Month: September 2010

  • Germany’s history has established a unique context for biracial individuals. For one, foreigners that look different have a hard time being accepted as German citizens. While the most prominent political activists of the Afro-German movement were women, Afro-German men chose the venue of music to express their struggle for identity and acceptance. Their contribution to…

  • Social Construction and the Concept of Race Philosophy of Science Volume 72, Number 5 (December 2005) pages 1208-1219 DOI: 10.1086/508966 Edouard Machery, Associate Professor of History and Philosophy of Science University of Pittsburgh Luc Faucher, Professor of Philosophy Université du Québec, Montréal There has been little serious work to integrate the constructionist approach and the…

  • Aren’t they just black kids? Biracial children in the child welfare system Child & Family Social Work Volume 15, Issue 4 (November 2010) pages 441-45 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2010.00690.x Rachel A. Fusco, Assistant Professor of Social Work University of Pittsburgh Mary E. Rauktis, Research Assistant Professor of Social Work University of Pittsburgh Julie S. McCrae, Research Scientist…

  • Classes You May Have Missed: On Modern Brazilian Literature Pitt Magazine January, 1995 Bobby J. Chamberlain, Associate Professor of Brazilian Culture and Literature University of Pittsburgh Brazilian culture has always been considered a fusion of three different races: the Europeans (specifically Portuguese), the Indians, and the Africans who were taken to Brazil as slaves. But…

  • Adjustment Problems in Adolescence: Are Multiracial Children at Risk? American Journal of Orthopsychiatry Volume 70, Issue 4 (October 2000) pages 433–444 DOI: 10.1037/h0087744 M. Elise Radina, Associate Professor of Family Studies & Social Work Miami University, Ohio Teresa M. Cooney, Associate Professor of Human Develpopment and Family Studies University of Missouri Data from a national…

  • Relationship Quality Between Multiracial Adolescents and Their Biological Parents American Journal of Orthopsychiatry Volume 70, Issue 4 (October 2000) pages 445–454 DOI: 10.1037/h0087763 M. Elise Radina, Associate Professor of Family Studies & Social Work Miami University, Ohio Teresa M. Cooney, Associate Professor of Human Develpopment and Family Studies University of Missouri National survey data were…

  • Africa’s Legacy in Mexico: The Photographs of Tony Gleaton Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles Laband Art Gallery 2007-09-09 through 2007-11-18 Africa’s Legacy in Mexico features forty-five black and white photographs from a series of portraits of African Mexicans by Tony Gleaton. Taken in the late 1980s and early 1990s, primarily in three villages along the…

  • Laughing To Keep From Crying: Resisting “Race” Through Irony Tympanum: A Journal of Comparative Literary Studies Number 4, (2000) issn# 1522-7723 Ronald Sundstrom, Director and Associate Professor of African American Studies University of San Francisco He wanted to rise-a malicious, ironic voice insisted that he rise-and, at once, to leave this temple and go out…

  • Racial Ambiguity and Relationship Formation in the United States: Theoretical and Practical Considerations Journal of Social and Personal Relationships Volume 20, Number 2 (April 2003) pages 153-169 DOI: 10.1177/02654075030202002 Angela D. James, Associate Professor of African American Studies Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles M. Belinda Tucker, Social Psychologist and Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences…

  • Racial Etiquette: Nella Larsen’s Passing and the Rhinelander Case Meridians: feminism, race, transnationalism Volume 5, Number 2, 2005 pages 1-29 E-ISSN: 1547-8424 Print ISSN: 1536-6936 DOI: 10.1353/mer.2005.0013 Miriam Thaggert, Associate Professor of English and African-American Studies University of Iowa In Passing Nella Larsen seems to suggest that identity is a hazy fiction one tells that…