Month: March 2012

  • Black German Cultural Society of New Jersey 2012 Annual Convention: Call for Papers Black German Cultural Society of New Jersey 2012-01-31 Building on the success of the inaugural 2011 conference, the second annual convention of the Black German Cultural Society of New Jersey (BGCSNJ) will be held at Barnard College in New York City on…

  • Crossing Lines: Praxis in Mixed Race/Space Studies University of California, Berkeley Friday, 2012-03-16 through Saturday, 2012-03-17 Co-Sponsored by the UC Berkeley Center for Race and Gender and Ethnic Studies Department. In traditional Ethnic Studies, mixed race scholarship has often been marginalized, misappropriated, tokenized or simply left out. In order to allow for a collaborative environment…

  • “Obama and the Biracial Factor” is the first book to explore the significance of mixed-race identity as a key factor in the election of President Obama and examines the sociological and political relationship between race, power, and public policy in the United States with an emphasis on public discourse and ethnic representation in his election.

  • Assimilating to a White Identity: The Case of Arab Americans International Migration Review Volume 41, Issue 4, December 2007 pages 860–879 DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-7379.2007.00103.x Kristine J. Ajrouch, Adjunct Associate Research Professor in the Life Course Development Program Institute for Social Research University of Michigan Amaney Jamal, Associate Professor of Politics Princeton University Racial identity is one…

  • New Geographic Categories Listings for MixedRaceStudies.org 2012-03-10 Steven F. Riley Over the next few days, I will be removing several frequently used geographic tags (indexed items) and converting them into categories (which are listed on the right-hand side).  The current tags (that will be placed under the parent tag United States) are: Louisiana, Mississippi, Virginia, and…

  • Métis identity matters Winnipeg Free Press 2011-02-09 Editorial The question of Métis identity has befuddled Canadians, governments and the courts ever since Louis Riel occupied Upper Fort Garry in 1869 and established a provisional government. Just who were these troublemakers, who had their own language, customs and practices, and who now claimed territorial rights? Well,…

  • Exploring Prejudice, Miscegenation, and Slavery’s Consequences in Mark Twain’s Pudd’nhead Wilson The Kennesaw Journal of Undergraduate Research Volume 1, Issue 1, Article 3 (2011) 5 pages Steven Watson Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Georgia This research paper analyzes Mark Twain’s use of racist speech and racial stereotypes in his novel Pudd’nhead Wilson. Twain has often been…

  • Race and American Indian Tribal Nationhood February 2009 44 pages Matthew L. M. Fletcher, Professor of Law & Director of the Indigenous Law & Policy Center Michigan State University Forthcoming in a 2011 University of Wyoming Law Review issue. American Indian tribes and nations are at a crossroads. One on hand, many tribes like the Cherokee…

  • A Race or a Nation? Cherokee National Identity and the Status of Freedmen’s Descendents bepress Legal Series Working Paper 1570 2006-08-17 72 pages S. Alan Ray, President Elmhurst College, Elmhurst, Illinois The Cherokee Nation today faces the challenge of determining its citizenship criteria in the context of race. The article focuses on the Cherokee Freedmen.…

  • Blood Quantum, Race, and Identity in Indian Country January 2011 32 pages Sarah Montana Hart, Judicial Clerk Magistrate Judge Carolyn Ostby Federal District Court for the District of Montana This article discusses how blood quantum laws affect racism and other relations between Indian nations and the United States. 1. Introduction Throughout the history of our…