Category: Media Archive

  • I’ve been thinking a lot lately about whether there is such a thing as ‘mixed privilege’.

  • GalleryDAAS: Photographs by Ed West University of Michigan G648 Haven Hall 505 S State Street Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 2014-03-13 through 2014-05-02 Opening Reception: 2014-03-14, 17:30-20:00 CDT (Local Time) Hosted by the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies (DAAS) GalleryDAAS presents So Called, a photography series by award-winning artist and U-M professor Edward West. Curated…

  • Mixed Madness Month 2014 University of Maryland Adele H. Stamp Student Union March 2014 ________ Looks Like Me Mixed Madness Month takes place every March. It is the annual heritage and advocacy month for those that consider themselves multicultural, multiracial, multiethnic, and/or a supporter of the mixing of cultures. This year’s theme is: The “__________…

  • Why isn’t College for Learning About Mixed-Race Identities? Racism Review: scholarship and activism toward racial justice 2014-03-08 Sharon Chang There are some incredible opportunities out there right now to get certificates, higher ed and even advanced degrees specializing in the experience of Americans of color. Want a degree in Asian American Studies? Sure. How about…

  • Rutherford’s Bill Galloway reflects on genealogy, racial history NorthJersey.com Woodland Park, New Jersey Thursday, 2014-02-20 Kelly Nicholaides Bill Galloway, a resident with roots that go back to the 1920s in Rutherford, is proud of both his black roots and the “miscegenation” of his family. The longtime-Rutherford resident’s ancestors built a solid foundation with a focus…

  • The Romance of Race: Incest, Miscegenation, and Multiculturalism in the United States, 1880–1930; and Spectacular Wickedness: Sex, Race, and Memory in Storyville, New Orleans [Smithers Review] The Journal of American History Volume 100, Issue 4 (March 2014) pages 1222-1224 DOI: 10.1093/jahist/jau065 Gregory D. Smithers, Associate Professor of History Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia Jolie A.…

  • Betwixt, Between and Beyond: Racial formation and “mixed race” identities in New Zealand and Singapore National University of Singapore 2013 345 pages Zarine Lia Rocha A THESIS SUBMITTED FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY “Mixed race” identities are increasingly important for academics and policy makers around the world. In many multicultural…

  • Being Mixed Race Women of the World Festival 2014 Southbank Centre Belvedere Road, London Blue Room, Spirit Level at Royal Festival Hall Saturday, 2014-03-08, 13:30-15:00Z What is being ‘mixed race’? Is there such a thing as a mixed-race identity? In the 2011 census, over a million people in the UK ticked the ‘mixed race’ box—double…

  • Fatal Invention: The New Biopolitics of Race and Gender – Dorothy Roberts University of California, Berkeley Alumni House Friday, 2014-03-07, 17:00-19:30 PST (Local Time) Join us for a discussion with Prof. Dorothy Roberts, University of Pennsylvania Law School, author of Fatal Invention: How Science, Politics, and Big Business Re-create Race in the Twenty-first Century.  Lecture…

  • The Racial Pecking Order in British Theatre and TV Media Diversified: Tackling the lack of diversity in UK media and the ubiquity of whiteness 2014-02-28 Daniel York I’ve been reading a book recently by the American sociologist David T. Wellman with the frankly terrifying title Portraits Of White Racism. I say terrifying because it conjures…