Mixed Race Studies

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Day: November 20, 2012

  • In My Skin: Shaping the Multiracial Identity in Indiana

    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

    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

    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…

  • Left of Black S3:E10 | Who is Black in Multiracial America?

    American racial history was long framed by the notion of the “one drop” rule, which within a political economy of race and difference, was a blatant attempt to embolden Whiteness and the privilege that derived from it.  Scholar Yaba Blay offers a different view of the “one drop” rule with her multi-media project (1)ne Drop…