Month: January 2014

  • The life story of a man who crossed the color line to fight for civil rights

  • Flight: A Novel Louisiana State University Press April 1998 (Originally published in 1926) 304 pages 5.50 x 8.50 inches Paperback ISBN: 9780807122808 Walter White (1893-1955) Published amid controversy in 1926, Flight focuses on the dilemma of Mimi Daquin, a light-complexioned African American woman who passes, for a time, as white. In the New Orleans of…

  • Motivation to Control Prejudice Predicts Categorization of Multiracials Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin Volume 40, Number 5 (May 2014) pages 590-603 DOI: 10.1177/0146167213520457 Jacqueline M. Chen, Post-doctoral Scholar University of California, Davis Wesley G. Moons, Assistant Professor of Psychology University of California, Davis Sarah E. Gaither Department of Psychology Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts David L.…

  • The Trouble with Transcendence: Is Defying the Gender Binary the New Racial Passing? Nursing Clio: Because the Personal is Historical 2014-01-21 Mallory Nicole Davis University of Oregon In 2010, Thomas Araguz III, a Texas firefighter died on the job, leaving behind his two children and transgender wife, Nikki.[1] The couple was legally married because although…

  • PHOTOS: 3rd Annual What Are You? Crossing Borders, Bridging Generations Brooklyn Historical Society Fall 2013 Nayantara Sen, CBBG Project Associate All photos by Willie Davis for Brooklyn Historical Society, 2013 Steven Riley, Founder of MixedRaceStudies.org gives a few remarks before introducing one of the panels. A participant in the packed the house in Brooklyn Historical…

  • “We Have Created Our Own Meaning for Hapa Identity”: The Mobilization of Self-Proclaimed Hapas within Institutions of Higher Education Amerasia Journal Volume 35, Number 2 (2009) pages 191-213 Patricia E. Literte, Associate Professor of Sociology California State University, Fullerton This article examines Hapa student organizations on two university campuses—one public and one private. Drawing on…

  • Beyond “Code-switching:” The Racial Capital of Black/White Biracial Americans University of Connecticut 2013 170 pages Chandra D. L. Waring A Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Social science has examined the experiences of the burgeoning bi/multiracial population within the scope of three core areas: racial identity…

  • Cousins, Across the Color Line The New York Times 2014-01-22 Tess Taylor EL CERRITO, Calif. — I learned about her through the comments section of an article in Publisher’s Weekly. I had recently published a book of poems crafted out of family stories, and it had been written up, along with a brief interview. In…

  • The racial identity of the offspring of Latino intermarriage: A case of racial identity and census categories Fordham University, Bronx, New York May 2013 241 pages Michael Hajime Miyawaki Since 1970, rates of Latino intermarriage and the number of “part-Latinos” have been on the rise in the United States. Among newlyweds, Latino/non-Latino couples account for…

  • Racial Malleability and Authenticity in Multiracial Well-Being University of Miami 134 pages May 2014 Lauren E. Smith A DISSERTATION Submitted to the Faculty of the University of Miami in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy After relatively stable rates of interracial marriage, the numbers of unions across race markedly…