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  • Reinventing the Color Line: Immigration and America’s New Racial/Ethnic Divide

    Reinventing the Color Line: Immigration and America’s New Racial/Ethnic Divide Social Forces Volume 86, Number 2 (December 2007) E-ISSN: 1534-7605 Print ISSN: 0037-7732 DOI: 10.1353/sof.2008.0024 Jennifer Lee, Associate Professor of Sociology University of California, Irvine Frank D. Bean, Chancellor’s Professor of Sociology University of California, Irvine Contemporary nonwhite immigration from Latin America and Asia, increasing…

  • Teaching Race as a Social Construction: Two Interactive Class Exercises

    Teaching Race as a Social Construction: Two Interactive Class Exercises Teaching Sociology Volume 37, Number 4 (October 2009) Pages 369-378 Nikki Khanna, Assistant Professor of Sociology University of Vermont Cherise A. Harris, Assistant Professor of Sociology Connecticut College This paper offers two interactive exercises to teach students about race as a social construction. In the…

  • Black by Choice

    Black by Choice The Nation 2010-04-15 Melissa Harris-Lacewell, Associate Professor of Politics and African American Studies Princeton University The first black president has created a definitional crisis for whiteness. President Obama created a bit of a stir in early April when he completed his Census form. In response to the question about racial identity the…

  • Intercultural Marriage and Family: Beyond the Racial Divide

    Intercultural Marriage and Family: Beyond the Racial Divide The Family Journal Volume 9, Number 1 (2001) pages 39-42 DOI: 10.1177/1066480701091008 John McFadden, The Benjamin Elijah Mays Distinguished Professor Emeritus University of South Carolina Intercultural marriages have emerged as a central theme in discussion, not only among helping professionals but also the general public. Issues surrounding…

  • Anomaly: A documentary fim about multiracial identity

    Anomaly: A documentary fim about multiracial identity Langston Hughes African American Film Festival Sunday, 2010-04-18 13:30 PDT (Local Time) Central Cinema, 1411 21st Avenue (at Union), Seattle, WA 98122 (206) 686-6684 Jessica Chen Drammeh, Director/Producer Sharon Smith, Co-Producer Anomaly is a groundbreaking documentary film that takes an insider’s look at the experiences of multiracial Americans.…

  • The New Ingredient in the Identity of Black Biracial Children

    The New Ingredient in the Identity of Black Biracial Children The Chicago Tribune Op-Ed December 1996 Larry E. Davis, Dean and Donald M. Henderson Professor of Social Work and Director of the Center on Race and Social Problems University of Pittsburgh [Republished in the Race and Social Problems: Interview with Dean Larry E. Davis post of…

  • Race and Social Problems: Interview with Dean Larry E. Davis

    Race and Social Problems: Interview with Dean Larry E. Davis The Social Work Podcast 2008-03-24 Jonathan B. Singer, Assistant Professor of Social Work Temple Univerisity Interview with Larry E. Davis, Dean and Donald M. Henderson Professor of Social Work and Director of the Center on Race and Social Problems University of Pittsburgh   [Episode 36]…

  • The Aftermath of “You’re Only Half”: Multiracial Identities in the Literacy Classroom

    The Aftermath of “You’re Only Half”: Multiracial Identities in the Literacy Classroom Language Arts Volume 83 Number 2 (November 2005) pages 96-106 Elizabeth Dutro, Assistant professor of Literacy University of Colorado Elham Kazemi, Associate Professor of Mathematics Education University of Washington Ruth Balf, Fourth/Fifth-Grade Teacher Seattle Public Schools Children grapple with the complexities of race…

  • Faces of the Future: An Exploration of Biracial Identity Development and Racial Identification in Biracial Young Adults

    Faces of the Future: An Exploration of Biracial Identity Development and Racial Identification in Biracial Young Adults Smith College School for Social Work Northampton, Massachusetts 2009 119 Pages Dana L. Benton A project based upon an independent investigation, submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Social Work. This research…

  • Strategies Multiracial College Women Use to Navigate Monoracial Systems

    Strategies Multiracial College Women Use to Navigate Monoracial Systems Education and Human Sciences, College of (CEHS) Open Access Theses and Dissertations from the College of Education and Human Sciences University of Nebraska, Lincoln May 2009 248 pages Minisa Michiko Chapman-Huls University of Nebraska – Lincoln A Dissertation Presented to the Faculty of The Graduate College…