Month: September 2011

  • Acting White or Acting Black: Mixed-Race Adolescents’ Identity and Behavior The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy Volume 9, Issue 1 (2009) 44 pages DOI: 10.2202/1935-1682.1688 Christopher S. Ruebeck, Associate Professor of Economics Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania Susan L. Averett, Charles A. Dana Professor of Economics Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania Howard N. Bodenhorn, Professor…

  • The Revitalization of Eurasian Identity in Singapore Southeast Asian Journal of Social Science Volume 25, Number 2 (1997) pages 7-24 DOI: 10.1163/030382497X00149 Alexius Pereira This paper accounts for the revitalization of Eurasian identity in the 1990s. The revitalization was instrumental, as Eurasians had found themselves socially marginalized, particularly since the other ethnic groups were becoming…

  • Holistic processing for own-, other- and mixed-race faces is modulated by awareness of race category Journal of Vision Volume 11, Number 11 (September 23, 2011) Article 670 DOI: 10.1167/11.11.670 Rachel Robbins, Research Lecturer University of Western Sydney Macquarie Centre for Cognitive Science, Macquarie University Dilan Perera Macquarie Centre for Cognitive Science, Macquarie University People are…

  • Race Mixture in Hawaii Journal of Heredity Volume 10, Issue 1 (1919) pages 41-47 Vaughan MacCaughey College of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii THE CHINESE The   Hawaiian Islands   arc remarkable for the diversity of  races represented and for the varied conjugal race-mingling which has taken place in this tiny island world during the past hundred and fifty…

  • Adlai Murdoch offers a detailed rereading of five major contemporary French Caribbean writers–Glissant, Condé, Maximin, Dracius-Pinalie, and Chamoiseau. Emphasizing the role of narrative in fashioning the cultural and political doubleness of Caribbean Creole identity, Murdoch shows how these authors actively rewrite their own colonially driven history.

  • What Are You? Mixed-Heritage Brooklyn Brooklyn Historical Society 128 Pierrepont Street Brooklyn, New York 2011-09-26, 19:00 EDT (Local Time) All events are held at BHS and are free with museum admission ($6 adults, $4 students/teachers/seniors, free for children under 12) unless otherwise noted. Admission is always free for BHS members. Participate in this discussion at…

  • Race, Blood, and What the Alligator Knows: A Review of What Blood Won’t Tell Southern California Law Review Volume 83, Number 3 (March 2010) pages 425-440 Jason A. Gillmer, Associate Professor of Law Texas Wesleyan School of Law From the opening pages of Ariela J. Gross’s What Blood Won’t Tell: A History of Race on…

  • When Gray Matters More Than Black or White: The Schooling Experiences of Black-White Biracial Students Education and Urban Society Volume 45, Number 2 (March 2013) pages 175-207 DOI: 10.1177/0013124511406917 Rhina Maria Fernandes Williams, Assistant Professor of Early Childhood Education Georgia State University, Atlanta Although research is scant, there is a growing interest in the manifestation of…

  • The Origins of the Afrikaners and their Language, 1652-1720: A Study in Miscegenation and Creole Race & Class Volume 15, Number 4 (April 1974) pages 461-495 DOI: 10.1177/030639687401500404 Ken Jordaan We are a bastard people with a bastard language. Ours is a bastard nature. That is good and fine. And like all bastards, uncertain of…

  • Pio Pico: The Last Governor of Mexican California University of Oklahoma Press 2010 256 pages 5.5″ x 8.5″, Illustrations: 7 B&W Illus. Hardcover ISBN: 9780806140902 Paperback ISBN: 9780806142371 Carlos Manuel Salomon, Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies California State University, East Bay The first biography of a politically savvy Californio who straddled three eras Two-time governor…