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  • Middle Eastern and North African Americans may not be perceived, nor perceive themselves, to be White

    Our findings provide evidence about the suitability of adding a separate MENA label to the race/ethnicity identification question in the US Census, and suggest MENAs’ official designation as White may not correspond to their lived experiences nor to others’ perceptions.

  • Too black for Brazil | Guardian Docs

    Too black for Brazil | Guardian Docs The Guardian2016-02-09 Nayara Justino thought her dreams had come true when she was selected as the Globeleza carnival queen in 2013 after a public vote on one of Brazil’s biggest TV shows. But some regarded her complexion to be too dark to be an acceptable queen. Nayara and…

  • 5 Years After Muslim Ban, Middle Eastern and North African Americans Remain Hidden | Opinion

    5 Years After Muslim Ban, Middle Eastern and North African Americans Remain Hidden | Opinion Newsweek 2022-02-08 Neda Maghbouleh, Associate Professor of Sociology University of Toronto René D. Flores, Neubauer Family Assistant Professor of Sociology University of Chicago Ariela Schachter, Assistant Professor of Sociology​; Faculty Affiliate in Asian American Studies Washington University in St. Louis,…

  • Martha Wheeler, Eye-Witness to the “Free State of Jones”

    Martha Wheeler, Eye-Witness to the “Free State of Jones” Renegade South: Histories of Unconventional Southerners 2017-07-02 Vikki Bynum, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History Texas State University, San Marcos Matthew McConaughey and Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Newt and Rachel, “The Free State of Jones,” STX Entertainment (2016) I’ll never forget the excitement I felt when, in the…

  • Netflix’s ‘Passing’ could have been me

    Anchored by Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga, ‘Passing’ on Netflix tells the story of racial passing back in 1920s New York. But it’s more relevant, and personal, than ever

  • The best way to get ahead is now to lie

    We can’t blame students for fabricating stories of hardship

  • New Miami Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel: ‘Extremely proud’ to be biracial

    New Miami Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel: ‘Extremely proud’ to be biracial ESPN 2022-02-11 Marcel Louis-Jacques, Miami Dolphins Reporter MIAMI — Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel, clarifying comments this week in which he said he identified “as a human being,” affirmed that his racial background is not something he simply identifies as — it’s what he is.…

  • 2022 CMRS Conference Is Two Weeks Away!

    2022 CMRS Conference Is Two Weeks Away! Critical Mixed Race Studies Association 2022-01-24 *** View the program schedule here! *** REGISTER NOW! It is not too late to register for the 6th biennial Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference titled Ancestral Futurisms: Embodying Multiracialities Past, Present, and Future to be held virtually February 24-26, 2022. To…

  • Meet the first Black skeleton athlete to compete for the U.S. at the Olympics

    Meet the first Black skeleton athlete to compete for the U.S. at the Olympics National Public Radio 2022-02-10 Jaclyn Diaz, Reporter Kelly Curtis stands next to the Olympic rings. She’s competing in the skeleton competition at the Beijing Olympics. IBSF BEIJING — Skeleton is a heart-racing, adrenaline-fueled event where a single racer flies face-first down…

  • On Being Other: Primadonna 2021

    On Being Other: Primadonna 2021 Primadonna Festival2022-02-11 Join writer and journalist Bee Rowlatt as she introduces this year’s Costa winner Monique Roffey, author of the remarkable novel The Mermaid of Black Conch, and Natalie Morris, whose debut title Mixed/Other came out in 2021. Together they explore shared themes of otherness, outsider