Month: March 2012

  • Multiracial Americans: Racial Identity Choices and Implications for the Collection of Race Data Sociology Compass Volume 6, Issue 4, April 2012 pages 316–331 DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-9020.2011.00454.x Nikki Khanna, Assistant Professor of Sociology University of Vermont In 2010, approximately nine million Americans self-identified with more than one race on the U.S. Census – a 32 percent increase…

  • Visualizando la Conciencia Mestiza: The Relation of Gloria Anzaldúa’s Mestiza Consciousness to Mexican American Performance and Poster Art University of South Florida 2010 53 pages Maria Cristina Serrano A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Liberal Arts Department of Humanities and Cultural Studies College of Arts and …

  • Hybrid Veggies & Mixed Kids: Ecocriticism and Race in Ruth Ozeki’s Pastoral Heartlands Asian American Literature: Discourses & Pedagogies Volume 2 (2011) pages 22-29 Melissa Eriko Poulsen Literature Department University of California, Santa Cruz This paper explores the troping of racial categories and mixed race bodies in Ruth Ozeki’s All Over Creation (2003) and My…

  • Teaching Edith Eaton/Sui Sin Far: Multiple Approaches Asian American Literature: Discourses & Pedagogies Volume 1 (2010) pages 70-78 Wei Ming Dariotis, Associate Professor of Asian American Studies San Francisco State University This essay compares pedagogical approaches to teaching the literature of Edith Eaton in two distinct contexts: a course on Asian American Literature and a…

  • Mixed Race Jamaicans in England A Parcel of Ribbons: Eighteenth century Jamaica viewed throught family stories and documents 2012-01-28 Ann Powers The status of  mixed race Jamaicans in eighteenth century Jamaica was always going to be less than than of white colonists, but it was possible for them to become established and successful in England.…

  • Morgan Goode: On Board with the Future of the Movement The Bilerico Project 2012-03-21 Amy Andre, Project Contributor If you haven’t heard of her already, BiNet USA board member Morgan Goode is a name for you to remember. At this year’s Creating Change conference, she co-led a workshop about mixed race issues that brought a…

  • 2010 Census Shows Asians are Fastest-Growing Race Group United States Census Bureau 2012-03-21 The U.S. Census Bureau today released a 2010 Census brief, The Asian Population: 2010 [PDF], that shows the Asian population grew faster than any other race group over the last decade. The population that identified as Asian, either alone or in combination…

  • Family Tree’s Startling Roots The New York Times 2012-03-19 Felicia Lee Thirty-nine lashes “well laid” on her bare back and an extension of her indentured servitude was Elizabeth Banks’s punishment for “fornication & Bastardy with a negroe slave,” according to a stark June 20, 1683, court document from York County, Va. Through the alchemy of…

  • Performativity and the Latina/o-white hybrid identity: performing the textual self University of South Florida 2005 192 pages Shane T. Moreman, Associate Professor of Communications California State University, Fresno A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Department of Communication College of Arts and Sciences This study is…

  • The Obama Effect: Understanding Emerging Meanings of “Obama” in Anti-Discrimination Law Indiana Law Journal Volume 87: Issue 1 (Spring 2012) pages 328-348 Symposium: “Labor and Employment Under the Obama Administration: A Time for Hope and Change?” Angela Onwuachi-Willig, Charles and Marion Kierscht Professor of Law University of Iowa Mario L. Barnes, Professor of Law University…