Mixed Race Studies
Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.
recent posts
- The Routledge International Handbook of Interracial and Intercultural Relationships and Mental Health
- Loving Across Racial and Cultural Boundaries: Interracial and Intercultural Relationships and Mental Health Conference
- Call for Proposals: 2026 Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference at UCLA
- Participants Needed for a Paid Research Study: Up to $100
- 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.
about
Category: Media Archive
-
Every term the Census has used to describe America’s racial and ethnic groups since 1790 The Washington Post 2015-11-04 Laris Karklis, Deputy Graphics Director Emily Badger, Urban Policy Writer This chart is based on an interactive the Census Bureau published this week tracing the history of these changes, from the proliferation of new racial and…
-
“I am a woman. I’m from the periphery. But I still have an advantage: I’m white” – The recognition of white privilege and racism Black Women of Brazil: The site dedicated to Brazilian women of African descent 2015-11-05 Source: Geledés Instituto da Mulher Negra, “Sou mulher. Suburbana. Mas ainda tô na vantagem: sou branca” Camila…
-
At a place like Columbia, where how you identify can define the spaces you occupy and the people you interact with, being of mixed race presents an extra challenge. The balancing act between multiple cultures, communities, and colors can leave one wondering where they belong.
-
An Insidious Way to Underrepresent Minorities The American Prospect 2015-11-05 Gary D. Bass, Executive Director Bauman Foundation, Washington, D.C. Adrien Schless-Meier, Program Associate Bauman Foundation, Washington, D.C. Cuts in U.S. Census funding threaten to produce an undercount of minorities and the poor and to reduce their share of federal aid. African Americans, Hispanics, and other…
-
Koreans & Camptowns: Reflections of a Mixed-Race Korean Korean American Story 2015-11-04 Cerrissa Kim I’ve often stood out from the crowd, and not in a way that made me feel like a rock star—far from it. Growing up in a rural town filled with dairy cows and Caucasian farmers, and then in a bedroom community…
-
Measuring Race And Ethnicity Across The Decades: 1790-2010 Random Samplings: The official blog of the U.S. Census Bureau United States Census Bureau 2015-11-02 Beverly M. Pratt Population Division Lindsay Hixson Population Division Nicholas A. Jones Population Division Over the years, the U.S. Census Bureau has collected information on race and ethnicity. The census form has…
-
“My life has gotten white”: Zadie Smith’s Erotics and Ethics of Upward Mobility C21 Seminar Series 2015-16 Centre for Research in Twenty-first Century Writings University of Brighton Falmer Campus 101 Mayfield House Brighton, United Kingdom 2015-11-09, 17:00-18:30Z Sarah Brophy, Professor of English and Cultural Studies McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada In a 2011 Guardian article…