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: History
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Rachel Dolezal’s Unintended Gift to America The New York Times 2015-06-17 Allyson Hobbs, Assistant Professor of History Stanford University Allyson Hobbs is the author of “A Chosen Exile: A History of Racial Passing in American Life.” In James Baldwin’s 1968 novel “Tell Me How Long the Train’s Been Gone,” a child points to his light-skinned…
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White people have been passing for black for centuries. A historian explains. Vox 2015-06-15 Dara Lind, Jetpack Comandante The story of Rachel Dolezal — the now-former Spokane NAACP president whose parents have claimed she’s white — has opened up an enormously complicated debate about race and identity in general, and blackness in America in particular.…
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The Trouble with Virginia Michele Beller: writing the mixed-race experience of America, from Buckingham County, Virginia, to Dominica, West Indies, and beyond 2014-11-21 Michele Beller Finally. My book project is coming to life. My dream of writing is here. As I learn new things or have something interesting to share, I promise you, I’ll post…
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Black Mexicans face considerable hurdles Compton Herald 2015-06-05 Alexis Okeowo Mexicanos negros (black Mexicans) face considerable hurdles; Afro-Mexicans are marginalized and excluded to the point that it is impossible to find any mention of them in official records The first town of freed African slaves in the Americas is not exactly where you would expect…
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Rachel Dolezal’s Harmful Masquerade The New York Times 2015-06-16 Tamara Winfrey Harris Rachel A. Dolezal, who stepped down Monday as president of the Spokane, Wash., chapter of the N.A.A.C.P., could have been a powerful ally to African-Americans. The participation of white allies has always been important to anti-racism work. By most accounts, she is educated…
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Bliss Broyard’s father kept his black roots a secret his whole life. Her journey of self-discovery led her to the understanding that believing the results of a DNA cheek swab to be more meaningful than one’s experiences is a ridiculous notion
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Rachel Dolezal’s ‘Passing’ Isn’t So Unusual The New York Times Magazine 2015-06-15 Daniel J. Sharfstein, Professor of Law Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennesee Daniel J. Sharfstein is the author of “The Invisible Line: A Secret History of Race in America.” Why do we care so much about Rachel Dolezal, the head of the Spokane, Wash., chapter…
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Whatever else we might say about it, let’s not forget this: Rachel Dolezal’s story is a decidedly American one. Here, I refer not only to story of Dolezal’s racial passing, but also to how Dolezal’s story triggers and reveals America’s racial fascinations. Whatever Dolezal’s motives or ethics, our scrutiny of Dolezal’s race echoes a long…
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How Census Race Categories Have Changed Over Time Pew Research Center 2015-06-10 Explore the different race, ethnicity and origin categories used in the U.S. decennial census, from the first one in 1790 to the latest count in 2010. The category names often changed in a reflection of current politics, science and public attitudes. For example,…
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Allyson Hobbs Morris Educational Foundation Morristown, New Jersey 2015-05-04 Each issue, we are pleased to circle back with one of our Morristown High School esteemed alumni and catch up. This spring we caught up with Allyson Hobbs, MHS Class of ’93… Allyson Hobbs, MHS Class of 1993, Author & Assistant Professor at Stanford University After…