Category: Media Archive

  • ASA 115: Mixed Race Expeiences University of California, Davis 2012-2016 Kieu-Linh Caroline Valverde, Associate Professor of Asian American Studies “Even after our first ‘black’ president ushered in a so-called ‘post racial America,’ we understood that there is much more to the race issue than what has been presented.” Using the theme of Race Traitors, this…

  • I sat beside Obama at the Black Lives Matter meeting. This was no political show The Guardian 2016-02-20 Brittany Packnett The author sits beside Barack Obama’s in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on 18 February. Photograph: Carolyn Kaster/AP Some political meetings devolve into theater. Not this one: we all spoke direct truth to…

  • Skin color matters in Latino/a communities: Identifying, understanding, and addressing Mestizaje racial ideologies in clinical practice. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice Volume 47, Issue 1 (Feb 2016) pages 46-55 DOI: 10.1037/pro0000062 Hector Y. Adames, Professor of Clinical Counseling Psychology Nayeli Y. Chavez-Dueñas, Child Clinical Psychologist, Professor, Researcher Kurt C. Organista, Associate Dean; Professor of Social…

  • Mom Writes Book, ‘Bad Hair Does Not Exist!’ For Daughters NBC News 2016-02-17 Maya Chung Bad Hair Does Not Exist/Pelo Malo No Existe! is a Children’s Book by Sulma Arzu-Brown. “Bad Hair Does Not Exist!” is a new bilingual book that encourages young Black, Afro-Latino, and multi-racial girls to see themselves, and their hair, as…

  • Call for papers: Mana Tangatarua: Mixed heritages and biculturalism in Aotearoa/New Zealand Dr Zarine L. Rocha 2015-11-22 Deadline: 29 February 2016 This volume seeks to explore the diversity of research on “mixed race”/mixed ethnic identity in Aotearoa/New Zealand. “Mixed race” identities have been the subject of growing scholarly interest over the past two decades, particularly…

  • The Black Presidency: Barack Obama and the Politics of Race in America Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2016-02-02 368 pages 6 x 1.2 x 9 inches Hardcover ISBN: 9780544387669 eBook ISBN: 9780544386426 Paperback ISBN: 9780544811805 Michael Eric Dyson, Professor of Sociology Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. Michael Eric Dyson explores the powerful, surprising way the politics of race…

  • Mixed-Race Youth and Schooling: The Fifth Minority Routledge 2016-02-26 256 pages 10 B/W Illus. Hardback ISBN: 978-1-13-802191-4 Paperback ISBN: 978-1-13-802193-8 Sandra Winn Tutwiler, Professor of Education Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas This timely, in-depth examination of the educational experiences and needs of mixed-race children (“the fifth minority”) focuses on the four contexts that primarily influence learning…

  • Black Lives Matter Activist Says Obama Meeting Was Positive TIME 2016-02-18 Maya Rhodan WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 18: U.S. President Barack Obama (C) speaks about race relations while flanked by Brittany Packnett (L), and Rep. John Lewis (D-GA), in the Roosevelt Room at the White House, February 18, 2016 in Washington, DC. President Obama met…

  • Meet Team One Drop: Ben Affleck Fanshen Cox 2016-02-10 One Drop of Love is a multimedia one-woman show exploring the intersections of race, class and gender – and in search of justice and love. The show is written and performed by Fanshen Cox DiGiovanni. For more information, click here.

  • An Exploration of Racial Considerations in Partnered Fathers’ Involvement in Bringing Up Their Mixed-/Multi-Race Children in Britain and New Zealand Fathering: A Journal of Theory, Research, and Practice about Men as Fathers Volume 13, Number 2 (2015) 26 pages Rosalind Edwards, Professor of Sociology University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom Chamion Caballero, Visiting Senior Fellow…