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  • Bicultural Identity Formation of Second-Generation Indo-Canadians

    Bicultural Identity Formation of Second-Generation Indo-Canadians Canadian Ethnic Studies Volume 40, Number 2, 2008 pages 187-199 E-ISSN: 1913-8253 Print ISSN: 0008-3496 Pavna Sodhi, Ed.D, CCC Abundant Living Counselling Group, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada This article examines the bicultural identity formation and cultural experiences internalized by second-generation Indo-Canadians in their efforts to accommodate the “best of both…

  • Sandweiss unearths a compelling tale of secret racial identity

    Sandweiss unearths a compelling tale of secret racial identity News at Princeton Princeton University 2009-12-17 Jennifer Greenstein Altmann For three decades, history professor Martha Sandweiss had wondered about a little-noticed detail in the life of Clarence King, a well-known figure in the history of the American West. King, a 19th-century geologist and author, was a…

  • Multiracial Identity [Movie] to be screened at the Portland, Maine International Film Festival

    Multiracial Identity [Movie] to be screened at the  Portland, Maine International Film Festival Portland, Maine International Film Festival Saturday, 2010-08-21, 12:00 – 13:30 EDT (Local Time) Space Gallery 538 Congress Street, Portland, Maine 04101 Phone: 207.828.5600 Year: 2010 Director: Brian Chinhema Writer: Brian Chinhema Producer: Brian Chinhema (Abacus Production) Running Time: 01:22:00 Multiracial people are the fastest…

  • Looking in the Cultural Mirror: How understanding race and culture helps us answer the question: “Who am I?”

    Looking in the Cultural Mirror: How understanding race and culture helps us answer the question: “Who am I?” Psychology Today 2010-07-06 Jefferson M. Fish, Ph.D. The Census and Race—Part I–Key Issues: What can science tell us about the census’s race questions? (2010-07-06) The 2010 Census is well on its way to completion. Its controversial questions…

  • Dreaming of a colour-blind S’pore

    Dreaming of a colour-blind S’pore The Straits Sunday Times 2010-08-08 page 30 Edwina Shaddick, 22 British-Chinese Edwina Shaddick, final year politics and sociology major from SMU, has a father from Swindon, England and a mother who is Chinese Singaporean. She shares how her mixed heritage has shaped her identity. The politics and sociology major from…

  • Understanding Identity Differences among Biracial Siblings

    Understanding Identity Differences among Biracial Siblings American Sociological Association Annual Meeting 2010 Regular Session: Multi-Racial Classification/Identity Atlanta Marriott Marquis Monday, 2010-08-16, 16:30-18:10 EDT (Local Time) Session Organizer: Rebecca C. King-O’Riain, Senior Lecturer of Sociology, National University of Ireland-Maynooth  Presider: Carolyn A. Liebler, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Minnesota Melissa R. Herman, Assistant Professor, Sociology…

  • Fluid or Fixed: Which is Better? Multiracial Identity Consistency and Emotional Well-Being in Adolescence

    Fluid or Fixed: Which is Better? Multiracial Identity Consistency and Emotional Well-Being in Adolescence American Sociological Association Annual Meeting 2010 Regular Session: Multi-Racial Classification/Identity Atlanta Marriott Marquis Monday, 2010-08-16, 16:30-18:10 EDT (Local Time) Session Organizer: Rebecca C. King-O’Riain, Senior Lecturer of Sociology National University of Ireland-Maynooth  Presider: Carolyn A. Liebler, Assistant Professor of Sociology University…

  • Obama and Race in America

    Obama and Race in America The Huffington Post 2010-08-06 Marcia Alesan Dawkins, Visiting Scholar Brown University In his first major comment on race and race relations in our nation since his “A More Perfect Union Speech” on March 18, 2008, President Barack Obama called for frank discussion about race last week. In both a speech…

  • Race-specific norms for coding face identity and a functional role for norms

    Race-specific norms for coding face identity and a functional role for norms Journal of Vision Volume 10, Number 7, Article 706 (2010-08-02) doi: 10.1167/10.7.706 Regine Armann Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tuebingen, Germany Linda Jeffery School of Psychology, The University of Western Australia, Australia Andrew J. Calder MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge,…

  • Opinion: Are you mixed up?

    Opinion: Are you mixed up? Malayasian Insider 2010-07-08 Praba Ganesan JULY 8 — Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad is the poster child for Malaysians with mixed parentage. Not that he epitomises multiculturalism, the misguided doctor is far from that. He does however mirror the difficulties and challenges anyone of that situation experiences in a Malaysia averse…