Month: November 2010

  • “The devil made the mulatto”: Race, religion and respectability in a Black Atlantic, 1931-2005 University of Toronto 2007 312 pages Publication Number: AAT NR39517 ISBN: 9780494395172 Daniel R. McNeil, Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies Newcastle University, United Kingdom According to The Historical Journal there has only been one scholarly study of mixed- race history.…

  • Sources of Self-Categorization as Minority for Mixed-Race Individuals: Implications for Affirmative Action Entitlement Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology Volume 16, Issue 4 (October 2010) Pages 453-460 DOI: 10.1037/a0020128 Jessica J. Good, Assistant Professor of Psychology Davidson College, Davidson, North Carolina George F. Chavez Department of Psychology Rutgers University Diana T. Sanchez, Associate Professor of…

  • Students manage social lives amidst diversity The Dartmouth Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire 2010-11-11 Marina Villeneuve, The Dartmouth Staff Editor’s Note: This is the second installment in a three-part series investigating race at the College. The experiences and opinions expressed are the views of individual students, and should not be considered representative of wider communities.…

  • Sociology Professor Chronicles Rising Latino Culture Inside Fordham Online Fordham University In Focus: Faculty and Research 2010-11-15 Patrick Verel Already the largest minority group in the United States, Latinos will be an even bigger presence in the years to come, according to demographic studies. Clara Rodriguez, Ph.D., professor of sociology in Fordham College at Lincoln…

  • Trends in the Naming of Tri-Racial Mixed-Blood Groups in the Eastern United States American Speech Volume 22, Number 2 (April, 1947) pages 81-87 A. R. Dunlap University of Delaware C. A. Weslager University of Delaware In the eastern part of the United States, particularly in the southern and middle-Atlantic portions, are a number of populations…

  • Multiracial representations: Nishime examines Battlestar Galactica University of Washington Department of Communications 2010-11-15 Amanda Weber LeiLani Nishime, Assistant Professor of Communication, is a self-proclaimed science fiction fan, so it seemed natural to her to set her research sights on the TV series Battlestar Galactica. Although science fiction is generally a genre about the future, it…

  • Constructing Whiteness: Regulating Aboriginal identity University of Toronto 2009 93 pages Publication Number: AAT MR59722 ISBN: 9780494597224 Rebecca Boock A thesis submitted in conformity with the requirements for the degree of Masters of Arts Graduate Department of Sociology and Equity Studies in Education Ontario Institute for Studies in Education University of Toronto Curricula in classrooms…

  • Video from 2010 Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference at DePaul now available on iTunes U If you missed the Nov 5-6, 2010 “Emerging Paradigms in Critical Mixed Race Studies” conference or any of the keynote talks or the welcoming address, you can now download the videos via Apple’s iTunes U. Here is a link to the…

  • Seeds of Rebellion in Plantation Fiction: Victor Séjour’s “The Mulatto” Southern Spaces An interdisciplinary journal about regions, places, and cultures of the American South and their global connections 2007-08-28 Ed Piacentino, Professor of English High Point University, High Point, North Carolina This essay examines Victor Séjour’s “The Mulatto” (1837), a short story acknowledged as the…

  • Bringing the Mix-d: Experience to Leicester College: A Good Practice Guide to Meeting the Needs of Mixed Heritage Students in Further Education Multiple Heritage Project May 2010 26 pages Leicester College was successful in gaining funding from the LSC [Learning Skills Council] for a specific action research project to work with a group of mixed…