Month: August 2012

  • The Species Problem: Nineteenth-Century Concepts of Racial Inferiority in the Origin of Man Controversy American Anthropologist Volume 72, Issue 6 (December 1970) pages 1319–1329 DOI: 10.1525/aa.1970.72.6.02a00060 John S. Haller, Jr., Emeritus Professor of History Southern Illinois University, Carbondale The species problem and its implications in the origin of man controversy had grown in importance in…

  • Reconstructing Molly Welsh: Race, Memory and the Story of Benjamin Banneker’s Grandmother University of Massachusetts, Amherst September 2008 194 pages Sandra W. Perot Submitted to the Graduate School of the University of Massachusetts Amherst in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF ARTS Department of History Molly Welsh, oral tradition captured…

  • Racial classifications in the US census: 1890–1990 Ethnic and Racial Studies Volume 16, Issue 1 (1993) pages 75-94 DOI: 10.1080/01419870.1993.9993773 Sharon M. Lee, Adjunct Professor of Sociology University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada This article examines racial classifications on United States population census schedules between 1890 and 1990 to provide insights on the changing…

  • Hannah Gómez 2012-08-29 I am an MA and MS candidate at Simmons College in Boston preparing to present a paper on the formation and assertion of biracial identity in Young Adult literature. While I’ve amassed quite the list of novels, I’m sure I am missing some from smaller presses and urban and hi/lo imprints from…

  • Hidden Hapa Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu 2012-04-06 Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu Stanford University “Hey, what are you doing over there with the Hapa?” Kathy and I looked over and there were three of our Japanese American friends at another table smiling at us, one with a mischievous grin. Sandy had jokingly pointed out that I was a mixed blood…

  • More male and mixed-race health visitors wanted Nursing Times Harborough, Leicestershire, United Kingdom 2012-08-16 Steve Ford, Deputy News Editor The Department of Health says it is seeking to attract more men and people from mixed ethnic backgrounds into health visiting, as part of the national recruitment drive. The overwhelming majority of health visitors are white,…

  • The son of an Irish American father and Japanese mother, Murphy-Shigematsu has devoted his life to understanding himself as a product of his diverse roots. Across twelve chapters, his reflections are interspersed among profiles of others of biracial and mixed ethnicity and accounts of their journeys to answer a seemingly simple question: Who am I?

  • Eurasians: Celebrating Survival Journal of Intercultural Studies Volume 28, Issue 1 (2007) DOI: 10.1080/07256860601082988 pages 129-141 Christine Choo University of Western Australia The search for my Asian ancestors and my discoveries in archives, the crumbling pages, the eroding ink, the disappearance of the word, are a metaphor for the simultaneous emergence of the will to…

  • A Further Discussion of the Variability of Family Strains in the Negro-White Population of New York City Journal of the American Statistical Association Volume 20, Issue 151 (1925) pages 380-389 DOI: 10.1080/01621459.1925.10503502 Melville J. Herskovits A paper read at the meeting of Section H., American Association for the Advancement of Science, at Washington , D.C.,…

  • Barack Obama as the Great Man: Communicative Constructions of Racial Transcendence in White-Male Elite Discourses Communication Monographs Volume 78, Issue 4 (2011) pages 535-556 DOI: 10.1080/03637751.2011.618140 Christopher B. Brown, Assistant Professor of Communications Minnesota State University, Mankato This study examined responses on the potential impact of Barack Obama’s presidency from 16 semi-structured interviews with White…