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Month: January 2012

  • Normal Families Facing Unique Challenges: The Psychosocial Functioning of Multiracial Couples, Parents and Children

    Normal Families Facing Unique Challenges: The Psychosocial Functioning of Multiracial Couples, Parents and Children The New School Psychology Bulletin Volume 9, Number 1 (2011) Print ISSN: 1931-793X; Online ISSN: 1931-7948 Joshua Wilt Department of Psychology Northwestern University The number of interracial couples in the United States has increased rapidly since anti-miscegenation laws were repealed in…

  • Legislation eradicates Dominican “Indians”

    Legislation eradicates Dominican “Indians” Dominican Today 2011-11-11 Santo Domingo.—Mulatto, black and white will be the only colors among Dominicans and will be stated thus in the citizens ID cards (cedula), effectively eradicating the nation’s “Indians.” The bill “Dominican Republic Electoral Law Reform” states that in the master file of cedulas the color of Dominicans will…

  • Lecture Series. Multiculturalism and Miscegenation in the Construction of Latin America’s Cultural Identity

    Lecture Series. Multiculturalism and Miscegenation in the Construction of Latin America’s Cultural Identity   Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 101 International Studies Building 910 S. Fifth Street, Champaign, Illinois 2012-02-23, 12:00 CST (Local Time) Eduardo Coutihno, Distinguished Lemann Visiting Professor of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign…

  • AP Exclusive: Many resist census race labels

    AP Exclusive: Many resist census race labels Miami Herald 2012-01-31 Hope Yen, Associated Press WASHINGTON — When the 2010 census asked people to classify themselves by race, more than 21.7 million – at least 1 in 14 – went beyond the standard labels and wrote in such terms as “Arab,” “Haitian,” “Mexican” and “multiracial.” The…

  • Passing: How posing as white became a choice for many black Americans

    Passing: How posing as white became a choice for many black Americans Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 2003-10-26 Monica L. Haynes, Post-Gazette Staff Writer The young unkempt woman still in her pajamas shuffled into her 8 a.m. college psychology class and sat down next to Barbara Douglass. “I’m sure glad there are no niggers in this…

  • Has ‘whiteness studies’ run its course at colleges?

    Has ‘whiteness studies’ run its course at colleges? Cable News Network (CNN) In America: You define America. What defines you? 2012-01-30 Alex P. Kellogg, Special to CNN Among university departments that study African-American history, Latin American or Chicano cultures and all varieties of ethnicities and nationalities, there’s a relatively obscure field of academic inquiry: whiteness…

  • The Loving Story – HBO Screening Event

    The Loving Story – HBO Screening Event Multiracial Network Blog 2012-01-24 It is a rare occasion for Marc Johnston, MRN Chair, and Heather Lou, MRN Incoming Chair, to find themselves in the same city outside of the annual ACPA Convention. So what do these two fun-loving higher education and student affairs administrators choose to do…

  • Don Lemon: Legacy of ‘one drop’ rule inspires search for family history

    Don Lemon: Legacy of ‘one drop’ rule inspires search for family history Cable News Network (CNN) In America: You define America. What defines you? 2012-01-29 Don Lemon, Anchor CNN Newsroom This is  final installment of  a three-part series about the (1)ne Drop Project. Read Don Lemon’s column, “It only takes one drop,” and Yaba Blay’s…

  • Los Angeles Mayor Villaraigosa Honors A West Coast Black Seminole Leader

    Los Angeles Mayor Villaraigosa Honors A West Coast Black Seminole Leader Indian Voices January 2012 pages 7 & 11 Dr. Bruce Twyman On October 28th, 2011 Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa honored the Native American community of Southern California by hosting the cities’ annual American Indian Heritage Month celebration at city hall. A noteworthy and…

  • Don’t Forget the Accent Mark: A Memoir

    Raised in a Mexican home in an Anglo neighborhood, David Sánchez was fair-skinned and fluent in Spanish and English when he entered kindergarten. None of this should have had any influence on the career path he chose, but at certain moments it did. With the birth of the Chicano Movement and affirmative action, a different…