Mixed Race Studies

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Month: October 2010

  • Video From Angle Event Reopens Subject of Race

    Video From Angle Event Reopens Subject of Race New York Times 2010-10-19 Susan Saulny, National Correspondent Louie Gong, a 36-year-old Seattle resident who is a mix of American Indian, white and Chinese, is often mistaken for Latino. “Most people don’t look at me and say ‘Chinese,’ ” he said. “Then I tell them what my…

  • The Population Variance of the Proportion of Genetic Admixture in Human Intergroup Hybrids

    The Population Variance of the Proportion of Genetic Admixture in Human Intergroup Hybrids Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences December 1971 Volume 68, Number 12 pages 3168–3169 PMCID: PMC389614 T. Edward Reed, Professor of Zoology and Anthropology; Associate Professor of Paediatrics University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada For each individual in a human hybrid population…

  • Neither Strange Nor Familiar: Contemporary Approaches to Hybridity

    Neither Strange Nor Familiar: Contemporary Approaches to Hybridity Location: TBD Toronto, Canada 2010-10-22 through 2010-10-23 Kenote Speaker Stephan Palmié, Professor of Anthroplogy University of Chicago We are pleased and excited to announce this interdisciplinary conference. The study of identity, whether from a sociological, ethnographic, anthropological or historical perspective, has been a widely debated topic. As…

  • Caucasian Genes in American Negroes

    Caucasian Genes in American Negroes Science (1969-08-22) Volume 165 pages 762-768 DOI: 10.1126/science.165.3895.762 T. Edward Reed, Professor of Zoology and Anthropology; Associate Professor of Paediatrics University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada Measurement of non-African ancestry is difficult, but it is worthwhile for several genetic reasons. It is very difficult to describe the genetic history of a…

  • Intellectual Development of Children from Interracial Matings

    Intellectual Development of Children from Interracial Matings Science (1970-12-18) Volume 170, Number 3964 pages 1329-1331 DOI: 10.1126/science.170.3964.1329 Lee Willerman Perinatal Research Branch National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke, National Institutes of Health Alfred F. Naylor Perinatal Research Branch National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke, National Institutes of Health Ntinos C. Myrianthopoulos Perinatal Research…

  • The Sociological Relevance of the Concept of Half-Caste in British Society

    The Sociological Relevance of the Concept of Half-Caste in British Society Phylon (1960-) Volume 36, Number 3 (3rd Quarter, 1975) pages 309-320 G. Llewellyn Watson, Assistant Professor of Sociology University of Prince Edward Island Great Britain has a long tradition of social class distinctions and relations. Indeed, the early British railways of the nineteenth century…

  • Mai i ngā Ao e Rua–From Two Worlds: An investigation into the attitudes towards half castes in New Zealand

    Mai i ngā Ao e Rua–From Two Worlds: An investigation into the attitudes towards half castes in New Zealand University of Otago, Dunedin October 2006 91 pages Suzanne Boyes A dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the degree of Bachelor of Arts (Honours), in Māori Studies at the University of Otago, Dunedin This dissertation investigates…

  • Organizers of the Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference to be Featured Guests on Mixed Chicks Chat

    Organizers of the Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference to be Featured Guests on Mixed Chicks Chat Mixed Chicks Chat (The only live weekly show about being racially and culturally mixed. Also, founders of the Mixed Roots Film & Literary Festival) Hosted by Fanshen Cox and Heidi W. Durrow Website: TalkShoe™ (Keywords: Mixed Chicks) Bonus Episode:…

  • Dr. Sue-Je Gage to be Featured Guest on Mixed Chicks Chat

    Dr. Sue-Je Gage to be Featured Guest on Mixed Chicks Chat Mixed Chicks Chat (The only live weekly show about being racially and culturally mixed. Also, founders of the Mixed Roots Film & Literary Festival) Hosted by Fanshen Cox and Heidi W. Durrow Website: TalkShoe™ (Keywords: Mixed Chicks) Episode: #178 – Dr. Sue-Je Gage When:…

  • Danielle Evans, an author straddling racial divides

    Danielle Evans, an author straddling racial divides Washington Post 2010-10-07 DeNeen L. Brown, Staff Writer It is the tale of a biracial girl who is sent by her mother one summer to visit her white grandmother. But the grandmother immediately disapproves of her daughter’s child with the brown skin and long, curly hair. “If I…