Month: January 2011

  • A New Look At The Life Of Jean Toomer National Public Radio All Things Considered 2010-12-30 Robert Siegel, Host Rudolph P. Byrd, Goodrich C. White Professor of American Studies and African American Studies Emory University Jean Toomer received much acclaim for his portrait of African-American life in the early 20th century in his 1923 book…

  • Ethnic identity, ego identity, and psychological well-being among mixed-ethnic Arab-European adolescents in Israel British Journal of Developmental Psychology Volume 24, Issue 4 (November 2006) pages 669–679 DOI: 10.1348/026151005X59196 Hisham Motkal Abu-Rayya The Unit of Psychology Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland This study explored the relationship between ethnic identity, ego identity, and psychological wellbeing among mixed-ethnic…

  • Black Mexico: Nineteenth-Century Discourses of Race and Nation Brown University May 2009 268 pages Marisela Jiménez Ramos A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of History at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. On January 31, 2006, the Associated Press reported that while remodeling…

  • On “Mulatto” Modern American Poetry Langston Hughes (1902-1967) Compiled and Prepared by Cary Nelson From Langston Hughes (Twayne, 1967) James A. Emanuel This dramatic dialogue offers a tensely individualized conflict between father and son that is hardened by the vigor and scorn of the words and broadened by carefully placed, suggestive details from nature. The…

  • Mulatto [Poem] 1927 Langston Hughes (1902-1967) I am your son, white man! Georgia dusk And the turpentine woods. One of the pillars of the temple fell. You are my son! Like Hell! The moon over the turpentine woods. The Southern night Full of stars, Great big yellow stars. What’s a body but a toy? Juicy…

  • SOCY 57: Identity and Social Interaction of Multiracial Americans Dartmouth College Department of Sociology Upper Division Currently being taught as of Spring 2011 Melissa R. Herman, Assistant Professor of Sociology The 2000 Census revealed that nearly 4% of youth and 2% of adult Americans belong to more than one racial category. What are the social,…

  • Passage to identity is still a struggle Kansas City Star 2010-12-17 Commentary by: Jeneé Osterheldt I’ve always known I wasn’t white like my mama. Even as a little girl, I could feel adults stare as we passed by. I was different. But was I black like my daddy? It took me much of my young…

  • Chapter One: Barbara Jordan: American Hero New York Times 1998-12-13 Mary Beth Rogers Mary Beth Rogers, Barbara Jordan: American Hero, (New York: Bantam, 1998). BARBARA CHARLINE JORDAN was born February 21, 1936, the third daughter and last child of Benjamin Meredith and Arlyne Patten Jordan. The fortunes of Ben and Arlyne were good enough to…

  • White/Minority Multiraciality: An Exploration of Sociopolitical Consciousness Development California State University, Sacramento Spring 2009 118 pages Melody Marie Antillon Hazzard Thesis submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Master of Social Work at California State University, Sacramento There is contention in multiracial studies as to whether multiracial people perpetuate or challenge…

  • Color outside the lines Columbia Missourian 2006-06-11 Sara Fernández Cendon The boundaries between traditional racial categories shift as more people identify themselves as multiracial. The term adds another dimension to the complex issue of race in America. Some say Tiger Woods started it all. After winning the Masters Tournament in 1997, the golf star described…