Month: March 2014

  • Archibald Motley: Jazz Age Modernist Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University 2001 Campus Drive Durham, North Carolina 27705 On view 2014-01-30 through 2014-05-11 ABOUT Archibald Motley: Jazz Age Modernist, the first retrospective of the American artist’s paintings in two decades, will originate at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University on January 30,…

  • Diversity reaches new levels in Honey Maid ads USA Today 2014-03-10 Bruce Horovitz, Marketing Reporter Honey Maid is the latest brand to launch an ad campaign featuring interracial, gay families.  USA TODAY America’s biggest brands are at an advertising crossroads, and the new diversity that their ads project has suddenly emerged as one of society’s…

  • The Journal of Critical Mixed Race Studies inaugural issue is now available Journal of Critical Mixed Race Studies Volume 1, Number 1 (2014-01-30) ISSN: 2325-4521 Laura Kina, Associate Professor Art, Media and Design and Director Asian American Studies DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois G. Reginald Daniel, Professor of Sociology University of California at Santa Barbaral Saya…

  • Interview with upcoming CultureFest Performer Laura Kina Multiracial Network Blog 2014-03-07 To start us off, we have an interview from our CultureFest performer Laura Kina! As can also be found on her website (http://www.laurakina.com/) Laura is an artist and scholar who focuses “on the fluidity of cultural difference and the slipperiness of identity”. With subjects…

  • A broad range of terms have been proposed and debated for the ‘mixed race’ population. Dissatisfaction with ‘mixed race’, the term most widely used but contested on the grounds that it references the now discredited concept of ‘race’, has led to the search for an alternative.

  • Concepts, terminology, and classifications for the ‘mixed’ ethnic or racial group Journal of Epidemiolgy and Community Health Volume 64, Issue 6 (2010) Pages 557-560 DOI: 10.1136/jech.2009.088294 Peter J. Aspinall, Reader in Population Health Centre for Health Services Studies University of Kent, United Kingdom Background: The way to categorise people born of inter-ethnic and racial unions…

  • I’ve been thinking a lot lately about whether there is such a thing as ‘mixed privilege’.

  • GalleryDAAS: Photographs by Ed West University of Michigan G648 Haven Hall 505 S State Street Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 2014-03-13 through 2014-05-02 Opening Reception: 2014-03-14, 17:30-20:00 CDT (Local Time) Hosted by the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies (DAAS) GalleryDAAS presents So Called, a photography series by award-winning artist and U-M professor Edward West. Curated…

  • Mixed Madness Month 2014 University of Maryland Adele H. Stamp Student Union March 2014 ________ Looks Like Me Mixed Madness Month takes place every March. It is the annual heritage and advocacy month for those that consider themselves multicultural, multiracial, multiethnic, and/or a supporter of the mixing of cultures. This year’s theme is: The “__________…

  • Why isn’t College for Learning About Mixed-Race Identities? Racism Review: scholarship and activism toward racial justice 2014-03-08 Sharon Chang There are some incredible opportunities out there right now to get certificates, higher ed and even advanced degrees specializing in the experience of Americans of color. Want a degree in Asian American Studies? Sure. How about…