Month: April 2013

  • Multiracial Identity Development Arlington County Public Schools Arlington County, Virginia Clarendon Education Center 2011-11-30 28 pages/ 55 slides Ms. Eleanor Lewis, M.A., CAGS, School Psychologist Arlington Public Schools Ms. Veronica Sanjines, M.A., CAG, School Psychologist Arlington Public Schools Dr. Ricia Weiner, Ph.D., School Psychologist Arlington Public Schools Special Education Parent Resource Center: Workshop Handouts View…

  • Hapa, Amerasian, Euro-Asian, or ‘Other’ Asian Week: The Voice of Asian America 2005-12-16 Nathalie Ishizuka From day one, I was labeled, “other.” Singing my ABCs, looking Japanese and asking for a “bonbon,” it was hard not to notice me. My French mother and Japanese father told me that it was my terrible singing voice that…

  • Richard Pryor’s Daughter on Growing Up Biracial WNYC Radio New York, New York WNYC News 2013-04-07 Soterios Johnson April 7, 2013 – Richard Pryor, one of the most influential comedians of all-time, gained pop star status in the 1970’s with his incisive storytelling about issues including race.  Now, his daughter Rain is sharing her take…

  • The New Normal The Rafu Shimpo: Los Angeles Japanese Daily News 2013-04-11 Mia Nakaji Monnier, Rafu Staff Writer Hapa Japan Festival and JANM exhibit celebrate mixed Japanese and Japanese Americans Outside the newest exhibit at the Japanese American National Museum hangs a banner. Up close, visitors can make out individual pictures—each about the size of…

  • …When Jim and Edna married and settled into the world of Washington County [in 1914], it already had an almost century-old tradition of interracial marriage that led to a large community of mixed-race people who, though a known presence in the county, lived apart from blacks and whites nestled in their own world and culture. …

  • More than the Sum of My Parts: Multiracial Teen Identity Development and Experiences of Appeasement and Objection in a Mono-Racialized Context University of Minnesota 2013 321 pages Brynja Elisabeth Halldórsdóttir Gudjonsson Dissertation SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY This dissertation…

  • The Puzzling Whiteness of Brazilian Politicians Berkeley Review of Latin American Studies Center for Latin American Studies University of California, Berkeley Fall 2012 pages 30-32 Jean Spencer, Outreach and Publications Coordinator Center for Latin American Studies Is Brazil really a racial democracy? The idea of racial democracy, originally put forth by the Brazilian sociologist Gilberto…

  • Researching ‘Mixed-Race’ Male Experiences in Education in the United Kingdom Centre for Ethnicity and Racism Studies School of Sociology and Social Policy University of Leeds 2012-12-20 Hi all, I’m a researcher from The University of Leeds (UK) based in the Centre for Ethnicity and Racism studies. I’m currently carrying out research into ‘mixed-race’ male experiences…

  • Hafu: The Mixed-Race Experience in Japan Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival 29th Edition 2013-05-02 through 2013-05-12 2012 87 minutes Directed by: Megumi Nishikura and Lara Perez Takagi English, Japanese Screening: Wednesday, 2013-05-08, 19:30 PDT (Local Time): National Center for the Preservation of Democracy HAFU is more than a mere documentary about mixed race Japanese, or…

  • Stepping toward multiculturalism The Korea Herald 2013-04-03 Cho Chung-un Experts call for a long-term vision of Korea as a multiethnic society, social agreement on overall immigration policy Globalization, demographic change and economic growth have led Korea to embrace cultural diversity and tolerance toward others. But biases and discrimination against foreigners remain and Koreans’ pride for…