Mixed Race Studies

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Month: April 2014

  • Interview with Carole Brennan from Mixed Race Irish

    Interview with Carole Brennan from Mixed Race Irish Een Vlaming in Ierland/ A Fleming in Ireland 2014-03-28 Roos Demol It has been quite a week in Ireland, with the new problems for Mr Shatter, the news that over 2000 phone calls were taped in Garda offices around the country, which could bring a lot of…

  • The Robbins Family at War with Marvin Jones

    The Robbins Family at War with Marvin Jones Research at the National Archives and Beyond BlogTalk Radio Thursday, 2014-04-03, 21:00 EDT, (Friday, 2014-04-04, 01:00Z) Bernice Bennett, Host Marvin T. Jones, Executive Director Chowan Discovery Group “The Robbins Family at War” – it is about a Native American family who lived through colonial wars of the…

  • David Walker & Color of Film + In The Mix doc on mixed-race artists

    David Walker & Color of Film + In The Mix doc on mixed-race artists Stage & Studio KMZE 107.1 FM Gresham, Oregon 2014-03-25 Dmae Roberts, Host [At 00:28:46] “In The Mix: Conversations with Artists…Between Races” by Dmae Roberts is a radio exploration of Mixed Race with novelist Lisa See, Playwright Heather Raffo, Writer/Conceptual Artist damali ayo, Playwright…

  • Register Now for the 3rd Biennial Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference “Global Mixed Race” at DePaul University in Chicago

    Register Now for the 3rd Biennial Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference “Global Mixed Race” at DePaul University in Chicago Critical Mixed Race Studies 2014-04-02 Mark your calendars, book your flights and hotels, and be sure to register (it’s free!) for the 3rd biennial Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference “Global Mixed Race” November 13-15, 2014 at…

  • Bung Mokhtar: Mixed-race Malaysians will benefit from racial voting

    Bung Mokhtar: Mixed-race Malaysians will benefit from racial voting Malay Mail Online Petaling Jaya, Malaysia 2014-04-01 Zurairi AR UALA LUMPUR, Apr 1 — Malaysians with mixed-race parentage will benefit the most from voting along racial lines as they will have more than one representative, Kinabatangan MP Datuk Bung Mokhtar Radin said today. The Barisan Nasional…

  • “Hiding in Plain Sight: Mixed Blood Families and Race in the 19th-Century United States West”

    “Hiding in Plain Sight: Mixed Blood Families and Race in the 19th-Century United States West” Public Radio Tulsa Studio Tulsa Tulsa, Oklahoma 2014-03-25 Rich Fisher, General Manager & Host Our guest on ST is Anne Hyde, the William R. Hochman Professor of History at Colorado College. She’ll be giving the 2014 H.G. Barnard Distinguished Lecture,…

  • Where Did “Hispanics” Come From?

    Where Did “Hispanics” Come From? Sociological Images: Inspiring Sociological Imaginations Everywhere 2014-03-29 Claude S. Fischer, Professor of Sociology University of California, Berkeley One may well wonder where the term “Hispanic,” and for that matter, “Latino,” came from. The press and pundits are all abuzz about the Hispanic vote, Hispanic organizations, and Hispanic cultural influences. Back…

  • Making Hispanics: How Activists, Bureaucrats, and Media Constructed a New American

    How did Puerto Ricans, Mexicans, and Cubans become known as “Hispanics” and “Latinos” in the United States? How did several distinct cultures and nationalities become portrayed as one? Cristina Mora answers both these questions and details the scope of this phenomenon in “Making Hispanics.”

  • Empires, Nations, and Families: A History of the North American West, 1800-1860

    Empires, Nations, and Families: A History of the North American West, 1800-1860 University of Nebraska Press 2011 648 pages Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-8032-2405-6 Anne F. Hyde, William R. Hochman Professor of History Colorado College Winner of the 2012 Bancroft Prize 2012 Pulitzer Prize Finalist To most people living in the West, the Louisiana Purchase made little…

  • Whiteness Without Complex?

    Whiteness Without Complex? Anthropology While White 2014-03-06 Sarah Abel, Marie Curie Fellow EUROTAST A couple of weeks ago I attended an event called ‘Color Without Complex‘, featuring a public conversation between image activist Michaela Angela Davis and ethnographer and publisher Dr. Yaba Blay. The discussion revolved around Blay’s recent book and accompanying exhibition, (1)ne Drop, which…