Mixed Race Studies

Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.

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Month: July 2010

More Than Black? Multiracial Identity and the New Racial Order [Book Review: Christian]

2010-07-31

More Than Black? Multiracial Identity and the New Racial Order [Book Review: Christian] The Western Journal of Black Studies Volume 27, Number 4 (2003) pages 279-280 Mark Christian, Professor & Chair of African & African American Studies Lehman College, City University of New York This book comes out the school of thought that advocates for…
Race and Multiraciality in Brazil and the United States: Converging Paths? By G. Reginald Daniel. [Book Review]

2010-07-31

Race and Multiraciality in Brazil and the United States: Converging Paths? By G. Reginald Daniel. [Book Review] Ethnic and Racial Studies Volume 30, Number 6 (November 2007) pages 1167-1181 Antonio Sérgio Alfredo Guimarães Department of Sociology, University of Sao Paulo In his recent comparative study G. Reginald Daniel looks at the convergence in race relations…
Is there ‘a’ mixed race group in Britain? The diversity of multiracial identification and experience

2010-07-29

Is there ‘a’ mixed race group in Britain? The diversity of multiracial identification and experience Critical Social Policy Volume 30, Number 3 (August 2010) pages 337-358 DOI: 10.1177/0261018310367672 Miri Song, Professor of Sociology University of Kent In contemporary British society, references to ‘mixed race’ people and to various forms of mixing abound. But to what…
Black, White and Other… Worldwide

2010-07-29

Black, White and Other… Worldwide The Huffington Post 2010-07-27 Marcia Alesan Dawkins, Visiting Scholar Brown University Even though the 21st century is seeing an exponential increase in reports of multiracial ancestry worldwide, exactly what makes a person multiracial remains a puzzling concept. According to the Association of Multiethnic Americans and Project RACE, the definition of…
More than a Metaphor: Blood as Boundary for Korean Biracial Identity

2010-07-28

More than a Metaphor: Blood as Boundary for Korean Biracial Identity NCA 95th Annual Convention Chicago Hilton & Towers Chicago, Illinois 2009-11-11 Myra Washington College of Media, Institute of Communications Research University of Illinois When Hines Ward was named MVP of Super Bowl XL, his Black and Korean biracial status became the touchstone for conversations…
Black and White, or Shades of Gray? Racial Labeling of Barack Obama Predicts Implicit Race Perception

2010-07-27

Black and White, or Shades of Gray? Racial Labeling of Barack Obama Predicts Implicit Race Perception Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy Volume 10, Issue 1 (December 2010) pages 207–222 DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-2415.2010.01213.x Lori Wu Malahy University of Washington Mara Sedlins University of Washington Jason Plaks, Associate Professor of Psychology University of Toronto Yuichi Shoda,…
Fluidity without Postmodernism: Michelle Cliff and the “Tragic Mulatta” Tradition

2010-07-27

Fluidity without Postmodernism: Michelle Cliff and the “Tragic Mulatta” Tradition African American Review Vol. 32, No. 4 (Winter, 1998) pages 673-689 Suzanne Bost, Associate Professor of English Loyola University I am writing the story of my life as a statue… I wish they had carved me from the onyx of Elizabeth Catlett. Or molded me…
Endogenous Race in Brazil: Affirmative Action and the Construction of Racial Identity among Young Adults

2010-07-26

Endogenous Race in Brazil: Affirmative Action and the Construction of Racial Identity among Young Adults Working Paper 2010-01-10 Andrew M. Francis, Professor of Economics Emory University Maria Tannuri-Pianto, Professor of Economics University of Brasilia Brazil is not only characterized by racial diversity but also by socioeconomic inequality. This complexity, plus the recent adoption of racial…
Racial Self-Categorization in Adolescence: Multiracial Development and Social Pathways

2010-07-26

Racial Self-Categorization in Adolescence: Multiracial Development and Social Pathways Child Development Volume 77, Number 5, September/October 2006 Pages 1298–1308 DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2006.00935.x Steven Hitlin, Assistant Professor of Sociology University of Iowa J. Scott Brown, Associate Professor of Gerontology, Scripps Research Fellow Miami University, Oxford, Ohio Glen H. Elder, Jr. Carolina Population Center University of North Carolina…
Segregation of the Free People of Color and the Construction of Race in Antebellum New Orleans

2010-07-26

Segregation of the Free People of Color and the Construction of Race in Antebellum New Orleans Southeastern Geographer Volume 48, Number 1, May 2008 pages 19-37 E-ISSN: 1549-6929 Print ISSN: 0038-366X DOI: 10.1353/sgo.0.0010 Amy R. Sumpter, Instructor of Geography Georgia College and State University Louisiana and the city of New Orleans have a complicated colonial…

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Month: July 2010