Mixed Race Studies

Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.

recent posts

about

Category: Media Archive

  • The short life of a race drug

    The headlines back in June, 2005, read “FDA approves a heart drug for African Americans”. The decision that gave the company NitroMed approval for its drug BiDil exclusively to a “racial group” represented a milestone in US drug policy. The decision ignited a debate that polarised the African American community, confounded proponents of personalised medicine,…

  • Making Race: Biology and the Evolution of the Race Concept in 20 Century American Thought

    Making Race: Biology and the Evolution of the Race Concept in 20 Century American Thought Columbia University December 2008 309 pages Michael Yudell Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy under the Executive Committee of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences At the dawn of the 21st…

  • The ‘Other’ from within: Afro-Germans as Scapegoats for the post-WWII German Society

    The ‘Other’ from within: Afro-Germans as Scapegoats for the post-WWII German Society Postgraduate History Conference: Creating the ‘Other’ Department of History, University of Essex 2011-09-20 Antje Friedrich Department of English Literature University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany The theme of the graduate conference this year was ‘Creating the ‘Other’’ throughout history.  We were very pleased to…

  • ‘Mutts like Me’: Multiracial Students’ Perceptions of Barack Obama

    ‘Mutts like Me’: Multiracial Students’ Perceptions of Barack Obama Qualitative Sociology Volume 35, Number 2 (2012) pages 183-200 DOI: 10.1007/s11133-012-9226-4 Michael P. Jeffries, Assistant Professor of American Studies Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts Existent sociological studies of multiracialism in the United States focus on identity construction, the cultural and legislative battle over multiracial categorization, and the…

  • Role of identity integration on the relationship between perceived racial discrimination and psychological adjustment of multiracial people

    Role of identity integration on the relationship between perceived racial discrimination and psychological adjustment of multiracial people Journal of Counseling Psychology Volume 59, Number 2 (April 2012) pages 240-250 Kelly F. Jackson, Assistant Professor of Social Work Arizona State University, Phoenix Hyung Chol (Brandon) Yoo, Assistant Professor of Asian Pacific American Studies Arizona State University,…

  • Imagining Jefferson and Hemings in Paris

    Imagining Jefferson and Hemings in Paris TransAtlantica: American Studies Journal 1 | 2011 : Senses of the South / Référendums populaires 10 pages, 20 paragraphs Suzanne W. Jones, Professor of English University of Richmond In Yearning: Race, Gender, and Cultural Politics, cultural critic bell hooks argues that “no one seems to know how to tell…

  • ‘Too black or not black enough’: Social identity complexity in the political rhetoric of Barack Obama

    ‘Too black or not black enough’: Social identity complexity in the political rhetoric of Barack Obama European Journal of Social Psychology Volume 42, Issue 5, August 2012 pages 564–577 DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.1868 Martha Augoustinos, Professor of Psychology University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia Stephanie De Garis School of Psychology University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia The election of…

  • The Wedding: A Novel

    The Wedding: A Novel Anchor and imprint of Random House 1995 256 pages Paperback ISBN: ISBN: 978-0-385-47144-2 Dorothy West (1907-1998) In her first novel in forty-seven years, Dorothy West, the last surviving member of the Harlem Renaissance, offers an intimate glimpse into African American middle class.  Set on bucolic Martha’s Vineyard in the 1950s, The…

  • Race (Part 1)

    Race (Part 1) The Chronicle of Higher Education Blog: Brainstorm—Ideas and culture. 2012-04-09 David Barash, Professor of Psychology University of Washington, Seattle Here’s a delicate subject, especially given the nationwide anguish over what appears to have been the cold-blooded, racially lubricated if not racially motivated murder of Trayvon Martin: race itself. More specifically and more…

  • Plaque honour for ‘first black star’ Elisabeth Welch

    Plaque honour for ‘first black star’ Elisabeth Welch BBC News 2012-02-27 The singer Elisabeth Welch is to be commemorated with an English Heritage blue plaque in south-west London. She is the second black woman to be honoured with a blue plaque in London. It will be unveiled in Ovington Court, Kensington, which was her home…