Mixed Race Studies

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  • 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…

  • UNC professor studies race, drug abuse

    UNC professor studies race, drug abuse The Daily Tar Heel University of North Carolina 2014-01-13 Erin Davis Growing up in rural North Carolina, Trenette Clark watched as some loved ones went to jail at young ages and others lost their children to the Child Welfare System. She came to wonder why some drug users’ behavior…

  • Campaign highlights abuse of mixed-race Irish in institutional care

    Campaign highlights abuse of mixed-race Irish in institutional care The Irish Times Dublin, Ireland 2013-11-18 Marie O’Halloran, Parliamentary Reporter ‘I was in a class all of my own, beneath everybody else along with the dogs and the pigs’ A campaign has been launched for recognition of mixed-race survivors of institutional abuse who believe they suffered…

  • Families

    Families The New York Times 2013-11-25 Natalie Angier American households have never been more diverse, more surprising, more baffling. In this special issue of Science Times, NATALIE ANGIER takes stock of our changing definition of family. Read the entire article here.

  • Who is Black?

    Who is Black? The Final Call 2001-07-10 Rosa Clemente, Guest Columnist Rosa Clemente Yesterday, an interesting thing happened to me. I was told I am not Black. The kicker for me was when my friend stated that the island of Puerto Rico was not a part of the African Diaspora. I wanted to go back…

  • Purple Boots, Silver Stars … and White Parents

    Purple Boots, Silver Stars … and White Parents The New York Times 2013-10-13 Frank Ligtvoet, Founder Adoptive Families With Children of African Heritage and Their Friends, New York, New York “WHEN I wear my cap backwards, don’t copy me,” our 8-year-old son says to his 7-year-old sister. “O.K.,” she answers, “I will put it on…

  • Colour Coded Health Care: The Impact of Race and Racism on Canadians’ Health

    Colour Coded Health Care: The Impact of Race and Racism on Canadians’ Health Wellesly Institute: advancing urban health Toronto, Ontario, Canada January 2012 30 pages Sheryl Nestel, Ph.D. Scope and Purpose of the Review Canada is home to a much-admired system of universal health care, understood as a central pillar of this nation’s overall commitment…

  • Counseling Single Mothers of Multiple Heritage Children: What Is the Difference?

    Counseling Single Mothers of Multiple Heritage Children: What Is the Difference? The Family Journal Volume 21, Issue 4 (October 2013) pages 396-401 DOI: 10.1177/1066480713488527 Kristin Harris, MA Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas Richard Henriksen, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Education Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas Anthony J. Onwuegbuzie, Ph.D., Professor of Education Sam Houston…

  • Counseling Single-Parent Multiracial Families

    Counseling Single-Parent Multiracial Families The Family Journal Volume 21, Issue 4 (October 2013) pages 386-395 DOI: 10.1177/1066480713488526 Henry L. Harris, Associate Professor of Education Department of Counseling University of North Carolina, Charlotte Single-parent families represent a growing segment of the family households in the United States today and while some literature has addressed racial differences,…