Day: May 4, 2010

  • The President, the Professor, and the Wide Receiver When the biracial U.S. President Barack Obama visits South Korea tomorrow, he will be visiting a country grappling with its prejudices about race. Foreign Policy 2009-11-17 James Card This week, U.S. President Barack Obama, the son of a black father and white mother, is making his landmark…

  • Mixed-race theory for everyone Mixedness & mixing: New perspectives on mixed-race Britons A Commission for Racial Equality eConference 2007-09-04 through 2007-09-06 Jin Haritaworn, Assistant Professor in Gender, Race and Environment at the Faculty of Environmental Studies York University, Canada What insights does mixed-race theory bear for mixed-race people, our allies, and the professionals who work…

  • “Black Skin, Black Masks: Hybridity, Dialogism, Performativity” offers a timely exploration of Black identity and its negotiation. The book draws on empirical work recording everyday conversations between Black women: friends, peers and family members.

  • Multiracial Identity [Movie], World Premiere Screening Politics on Film 2010 Festival Saturday, 2010-05-08, 13:30 EDT (Local Time) E Street Cinema (Purchase tickets on-line here.) 555 11th Street, NW Washington, DC Year: 2010 Director: Brian Chinhema Writer: Brian Chinhema Producer: Brian Chinhema (Abacus Production) Running Time: 01:22:00 Multiracial people are the fastest growing demographic in America, yet…

  • What Are You? Multi-racial and Bi-racial College Student Experiences [Session Handout] Association of College Unions International Annual Conference New York, New York 2010-03-01 13:00Z – 14:15Z 1 March 2010 11 pages Megan E. Bell, Assistant Director University Memorial Center University of Colorado, Boulder Seven million people checked more than one box to select their ethnicity…

  • Biracial Student Voices: Experiences at predominatly white institutions The Bulletin Association of College Unions International Volume 77, Issue 6 (November 2009) Willie L. Banks Jr., Associate Dean of Student Life Cleveland State University Race is a complex issue for campuses to address. Often, universities tout their diversity by sharing statistics about the respective racial populations…

  • This book recreates the lives of the children born of relationships between French men and African women from the time France colonized much of West Africa towards the end of the 19th century, until independence in 1960.