Mixed Race Studies

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Month: August 2012

  • Q&A: Professor examines those ‘outside the color lines’ in new book

    Q&A: Professor examines those ‘outside the color lines’ in new book University of Wisconsin-Madison News 2012-10-20 Jenney Price The history of segregation in the United States is often seen in black and white. Leslie Bow, professor of English and Asian American studies, is interested in the experiences of communities that fell outside those color lines.…

  • “What About the Children?” The Psychological and Social Well-Being of Multiracial Adolescents

    “What About the Children?” The Psychological and Social Well-Being of Multiracial Adolescents The Sociological Quarterly Volume 47, Issue 1 (February 2006) pages 147–173 DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-8525.2006.00041.x Mary E. Campbell, Associate Professor of Sociology University of Iowa Jennifer Eggerling-Boeck University of Wisconsin–Madison We used the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) to examine the social…

  • Hapa-Palooza Festival: September 12, 13 & 15, 2012

    Hapa-Palooza Festival: September 12, 13 & 15, 2012 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 2012-09-12, 2012-09-13 and 2012-09-15 Hapa-Palooza: A Vancouver Celebration of Mixed-Roots Arts and Ideas is a new cultural festival that celebrates the city’s identity as a place of hybridity, synergy and acceptance. A vibrant fusion of music, dance, literary, artistic and film performances, Hapa-Palooza…

  • Brazil Enacts Affirmative Action Law for Universities

    Brazil Enacts Affirmative Action Law for Universities The New York Times 2012-08-30 Simon Romero, Brazil Bureau Chief RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil’s government has enacted one of the Western Hemisphere’s most sweeping affirmative action laws, requiring public universities to reserve half of their admission spots for the largely poor students in the nation’s public schools…

  • Race, Theory, and Scholarship in the Biracial Project

    Race, Theory, and Scholarship in the Biracial Project Chapter in: Race Struggles University of Illinois Press 2009 352 pages 6.125 x 9.25 in.; 4 tables Paper ISBN: 978-0-252-07648-0 Edited by: Theodore Koditschek, Professor of History University of Missouri, Columbia Sundiata Keita Cha-Jua, Associate Professor of History; Associate Professor of African American Studies University of Illinois,…

  • A quantitative method of morphological assessment of hybridization in the U. S. Negro-White male crania

    A quantitative method of morphological assessment of hybridization in the U. S. Negro-White male crania American Journal of Physical Anthropology Volume 41, Issue 2 (September 1974) pages 269–278 DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.1330410209 Sudha S. Saksena Department of Sociology and Anthropology Muskingum College [Muskingum University], New Concord, Ohio Portions of this paper are based on a doctoral dissertation…

  • Mothers and Their Biracial Children: Growing Up Biracial in a One Race Fits All Society

    Mothers and Their Biracial Children: Growing Up Biracial in a One Race Fits All Society Cedarville University, Cedarville, Ohio November 2009 86 pages Kristin Felts-Keller A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Education This thesis is a qualitative study on the Mothers of biracial children and the…

  • Cole Porter Scores An Interracial Couple’s Highs And Lows

    Cole Porter Scores An Interracial Couple’s Highs And Lows National Public Radio All Things Considered Music: Mom and Dad’s Record Collection 2012-08-30 NPR Staff As summer winds down, All Things Considered is winding down its series “Music: Mom and Dad’s Record Collection.” For the past few months, the show has asked listeners to tell their…

  • Purdu­e Hapa Stude­nt Assoc­iatio­n Callo­ut Sept. 17, 2012

    Purdu­e Hapa Stude­nt Assoc­iatio­n Callo­ut Sept. 17, 2012 Purdue University West Lafayette, Indiana Class of 1950, Room 121 2012-09-17, 18:00-20:00 CDT (Local Time) The term “Hapa” refers to a biracial/multiracial person with Asian and/or Pacific Islander roots. As a club, we promote both diversity and unity, and we strive to raise awareness of identity crisis…

  • While others may see me as “half,” I know that I am whole.

    As the child of a native Japanese woman and an Irish American father, a salient feature of my life has been this ethnic heritage and the circumstances into which I was born in post—World War II Tokyo. My life, between Japan and the United States, has been marked heavily by my connections to these diverse…