Mixed Race Studies
Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.
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- You were either Black or white. To claim whiteness as a mixed child was to deny and hide Blackness. Our families understood that the world we were growing into would seek to denigrate this part of us and we would need a community that was made up, always and already, of all shades of Blackness.
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Author and Professor Devyn Benson Speaks on Her Book “Antiracism in Cuba” Block Report Radio 2016-07-14 “Antiracism in Cuba: The Unfinished Revolution” by author and professor Devyn Benson is an impressive study on the history of racism and Black organizing in Cuba prior to the 1959 revolution and right after it. This book is very…
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In ‘Black Lotus,’ Author Sil Lai Abrams Explores Search For Racial Identity Here & Now WBUR 90.9 FM, Boston, Massachusetts 2016-08-03 Sil Lai Abrams, author of “Black Lotus: A Woman’s Search for Racial Identity.” (Courtesy of Che Williams) When Sil Lai Abrams was a child, her white father and her Chinese mother explained her dark…
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Beyond Blackness and Whiteness: Activists of Mixed Race Speak Out The Los Angeles Review of Books 2016-08-02 Janice Rhoshalle Littlejohn SHORTLY BEFORE Alton Sterling’s and Philando Castile’s names became viral hashtags on social media, the latest flare-up in the ongoing conversation about race and racial justice in the United States had been sparked by actor…
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Favourite for Ukip leader Steven Woolfe misses application deadline The Guardian 2016-08-01 Rowena Mason, Deputy political editor MEP and migration spokesman could be out of leadership race but insists he is still a candidate Steven Woolfe, the favourite to succeed Nigel Farage as Ukip leader, could be out of the race after he missed the…
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Personal Essay: Yo Soy Boricua Latina 2010-01-18 La La Vazquez A lot of people don’t realize that I’m Latina, which is fine. One thing about being Latina is that there isn’t one look that comes with the territory. I don’t expect people to know my cultural background just by glancing at me. I do, however,…
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Three Takeaways from Interviewing 110 “JewAsian” Couples and Kids The ProsenPeople: Exploring the world of Jewish Literature Jewish Book Council 2016-07-18 Helen Kiyong Kim, Associate Professor of Sociology Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington Noah Samuel Leavitt, Associate Dean of Students Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington Helen Kiyong Kim and Noah Samuel Leavitt are the coauthors…
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An anthropomorphic study of the black population in the United States, based on a study conducted in 1920.