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  • The Flemish Bastard and the Former Indians: Métis and Identity in Seventeenth-Century New York

    The Flemish Bastard and the Former Indians: Métis and Identity in Seventeenth-Century New York The American Indian Quarterly Volume 34, Number 1 (Winter 2010) pages 83-108 E-ISSN: 1534-1828 Print ISSN: 0095-182X DOI: 10.1353/aiq.0.0087 Tom Arne Midtrød, Professor of History University of Iowa In 1709 the English Board of Trade recommended the settlement of three thousand…

  • Measurement Uncertainty in Racial and Ethnic Identification Among Adolescents of Mixed Ancestry: A Latent Variable Approach

    Measurement Uncertainty in Racial and Ethnic Identification Among Adolescents of Mixed Ancestry: A Latent Variable Approach Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal Volume 17, Issue 1 (January 2010) pages 110 – 133 DOI: 10.1080/10705510903439094 Allison J. Tracy Wellesley Centers for Women Sumru Erkut Wellesley Centers for Women Michelle V. Porche Wellesley Centers for Women Jo…

  • Who Counts & Who’s Counting? 38th Annual Conference National Association for Ethnic Studies Conference

    Who Counts & Who’s Counting? 38th Annual Conference National Association for Ethnic Studies Conference National Association for Ethnic Studies, Inc. 2010-04-08 through 2010-04-10 L’Enfant Plaza Hotel Washington, D.C. Dr. Larry Shinagawa, NAES 2010 Conference Chair Our theme of “Who Counts and Who’s Counting” signals the importance of Washington, D.C. as a physical, cultural, and social…

  • Biracial residents boxed in on U.S. census

    Biracial residents boxed in on U.S. census MSNBC 2010-03-31 Mara Schiavocampo, Digital Correspondent NBC Nightly News We’ve asked viewers to tell us how their community has changed since the last census. One viewer from outside Olympia, Washingtonwrote in to tell the story of how diverse her community has become. NBC’s Mara Schiavocampo reports.

  • Revising Race: How Biracial Students are Changing and Challenging Student Services

    Revising Race: How Biracial Students are Changing and Challenging Student Services Journal of College Student Development Volume 51, Number 2 (March/April 2010) pages 115-134 E-ISSN: 1543-3382 Print ISSN: 0897-5264 DOI: 10.1353/csd.0.0122 Patricia E. Literte, Assistant professor of sociology California State University, Fullerton This research investigates the relationship between biracial college students and race-oriented student services…

  • The Challenge of Identity: The Experience of Mixed Race Women in Higher Education [Book Review]

    The Challenge of Identity: The Experience of Mixed Race Women in Higher Education [Book Review] Academic Matters Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Journal of Higher Education 2009-09-23 Yasmin Jiwani, Associate Professor of Communications Studies Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada The gaps between policies and the realities of those to whom these policies are addressed remains…

  • Counting Multiracial People in the Census: The Unfulfilled Wish for More Data

    Counting Multiracial People in the Census: The Unfulfilled Wish for More Data Racism Review 2010-03-26 Jenifer L. Bratter, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Associate Director of the Institute for Urban Research Rice University People who study the multiracial population are constantly confronted with the problem of small numbers to work with.  A recent article I co-authored…

  • Jared Sexton: People of Color-Blindness: Notes on the Afterlife of Slavery

    Jared Sexton: People of Color-Blindness: Notes on the Afterlife of Slavery University of Northern Arizona Gardner Auditorium, W.A. Franke College of Business, NAU 2010-03-25, 17:30 to 19:00 CDT (Local Time) Jared Sexton, Associate Professor of African American Studies and Film & Media Studies University of California, Irvine   This lecture explores the significance of the…

  • Crises of Whiteness and Empire in Colonial Indochina: The Removal of Abandoned Eurasian Children From the Vietnamese Milieu, 1890–1956

    Crises of Whiteness and Empire in Colonial Indochina: The Removal of Abandoned Eurasian Children From the Vietnamese Milieu, 1890–1956 Journal of Social History Volume 43, Number 3 (Spring 2010) pages 587-613 E-ISSN: 1527-1897 Print ISSN: 0022-4529 DOI: 10.1353/jsh.0.0304 Christina Firpo, Assistant Professor of History California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo From 1890–1956, non-governmental welfare…

  • 2010 Association for Asian American Studies Conference

    2010 Association for Asian American Studies Conference Omni Austin Hotel Downtown Austin, Texas 2010-04-07 through 2010-04-10 Theme: Emergent Cartographies: Asian American Studies in the Twenty-first Century Selected programs from the conference schedule: Panel Transnational Perspectives on Beauty and Skin Color: China, Indonesia, and the Philippines Friday 2010-04-09, 08:30-10:00 CDT (Local Time) Chair: Paul Spickard, University…