Day: December 19, 2012

  • The Black Middle: Africans, Mayas, and Spaniards in Colonial Yucatán (review) Enterprise & Society Volume 13, Number 4, December 2012 pages 932-934 Jeremy Baskes, Professor of History Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio Visitors to modern day Yucatán encounter a region rich in indigenous culture; guidebooks extol the grandeur of ancient Maya kingdoms whose ruins still…

  • Marriages Across Racial, Ethnic Lines on the Rise, Study Says Education Week 2012-02-16 Lesli A. Maxwell, Education Reporter As the number of couples marrying across racial and ethnic lines continues to grow in the United States, public attitudes toward intermarriage are also becoming more accepting, according to a new report by the Pew Research Center.…

  • Identity in “Passing” Allison Tetreault, Journalist and Student November 2011 Allison Tetreault Nella Larsen’s Passing destabilizes the traditional conception of ethnic, racial, and gender integrity, revolutionizing the very idea of an accepted definition of identity. By developing unstable characters, Larsen conveys how easy it is to lose one’s sense of self. Clare Kendry, who breaks…

  • Evoking the Mulatto: Exploring Black Mixed Identity in the 21st Century 2012 Lindsay C. Harris, Creator, Director, Artist & Lead Curator Tida Tippapart, Producer and Co-Curator Chelsea Rae Klein, Web Designer and Co-Curator Evoking the Mulatto is a multiplatform narrative and visual art project examining black mixed identity in the 21st century, through the lens…

  • Ethnicity: what the census doesn’t tell us New Internationalist: People, ideans and action for global justice 2012-12-17 Amy Hall, Editorial Intern As the story goes, we are hurtling towards the anniversary of an important census, when Jesus’s family made its way to Bethlehem. Here in Britain, we have recently been analysing the results of our…

  • Reflections on Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference Crossing Borders, Bridging Generations Brooklyn Historical Society November 2012 Rita Kamani-Renedo Earlier this month, I had the opportunity to attend the second biennial Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference at DePaul University in Chicago. I was excited to return after having attended the inaugural conference in 2010. This time,…