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Month: February 2011

  • Multiracial: Border Crosser: Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu navigates nations, cultures and academia

    Multiracial: Border Crosser: Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu navigates nations, cultures and academia Nichi Bei: A mixed plate of Japanses American News & Culture 2010-05-20 Akemi Johnson Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu is looking again toward Japan. A psychotherapist, writer and academic, Murphy-Shigematsu has lived in Palo Alto, Calif. the past eight years, teaching at Stanford University and running an independent…

  • More students identifying as multiracial

    More students identifying as multiracial Collegiate Times Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) 2011-02-17 Sarah Watson, News Reporter More students pursuing a secondary education identify themselves as multiracial or multiethnic. Students across the nation and in the Virginia Tech community are checking the box “two or more races” when filling out college applications.…

  • Between Black and Brown: Blaxican (Black-Mexican) Multiracial Identity in California

    This article explores the racial/ethnic identities of multiracial Black-Mexicans or “Blaxicans.” In-depth interviews with 12 Blaxican individuals in California reveal how they negotiate distinct cultural systems to accomplish multiracial identities. I argue that choosing, accomplishing, and asserting a Blaxican identity challenges the dominant monoracial discourse in the United States,in particular among African American and Chicana/o…

  • Civil War Fires Up Literary Shootout

    Civil War Fires Up Literary Shootout The New York Times 2009-07-29 Michael Cieply LOS ANGELES — History repeats itself. But sometimes it needs a little polishing up from Hollywood. Over the last few weeks, the writers of a pair of Civil War-era histories about the anti-Confederate inhabitants of Jones County, Miss., have been trading barbs…

  • Blurring the color line: the new America

    Blurring the color line: the new America The Tufts Daily Medford, Massachusetts 2011-02-22 Sylvia Avila Students identify as multiracial more than ever before Once considered a black and white issue, racial identity is hazier than ever. According to findings released in June 2010 by the Pew Research Center, the current generation of American college students…

  • Containing Multitudes

    Containing Multitudes Mixed Dreams: towards a radical multiracial/ethnic movement 2011-02-21 Nicole Asong Nfonoyim “Communities had to be created, fought for, tended like gardens. They expanded or contracted with the dreams of men– and in the civil rights movement those dreams had seemed large. In the sit-ins, the marches, the jailhouse songs, I saw the African-American…

  • Columns: Racial lines no longer just black and white

    Columns: Racial lines no longer just black and white The Minnesota Daily University of Minnesota, Minneapolis-St. Paul 2011-02-21 Lolla Mohammed Nur Clear-cut racial categories restrict how multiracial Americans identify themselves. Based on her appearance, you wouldn’t easily be able to guess University of Minnesota sophomore Mary Taylor‘s racial or ethnic heritage. But if you ask…

  • The Race Classification Gap

    The Race Classification Gap The Huffington Post 2011-02-17 Daniel Arrigg Koh, MBA Student Harvard Business School Growing up as a person of Korean and Lebanese descent, I was proud of my heritage and enjoyed discussing it with my peers. While few had ever met anyone with such an ethnic background before, people were always eager…

  • The Racial Identification of Biracial Children with One Asian Parent: Evidence from the 1990 Census

    The Racial Identification of Biracial Children with One Asian Parent: Evidence from the 1990 Census No. 96-370 Population Studies Center Research Report Series Population Studies Center at the University of Michigan August 1996 Yu Xie, Otis Dudley Duncan Distinguished University Professor of Sociology University of Michigan Kimberly A. Goyette, Associate Professor of Sociology Temple University…

  • “Two or More Races” or Just Another Category?

    “Two or More Races” or Just Another Category? Open Salon 2011-02-20 Ulli K. Ryder, Ph.D. The Department of Education’s “two or more races” category may appeal to some people but this is a slippery slope towards ignoring race altogether. Race still matters. Combating racism still matters. Acknowledging multiracial identities or agreeing to be placed in…