is being airbrushed from Irish history’

    ‘The abuse we suffered due to our skin colour is being airbrushed from Irish history’ TheJournal.ie Dublin, Ireland 2014-10-22 Nicky Ryan, Staff Reporter Members of Mixed Race Irish before the committee today. Source: Oireachtas.ie Mixed Race Irish is asking for the Government to recognise the abuse they suffered in State-run institutions. IN A EMOTIONAL appearance…

  • Interracial Couples, Intimacy, and Therapy: Crossing Racial Borders

    Interracial Couples, Intimacy, and Therapy: Crossing Racial Borders Columbia University Press October 2013 280 pages 6 B&W Photos Cloth ISBN: 978-0-231-13294-7 Paper ISBN: 978-0-231-13295-4 Kyle D. Killian, Couple and Family Therapist; Associate Professor and Research Associate Centre for Refugee Studies York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Grounded in the personal narratives of twenty interracial couples with…

  • Mixed Race Irish group seek redress amid claims of racist abuse in industrial schools

    Mixed Race Irish group seek redress amid claims of racist abuse in industrial schools The Irish Examiner Dublin, Ireland 2014-10-22 Noel Baker, Senior Reporter Mixed Race Irish group seek redress amid claims of racist abuse in industrial schools Mixed-race Irish who spent time in industrial schools will today claim they faced physical, emotional, and sexual…

  • Poverty, environment helped set Toledo teens on path to murder

    Poverty, environment helped set Toledo teens on path to murder The Toledo Blade Toledo, Ohio 2014-09-21 Roneisha Mullen, Staff Writer Rose Russell, Staff Writer First of two parts By the time Shamus Groom was 11 years old, he was already drinking alcohol and smoking marijuana. At 14, he saw a gun for the first time,…