Mixed Race Studies
Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.
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Category: Passing
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Surnames, by Counties and Cities, of Mixed Negroid Virginia Families Striving to Pass as “Indian” or White by Walter A. Plecker (ca. 1943) Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Health Bureau of Vital Statistics Richmond, Virginia (Source: Encyclopedia Virginia) December 1943 To Local Registrars, Clerks, Legislators, and others responsible for, and interested in, the prevention of…
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Through this research, I also became closer to my father’s family. This piece will take you through this journey of discovery and my frustrations along the way.
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Racial Passing in Early Modern England Online- via Zoom 2022-01-20, 17:30-19:00Z (12:30-14:00 EST) Lubaaba Al-Azami, Ph.D. Candidate in English Literature University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom Lubaaba al-Azami (@lubaabanama) is a doctoral candidate at the University of Liverpool, funded by the AHRC NWCDTP. Her research project is a decolonial and feminist consideration of early modern…
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Join us in the New Year for a virtual discussion with Netflix film “Passing” screenwriter and director Rebecca Hall, alongside actresses Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga.
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The complexities of the color line in the U.S. and Brazil
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Rebecca Hall shares her Brief But Spectacular take on “Passing” and on her own racial identity as part of our arts and culture series, CANVAS.
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“The Bluest Eye” and “Imitation of Life” (1934): Variations on a Theme (Maggie Tarmey) Toni Morrison: A Teaching and Learning Resource Collection 2021-06-08 Maggie Tarmey The following essay is written by student Maggie Tarmey, with edits by Amardeep Singh. While the two appear quite different from one another, Toni Morrison’s novel The Bluest Eye and…
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. helps Rebecca Hall and Lee Daniels solve family mysteries through DNA detective work, illuminating both history and their own identities.