Mixed Race Studies

Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.

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Month: December 2009

  • I now see fluid identity as a strength.

    I now see fluid identity as a strength. I like being able to move in and out of different communities, being able to express the cultural characteristics of my surroundings without much thought. Perhaps the best example of this came a few years ago while I was in line at Disneyland with a few friends.…

  • Fluid…: Identity in the Making

    Fluid…: Identity in the Making The Vermont Connection Journal The University of Vermont 2002-07-29 Amiko Matsumoto I get the “what are you” question a lot. I usually get a warning that the question is coming: a tilt of the head, a squint of the eyes, a puzzled look as the wheels turn in my questioner’s…

  • Mixed Race… Mixed Up?

    Mixed Race… Mixed Up? Presentation at the Canadian Critical Race Conference 2003 Charito Gailling Mee Lain Ling Our workshop will explore “mixed race experience” by referring to our own experiences as mixed race women. We are particularly interested in fostering discussion that critically examines racial binaries of whiteness vs non-whiteness and how mixed race voices…

  • Proposed Session: Multiracial/ethnic families

    Proposed Session: Multiracial/ethnic families XVII ISA World Congress of Sociology Sociology on the Move International Sociological Association 2010-07-11 through 2010-07-17 Gothenburg, Sweden Programme Coordinators Rudy R. Seward, Professor, Director of Graduate Studies, and Associate Chair of Sociology University of North Texas, USA Ria Smit, Associate Professor of Sociology University of Johannesburg, South Africa Organizers: Cynthia…

  • Black Berry, Sweet Juice: On Being Black and White in Canada

    Now Hill, himself a child of a black father and white mother, brings us “Black Berry, Sweet Juice, Hill: On Being Black and White in Canada,” a provocative and unprecedented look at a timely and engrossing topic.

  • Any Known Blood

    Any Known Blood Harper Collins Canada 2001-09-20 528 pages Paperback ISBN: 9780006391760; ISBN10: 0006391761 Lawrence Hill Langston Cane V is 38, divorced and working as a government speechwriter, until he’s fired for sabotaging the minister’s speech. It seems the perfect time for Langston, the eldest son of a white mother and prominent black father, to…

  • Check All That Apply: The Psychological Costs and Benefits of Adopting a Multiracial Identity

    Check All That Apply: The Psychological Costs and Benefits of Adopting a Multiracial Identity SPSP 2010 The Eleventh Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Royal Pavilion 6 Friday, 2010-01-29, 09:45-11:00 PST (Local Time) Chair: Todd L. Pittinsky, Harvard University Multiracial people have always challenged the conventional notions of racial categorization, exemplified…

  • Identity & Issues for Multiracial Students and College Campuses (Pre-Conference Institute #111)

    Identity & Issues for Multiracial Students and College Campuses (Pre-Conference Institute #111) NCORE® 2010 23 Annual National Conference on Race & Enthnicity in American Higher Education National Harbor, Maryland 2010-06-01 through 2010-06-05 A three‑part, highly interactive institute designed to provide participants a greater understanding of racial identity development for multiracial people and the issues surrounding…

  • ETHN 115 – Biracial+Multiracial Iden (3 Units)

    ETHN 115 – Biracial+Multiracial Iden (3 Units) Sacramento State University Spring 2010 Examination of biracial/multiracial populations, their social histories, social experiences and social identities within various sociological and social psychological theoretical frameworks. An exploration of the relationship biracial/multiracial groups have had, and continue to have, with the larger white majority and monoracially identified minorities. Sect…

  • Love’s Revolution: Interracial Marriage

    “Love’s Revolution” traces the social changes that account for the growth of intermarriage as well as the lingering prejudices and false beliefs that oppress racially mixed families.