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  • The Politics of Biracialism [Issue]

    The Politics of Biracialism [Issue] The Black Scholar Journal of Black Studies and Research Fall 2009 (2009-09-22) Volume 39, No. 3/4 Guest Editors: Laura Chrisman, Professor of English University of Washington Habiba Ibrahim, Assistant Professor of English University of Washington Ralina Joseph, Assistant Professor of Communications University of Washington Why a biracial issue, and why now? As…

  • “Obama’s People”: A New Identity for Biracials and Mixed Heritage

    “Obama’s People”: A New Identity for Biracials and Mixed Heritage Xlibris Press 2009 102 Pages ISBN: 1-4363-9510-0 (Trade Paperback 6×9 ) ISBN13: 978-1-4363-9510-6 (Trade Paperback 6×9 ) ISBN: 1-4363-9511-9 (Trade Hardback 6×9 ) ISBN13: 978-1-4363-9511-3 (Trade Hardback 6×9 ) Phillip MacFarland Since President Barack Obama is from a biracial heritage and is now the leader…

  • Who And What You Are

    Who And What You Are Contexts Fall 2009 Vol. 8, No. 4 Pages 64–65 DOI 10.1525/ctx.2009.8.4.64 Sangyoub Park, Assistant Professor of Sociology Washburn University Barack Obama‘s presidency and changes in how the U.S. Census tracks race underline the importance of the social construction of race and ethnicity in the United States. Changes in our racial…

  • Barack Obama’s America: How New Conceptions of Race, Family, and Religion Ended the Reagan Era

    Barack Obama’s America: How New Conceptions of Race, Family, and Religion Ended the Reagan Era The University of Michgan Press 2009 320 pages 6 x 9 Cloth ISBN: 978-0-472-11450-4 Paper ISBN: 978-0-472-03391-1 Ebook Formats ISBN: 978-0-472-02179-6 John Kenneth White, Professor of Politics Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C Research and reflections on the American demographic…

  • Being Multiracial in a Country that Sees Black and White

    Being Multiracial in a Country that Sees Black and White Interpolations: A Journal of First Year Writing Deparment of English, University of Maryland Fall 2009 Lavisha McClarin University of Maryland In America mixed race individuals are becoming more prominent in the media, politics and sports throughout the country. Some of the most popular mixed race…

  • Barack Obama’s Improbable Election and the Question of Race and Racism in Contemporary America

    Barack Obama’s Improbable Election and the Question of Race and Racism in Contemporary America Journal of Black Studies January 2010 Volume 40, No. 3 Guest Editor Pamela D. Reed, Assistant Professor of English Composition and Africana Literature Virginia State University The Journal of Black Studies has now issued two special issues on President Barack Hussein…

  • Anomaly: A New Documentary Film About Mixed Race Identity

    Anomaly: A New Documentary Film About Mixed Race Identity African Diaspora Film Festival Tuesday, 2009-12-01 at 17:50 EST (Local Time) – Anthology Film Archives, 2nd St. and 2nd Ave., New York, New York Wednesday, 2009-12-09 at 19:30 EST (Local Time) – Cowin Center, Columbia University Teachers College, 525 W. 120th St., New York, New York…

  • Interracial Relationships in the 21st Century

    Interracial Relationships in the 21st Century Carolina Academic Press 2009 160 pp Paper ISBN: 978-1-59460-571-0 LCCN: 2009001612 Earl Smith, Professor of Sociology and Rubin Professor and Director of Ethnic Studies Wake Forest University Angela J. Hattery, Professor of Sociology Wake Forest University Interracial Relationships in the 21st Century is a unique set of essays—both personal…

  • The Obama Issue

    The Obama Issue Journal of Visual Culture August 2009 Volume 8, No. 2 Online ISSN: 1741-2994 Print ISSN: 1470-4129 The August 2009 edition of Journal of Visual Culture is focused on president Barack Obama. Table of Contents Marquard Smith and JVC Editorial Group Questionnaire on Barack Obama pp. 123-124 W.J.T. Mitchell Obama as Icon pp.…

  • Mixed Race Marriages

    Mixed Race Marriages The Milken Institute Review Second Quarter 2009 William “Bill” H. Frey, Senior Fellow in Demography/Senior Fellow in Metropolitan Policy Milken Institute Brookings Institution in Washington While Barack Obama’s election was a signal event for many reasons, the fact that Americans chose someone of mixed race isn’t quite as startling as it first…