Mixed Race Studies
Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.
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- The Routledge International Handbook of Interracial and Intercultural Relationships and Mental Health
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- Call for Proposals: 2026 Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference at UCLA
- Participants Needed for a Paid Research Study: Up to $100
- 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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Category: Media Archive
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Our next CMRS Book Talk is right around the corner! We’re featuring “Mixed-Race in the US and UK: Comparing the Past, Present, and Future,” by Dr. Jennifer Patrice Sims and our very own Chinelo L. Njaka. Join live and be part of the Q&A!
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Based on events portrayed in Parker’s autobiography, “An Upstream Battle” illustrates the real danger that Parker and other members of the Underground Railroad were exposed to, and their commitment to helping runaway slaves, despite that danger.
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“DNA Curious” Series now casting for participants with an interest in finding unknown family members and the willingness to take a journey of discovery via their DNA.
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Bubba Wallace Welcomes Fans Into His Garage With New Netflix Docuseries The Root 2021-04-23 Jay Connor Photo: Chris Graythen (Getty Images) Being the only Black driver in NASCAR’s top racing series comes with more than its fair share of trials and tribulations. In the last year alone, we’ve seen Bubba Wallace succeed in his quest…
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Rebecca Carroll talks with us about her latest book, “Surviving the White Gaze: A Memoir” that walks us through her struggle with race and identity as she navigates life in a white world.
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The author of “Mixed/Other” on the duality of holding two truths simultaneously and the isolation of being mixed
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The trend personified by the Kardashians is driven by the aesthetics of ambiguity – and proximity to whiteness