Mixed Race Studies

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Day: October 15, 2012

  • ‘Passing’ in colonial Colombia

    ‘Passing’ in colonial Colombia Havard University Gazette 2009-02-12 Corydon Ireland, Harvard News Office Racial categories today are self-evident — part of what social scientists might call “socially constructed discourse.” Contemporary people of one race are aware of what other races look like, as well as where they themselves belong in the racial scheme of things.…

  • Under the skin

    Under the skin Havard University Gazette 2012-10-12 Aaron Lester, Harvard Correspondent Deep experience informs panelists’ views on mixed-race life in U.S. When Carmen Fields’ future husband asked her to meet his mother, Fields refused. “No way. I didn’t want to be the reason she opened up the front door and dropped the Easter ham,” she…

  • Student-Organized Conference To Focus on ‘Mixed-Race Experience’

    Student-Organized Conference To Focus on ‘Mixed-Race Experience’ Havard University Gazette 2000-04-13 Ken Gewertz, Gazette Staff For many of us, food can be a powerful reminder of who we are and where we come from. But the foods that Rebecca Weisinger ’02 remembers from her family dinner table were a little different from most. “Sometimes my…

  • Black Pride, Democratic Politics: Can They Be Separated in Blacks’ Support of Obama?

    Black Pride, Democratic Politics: Can They Be Separated in Blacks’ Support of Obama? The Associated Press 2012-10-13 Jesse Washington, National Writer, Race and Ethnicity Surviving slavery, segregation and discrimination has forged a special pride in African-Americans. Now some are saying this hard-earned pride has become prejudice in the form of blind loyalty to President Barack…

  • My Day at the 5th Annual Mixed Roots Film and Literary Festival

    My Day at the 5th Annual Mixed Roots Film and Literary Festival Gino Michael Pellegrini: Education, Amalgamation, Race, Class & Solidarity 2012-10-14 Gino Pellegrini, Adjunct Assistant Professor of English Pierce College, Woodland Hills, California Saturday morning, June 16, 2012: I take the Metro from North Hollywood to the Tokyo Arts District in Downtown Los Angeles.…

  • Peter Tosh did Not Joke with Words

    Peter Tosh did Not Joke with Words The Jamaica Gleaner Jamaica, West Indies 2012-10-14 Carolyn Cooper, Professor of Literary and Cultural Studies University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica Shortly after Peter Tosh made his last concert appearance in December 1983, I did an interview with him that was published in Pulse magazine. One of…

  • Postdoctoral Scholar Fellowship Trainee [Critical Mixed-Race Studies]

    Postdoctoral Scholar Fellowship Trainee [Critical Mixed-Race Studies] University of Southern California USC Laboratory and Research Jobs 2012-10-10 The University of Southern California (USC), founded in 1880, is located in the heart of downtown L.A. and is the largest private employer in the City of Los Angeles. As an employee of USC, you will be a…