Month: November 2012

  • Boa Aparência (Good Appearance): How Colorism Plays Out in Latin America 50shadesofblack.com | Fueling Conversation 2012-10-08 Dash Harris In.a.Dash.Media “Go to the banks and you’ll see how racist, this country is.” This was a sentiment expressed ad nauseam in my interviews about how colorism drives societal treatment. Interviewees in every country I visited for the…

  • Hue & Phenotype: Colorism… Even More Complex 50shadesofblack.com | Fueling Conversation 2012-09-21 Dash Harris In.a.Dash.Media I have interviewed over 100 people for this docu-series and recently I’ve come across more and more interviewees who ask me about my background. I’ve had a handful of Caribbeans ask me if I were ‘dougla,’ a person of Indian…

  • The Process of Forming a Multiracial Identity for Persons of Three or More Races Alliant International University, San Diego, California 2012 197 pages Publication Number: AAT 3524119 ISBN: 9781267582935 Maria Reyna Fowlks A PsyD Clinical Dissertation Presented to the Faculty of the California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant International University San Diego In Partial…

  • Promoting Secure Multiracial Identity Development: A Qualitative Study Investigating Level of Knowledge, Awareness, and Concern among Parents of Multiracial Children The Chicago School of Professional Psychology 2011-07-21 73 pages Publication Number: AAT 3515236 ISBN: 9781267414342 Kelly Grace Arteaga It has been widely supported through research that secure racial identity is positively correlated with overall psychological…

  • Bolivia’s Census Omits ‘Mestizo’ as Category The New York Times 2012-11-21 The Associated Press LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivia is under a virtual curfew as census-takers count and classify the landlocked Andean nation’s population in its first census in 11 years. Stirring controversy was the government decision not to include “mestizo” as a category…

  • Perspectives and Research on the Concept of Race within the Framework of Multiracial Identity Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships Volume 5, Issue 2 (December 2011) pages 168-203 Katherine Aumer, Assistant Professor of Psychology Hawai’i Pacific University Elaine Hatfield, Professor of Psychology University of Hawai‘i, Manoa William Swann, Professor of Social and Personality Psychology…

  • Children of Empire: The Fate of Mixed-Race Individuals in British India, the Caribbean, and the Early American Republic 127th Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association New Orleans, Louisiana 2013-01-03 through 2013-01-06 AHA Session 105: North American Conference on British Studies Friday, 2013-01-04, 10:30-12:00 CST (Local Time) Chamber Ballroom III (Roosevelt New Orleans) Chair: Kathleen…

  • In My Skin: Shaping the Multiracial Identity in Indiana Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana April 2012 18 pages Earl L. Harris A CREATIVE PROJECT SUBMITTED TO THE GRADUATE SCHOOL IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE MASTER OF ARTS This project takes viewers inside the lives of multiracial individuals in Indiana through a…

  • Dr. Marcia Dawkins Discusses Her Book, Clearly Invisible Mixed Race Radio 2012-09-21, 17:00Z (12:00 EST, 09:00 PST) Tiffany Rae Reid, Host Marcia Dawkins, Clinical Assistant Professor of Communications University of Southern California, Annenberg Marcia is an award-winning writer, speaker, educator and visiting scholar at Brown University. She is the author of Clearly Invisible: Racial Passing…

  • Who is Black in America? A Soledad O’Brien Report Cable News Network 2012-12-09, 20:00 EST Soledad O’Brien, Host Black in America is a documentary series reported by CNN’s Soledad O’Brien. In its fifth year, CNN’s Black in America takes a look at “Who is Black in America?” Soledad O’Brien follows two 17-year-olds, Becca Khalil and…