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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Halle Berry and the Resurgence of the Tragic Mulatto The Root 2011-02-22 Clay Cane The furor caused by Berry’s assertion that her daughter is black reminds us how confused Americans remain about race. Halle Berry’s recent comments in Ebony magazine have brought up the complex subject of racial identity, which still seems to confuse many…
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A concise presentation of the manner in which many Negroes in America … have abandoned their… afiliation with Negroes
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The Powhatan Remnants melungeons.com 2001 Helen Campbell Prior to the white man’s arrival in America, a chain of separate but interacting Algonquian communities thrived along the Atlantic coastline. The Indians thrived in communities from the Chesapeake to the Gulf of St. Lawrence. When warm weather arrived, the Indians used the coastline for fishing and hunting.…
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The semantics of ‘mestizo’ GMA News Online 2012-07-12 Amanda Lago “What’s your mix?” clothing brand Bayo asked Filipina women in its heavily-lampooned ad campaign from last month. The ad drew criticism for excluding 100-percent Filipinos, and glorifying the “50-precent Filipina” instead, thereby feeding the beauty industry’s obsession with so-called mestizas. But as it turns out,…
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Instituto Cervantes holds forum on genetic diversity in the Philippines GMA News Online Quezon City, Philippines 2012-07-24 On Tuesday, July 24, Instituto Cervantes presents “Todos somos mestizos: A Topogenetic Atlas of the Philippines,” a forum on the genetic make-up of Filipinos all over the archipelago. The talk will be led by Filipino anthropologist Fernando Zialcita,…
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Lives: A Final Message From My Mother The New York Times 2012-07-20 Josiah Howard The first note I ever wrote for my mother wasn’t very special, but she seemed to think it was. It said: “Hi Mom! Have a nice day! Love Skip!” (her nickname for me). My message was scribbled on a scrap of…
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16th Union Report Melungeon Heritage Association: One People, All Colors 16th Union at the Southwest Virginia Historical Museum State Park 2012-07-11 K. Paul Johnson Every Melungeon Union combines an extended family reunion with a scholarly conference featuring authors and researchers sharing the latest perspectives on our heritage. All presenters come at their own expense, as…