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Month: August 2009

  • Policing the Borderlands: White- and Black-American Newspaper Perceptions of Multiracial Heritage and the Idea of Race, 1996–2006

    Policing the Borderlands: White- and Black-American Newspaper Perceptions of Multiracial Heritage and the Idea of Race, 1996–2006 Journal of Social Issues Volume 65, Number 1 (March 2009) pages 105-127 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-4560.2008.01590.x Michael C. Thornton University of Wisconsin-Madison By employing a new policy of “check all that apply,” the Census Bureau accommodated a mushrooming multiracial lobby…

  • When Race Becomes Even More Complex: Toward Understanding the Landscape of Multiracial Identity and Experiences

    When Race Becomes Even More Complex: Toward Understanding the Landscape of Multiracial Identity and Experiences Journal of Social Issues Volume 65, Number 1 (March 2009) pages 1-11 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-4560.2008.01584.x Margaret Shih University of California, Los Angeles Diana T. Sanchez Rutgers University, The State University of New Jersey The explosion in the number of people coming…

  • Loving v. Virginia

    From Wikipedia: Loving v. (versus) [Commonwealth of] Virginia, 388 U.S. 1 (1967), was a landmark civil rights case in which the United States Supreme Court by a [unanimous] 9-0 vote declared [on 1967-06-12] Virginia’s anti-miscegenation statute, the “Racial Integrity Act of 1924“, unconstitutional, thereby overturning Pace v. Alabama (1883) and ending all race-based legal restrictions…

  • métis

    From Wikipedia: A métis is a person born to parents who belong to different groups defined by visible physical differences, regarded as racial, or the descendant of such persons. The term is of French origin, and also is a cognate of mestizo in Spanish, mestiço in Portuguese, and mestee in English.  In the Western Hemisphere, this…

  • Mixed-up kids? Race, identity and social order

    Mixed-up kids? Race, identity and social order Russell House Publishing December 2008 184 pages ISBN: 9781905541386 Tina G. Patel University of Salford Transracial adoptees, children of mixed parentage, children of settled immigrant families… more and more children are growing up in mixed-race families and social environments. And there is increasing variety within this mixed-ness. Yet…

  • Mixed Heritage Children and Young People: Issues and Ways Forward

    Mixed Heritage Children and Young People: Issues and Ways Forward was a conference held in London, England on 2009-04-29 and hosted by the Ethnic Minority Achievement Service Cambridge Education @ Islington. Featured speakers: Leon Tikly, Professor University of  Bristol Bradley Lincoln Multiple Heritage Project, Manchester Featured Presentations: Making Mixed Race Children Visible in the Education…

  • The Best of Both Worlds? Family Influences on Mixed Race Youth Identity Development

    The Best of Both Worlds? Family Influences on Mixed Race Youth Identity Development Qualitative Social Work Volume 7, Number 1 (March 2008) pages 81-98 DOI: 10.1177/1473325007086417 Susan E. Crawford Halton Multicultural Council, Canada Ramona Alaggia University of Toronto, Canada This study explored influences on racial identity of mixed race youth who identified themselves to be…

  • Portraits of the New Negro Woman: Visual and Literary Culture in the Harlem Renaissance (review)

    Portraits of the New Negro Woman: Visual and Literary Culture in the Harlem Renaissance (review) Legacy Volume 26, Number 1 (2009) pages 182-184 E-ISSN: 1534-0643 Print ISSN: 0748-4321 DOI: 10.1353/leg.0.0069 Martha Jane Nadell, Associate Professor Brooklyn College of the City University of New York Cherene Sherrard-Johnson opens her provocative and intriguing book, Portraits of the…

  • Mother’s, Father’s, or Both? Parental Gender and Parent-Child Interactions in the Racial Classification of Adolescents

    Mother’s, Father’s, or Both? Parental Gender and Parent-Child Interactions in the Racial Classification of Adolescents Jenifer L. Bratter, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Associate Director of the Institute for Urban Research Rice University Holly E. Heard Rice University Sociological Forum Volume 24, Number 3, September 2009 pages 658-688 DOI: 10.1111/j.1573-7861.2009.01124.x Research on racial identification in interracial…

  • My Choice, Your Categories: The Denial of Multiracial Identities

    Mixed-race individuals often encounter situations in which their identities are a source of tension, particularly when expressions of multiracial and biracial identity are not supported or allowed. Two studies examined the consequences of this identity denial.