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Day: March 21, 2010

  • Count Yourself In California: The Census on Multiracial ID’s

    Count Yourself In California: The Census on Multiracial ID’s Spot.Us 2010-03-18 Denise L. Poon When she fills out her 2010 Census form this week, Mei-Ling Malone is looking forward to answering Question #9 ― “the race question.” She’s adamant about documenting her multiracial background.  Malone, who studied multiracial politics at UC [University of California] Irvine and…

  • The age of Obama: The changing place of minorities in British and American society

    The age of Obama: The changing place of minorities in British and American society Manchester University Press 2010-04-01 192 pages 234x156mm Hardback ISBN: 9780719082771; Paperback ISBN: 9780719082788 Tom Clark, Columnist The Guardian Robert D. Putnam, and Isabel Malkin Professor of Public Policy Harvard University Edward Fieldhouse, Professor of Social and Political Science and Director of…

  • Homelands and Indigenous Identities in a Multiracial Era

    Homelands and Indigenous Identities in a Multiracial Era Social Science Research Article In Press, Accepment Manuscript Online: 2010-02-17 Carolyn A. Liebler, Assistant Professor Department of Sociology and Minnesota Population Center University of Minnesota Although multiple race responses are now allowed on federal censuses and surveys, most interracially married single-race parents report a single race for…

  • Beyond Black and White: A film by Nisma Zaman

    Beyond Black and White: A film by Nisma Zaman Women Make Movies 1994 28 minutes Color, 16mm/DVD Order No. W99431 Beyond Black and White is a personal exploration of the filmmaker’s bicultural heritage (Caucasian and Asian/Begali) in which she relates her experiences to those of five other women from various biracial backgrounds. In lively interviews…

  • Blood, Race, and National Identity: Scientific and Popular Discourses

    Blood, Race, and National Identity: Scientific and Popular Discourses Journal of Medical Humanities Volume 23, Numbers 3-4 (December, 2002) Pages 171-186 Print ISSN: 1041-3545; Online ISSN: 1573-3645 DOI: 10.1023/A:1016890117447 Allyson Polsky McCabe, Lecturer in English Yale University This essay examines the symbolic significance of blood in the twentieth century and its role in determining the…

  • Meeting the Needs of Multiracial and Multiethnic Children in Early Childhood Settings

    Meeting the Needs of Multiracial and Multiethnic Children in Early Childhood Settings Early Childhood Education Journal Issue Volume 26, Number 1 (September, 1998) Pages 7-11 Print ISSN 1082-3301; Online ISSN: 1573-1707 DOI 10.1023/A:1022974423276 Francis Wardle Early childhood programs have been in the forefront of implementing a multiracial curriculum. Early childhood educators need to extend these…

  • Examining Ethnic Identity and Self-Esteem Among Biracial and Monoracial Adolescents

    Examining Ethnic Identity and Self-Esteem Among Biracial and Monoracial Adolescents Journal of Youth and Adolescence Volume 33, Number 2 (April, 2004) pages 123-132 Print ISSN: 0047-2891; Online ISSN: 1573-6601 DOI: 10.1023/B:JOYO.0000013424.93635.68 Jeana R. Bracey University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Mayra Y. Bámaca University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Adriana J. Umaña-Taylor Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium The psychological…

  • Biracial-Bisexual Individuals: Identity Coming of Age

    Biracial-Bisexual Individuals: Identity Coming of Age International Journal of Sexuality and Gender Studies Issue Volume 5, Number 3 (July, 2000) Pages 221-253 ISSN 1566-1768 (Print) 1573-8167 (Online) DOI: 10.1023/A:1010137025394 J. Fuji Collins, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Student Health & Wellness – Vice Chancellor University of California, Merced There is considerable controversy regarding the means by…