Mixed Race Studies

Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.

recent posts

about

Month: October 2009

  • Determinants of Multiracial Identification and Their Effects on Poverty Estimtates among US Children

    Determinants of Multiracial Identification and Their Effects on Poverty Estimtates among US Children Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association Hilton San Francisco & Renaissance Parc 55 Hotel San Francisco, California 2004-08-14 21 pages Anthony Daniel Perez, Assistant Professor Chapel Hill Department of Sociology University of North Carolina This project examines…

  • The Multiple Race Population: Is it Increasing or Decreasing?

    The Multiple Race Population: Is it Increasing or Decreasing? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association Montreal Convention Center Montreal, Quebec, Canada 2006-08-11 15 pages Reynolds Farley, Research Professor Emeritus Population Studies Center and Sociology Department University of Michigan A vibrant social movement developed in the 1990s, argued that many Americans…

  • Multirace.com: The Promise and Pitfalls of Multiracial Cyberspace

    Multirace.com: The Promise and Pitfalls of Multiracial Cyberspace Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association Atlanta Hilton Hotel Atlanta, Georgia 2003-08-16 27  pages Erica Childs, Assistant Professor Department of Sociology Hunter College at the City University of New York Through the Internet, multiracial individuals and families, even those who have felt…

  • Revisiting The Hollow Hope: The U.S. Supreme Court and the Repeal of Interracial Marriage Restrictions

    Revisiting The Hollow Hope: The U.S. Supreme Court and the Repeal of Interracial Marriage Restrictions Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association Atlanta Hilton Hotel Atlanta, Georgia 2003-08-13 21 pages Nancy Martin This paper outlines a research proposal for the analysis of the state-by-state repeal of interracial marriage restrictions, and particularly…

  • Race-ing and (E)race-ing the Child: Interracial Families Negotiate Racial Identification for their Multiracial Children

    Race-ing and (E)race-ing the Child: Interracial Families Negotiate Racial Identification for their Multiracial Children Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association Marriott Hotel, Loews Philadelphia Hotel Philadelphia, PA 2005-08-12 18 pages David L. Brunsma, Professor of Sociology Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University In this paper, a nationally-representative sample of kindergarten-aged…

  • Moving Beyond the Black-White Color Line? Immigration, Diversity, and Multiracial Identification in the United States

    Moving Beyond the Black-White Color Line? Immigration, Diversity, and Multiracial Identification in the United States Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association Hilton San Francisco & Renaissance Parc 55 Hotel San Francisco, CA 2004-08-14 Jennifer Lee This paper explores theory and evidence about immigration, race/ethnicity, intermarriage, and multiracial identification, and assesses…

  • A Practical Approach to Using Multiple-Race Response Data: A Bridging Method for Public-Use Microdata

    A Practical Approach to Using Multiple-Race Response Data: A Bridging Method for Public-Use Microdata September 2006 Carolyn A. Liebler, Assistant Professor Department of Sociology and Minnesota Population Center University of Minnesota Andrew Halpern-Manners Department of Sociology and Minnesota Population Center University of Minnesota This project was begun while the first author was funded by “IPUMS-Redesign”…

  • Homelands and Indigenous Identities in a Multiracial Era

    Homelands and Indigenous Identities in a Multiracial Era Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting Sheraton Boston and the Boston Marriott Copley Place Boston, Massachusetts 2008-07-31 27 pages Carolyn A. Liebler, Assistant Professor of Sociology University of Minnesota Although multiple-race responses are now allowed on federal forms like the…

  • What about the Children?: Black/White Children, Family Approval of Interracial Relationships, and Contemporary Racial Ideology

    What about the Children?: Black/White Children, Family Approval of Interracial Relationships, and Contemporary Racial Ideology Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association Marriott Hotel, Loews Philadelphia Hotel Philadelphia, PA 2005-08-12 16 pages Rachel Sullivan, Associate Professor of Sociology Montgomery College, Germantown, Maryland “Concerns” about the welfare of Black/White biracial children are…

  • Examining Health Disparities Through the Lens of Mixed Race

    Examining Health Disparities Through the Lens of Mixed Race Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association Marriott Hotel, Loews Philadelphia Hotel Philadelphia, PA 2005-08-12 Cathy J. Tashiro, Associate Professor Nursing Program University of Washington, Tacoma   Debates are occurring about the relative contribution of genetic vs. social factors to racial health…