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  • Trayvon Martin, my son, and the Black Male Code

    Trayvon Martin, my son, and the Black Male Code The Associated Press 2012-03-24 Jesse Washington, National Writer/Race and Ethnicity PHILADELPHIA (AP) — I thought my son would be much older before I had to tell him about the Black Male Code. He’s only 12, still sleeping with stuffed animals, still afraid of the dark. But…

  • Understanding Ethnic-Racial Socialization and Cognition among Multiracial Youth: A Mixed Methods Study

    Understanding Ethnic-Racial Socialization and Cognition among Multiracial Youth: A Mixed Methods Study University of Massachusetts, Boston June 2013 Susan A. Lambe Sarinana According to the 2010 census report, 9 million people (2.9% of the total population in the United States) identified as multiracial. Of the individuals who identified (or whose parents/guardians identified them) as multiracial,…

  • An African American’s Perspective on the Korean Wave

    An African American’s Perspective on the Korean Wave The Chosunilbo Seoul, Korea 2013-07-09 Emanuel Pastreich, Associate Professor Humanitas College, Kyunghee University I received an unexpected email in February 2013, from a young woman who was studying public health at Harvard University. Mariesa Lee Ricks explained that her mother was Korean and that she had a…

  • A Postracial Society or A Diversity Paradox? Race, Immigration, and Multiraciality in the Twenty-First Century

    A Postracial Society or A Diversity Paradox? Race, Immigration, and Multiraciality in the Twenty-First Century Du Bois Review: Social Science Research on Race Volume 9, Issue 2, Fall 2012 pages 419-437 DOI: 10.1017/S1742058X12000161 Jennifer Lee, Professor of Sociology University of California, Irvine Frank D. Bean, Chancellor’s Professor of Sociology University of California, Irvine At the…

  • “The One and Only Cheerios”~ The “NEW” American Family?

    “The One and Only Cheerios”~ The “NEW” American Family? Mixed Race Radio Blog Talk Radio 2013-07-10, 16:00Z (12:00 EDT) Tiffany Rae Reid, Host Join us on Wednesday July 10th, 2013 as we explore the newest General Mills Cheerios commercial that recently debuted. We will discuss the backlash and speak with an all-star guest line-up while…

  • Earnest Harris Declares: NO MORE RACE

    Earnest Harris Declares: NO MORE RACE Mixed Race Radio Blog Talk Radio 2013-07-03, 16:00Z (12:00 EDT) Tiffany Rae Reid, Host Earnest Harris, Producer/Director/Talent Manager/Writer No More Race Earnest Harris has written extensively on matters related to race relations, especially focused on moving beyond “racial” concepts and getting our society to a place where color and cultural…

  • Ethnic Identity Problems and Prospects for the Twenty-first Century – Fourth Edition

    Ethnic Identity Problems and Prospects for the Twenty-first Century – Fourth Edition AltaMira Press June 2006 436 pages 7 x 9 1/4 Hardback ISBN: 978-0-7591-0972-8 Paperback ISBN: 978-0-7591-0973-5 Edited by: Lola Romanucci-Ross, Professor Emerita of Family and Preventive Medicine University of California, San Diego De George A. Vos (1922-2010), Professor Emeritus of Anthropology University of…

  • Lola Flash: [sur]passing

    Lola Flash: [sur]passing Jefferson School African American Heritage Center 420 Commerce Street Charlottesville, Virginia Contemporary Gallery Exhibition Dates: 2013-06-07 through 2013-08-30 For more than 20 years Lola Flash has been committed to deconstructing racism, sexism and homophobia through challenging photographic imagery. [sur]passing is a work in progress that confronts the phenomenon known as pigmentocracy. The term,…

  • Q&A with artist and author Laura Kina

    Q&A with artist and author Laura Kina Book Q&As with Deborah Kalb 2013-07-11 Deborah Kalb Laura Kina, the Vincent de Paul associate professor of Art, Media, and Design at DePaul University, is the co-editor of the new book War Baby/Love Child: Mixed Race Asian American Art and the co-curator of an accompanying art exhibit. She…

  • Miscegenation, 1936

    Miscegenation, 1936 W. E. B. Du Bois Papers Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963 Special Collections and University Archives W.E.B. Du Bois Library University of Massachusetts, Amherst 13 pages More finalized version Du Bois’s piece on the nature and evaluation of the biodiversity of the human race, prepared for use in the Encyclopedia…