Day: June 25, 2012

  • Partly Colored: Asian Americans and Racial Anomaly in the Segregated South (review) Journal of Asian American Studies Volume 15, Number 2, June 2012 pages 225-227 DOI: 10.1353/jaas.2012.0017 Jennifer Ho, Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill In her acknowledgements, Leslie Bow admits that she began her research project in…

  • Passing For What? Racial Masquerade and the Demands of Upward Mobility Callaloo Volume 21, Number 2, Spring 1998 pages 381-397 DOI: 10.1353/cal.1998.0108 Phillip Brian Harper, Erich Maria Remarque Professor of Literature; Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis, English New York University Ends and Means: The Social-Critical Significance of Racial Passing in the U.S. Context The…

  • English 190: Research Seminar: Literature of Racial Passing University of California, Berkeley Spring 2012 Cecil S. Giscombe, Professor of English A passing narrative is an account—fiction or nonfiction—of a person (or group) claiming a racial or ethnic identity that she does not (or they do not) “possess.” Such narratives speak—directly, indirectly, and very uneasily—to the…

  • Half-Polish, Half-Italian, All-Black 2nd Story Chicago, Illinois 2012-04-21 James Anthony Zoccoli Little Jimmy is a half-Italian, half-Polish kid. When his parents divorce, he watches his family dynamic change when his mom gets remarried to an African-American man. Sometimes funny, sometimes complicated, the hard parts of growing up are easier to talk about from a grown-up…

  • the greek Story Week Reader Story Week Reader 2011 pages 31-32 Chris “C.T.” Terry, Writer, Editor, Educator I was nervous on my first day working in the African-American Cultural Affairs section of my school’s Multicultural Office. My boss Kim introduced me to coworkers, and I imagined my blue eyes to be the subject of appraising…

  • The Language of Hairzilla SmokeLong Quarterly Issue 33 (2011-10-02) Chris Terry, Writer, Editor, Educator cover art “Sparta, NJ” by David Ohlerking   Art by Myles Karr Punk is a revelation the first time your skateboarding friend takes you to a show. You’re fifteen in saggy jeans. You watch bands emerge from the audience, lay waste…

  • Mixed race: Fastest growing demographic in Canada The Province Vancouver, British Columbia 2012-06-24 Sam Cooper …And the hardest in the world to find a match for blood cells; one in millions, literally Brutal. Intensive. Without hope. Those are words that just don’t translate when you hear the voice of 14-year-old Lourdess Sumners, of Duncan. She’s…