Mixed Race Studies
Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.
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- You were either Black or white. To claim whiteness as a mixed child was to deny and hide Blackness. Our families understood that the world we were growing into would seek to denigrate this part of us and we would need a community that was made up, always and already, of all shades of Blackness.
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Month: December 2014
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‘Race Unmasked’ explores science’s racial past, present Science News: Magazine of the Society for Science & The Public 2014-11-30 Magazine Issue: Volume 186, Number 12, December 13, 2014 Bryan Bello, Editorial Assistant Race Unmasked: Biology and Race in the 20th Century. Michael Yudell. Columbia University Press, $40 It’s 1921 and the American Museum of Natural…
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PASADENA >> Nearly 60 years after she was promised a seat on a Rose Parade float, only to have that honor taken away when city officials found out she was African-American, Joan Williams will be seated at the head of the Rose Parade on New Year’s Day as it cruises down Colorado Boulevard.
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Ophelia DeVore-Mitchell, 92, Dies; Redefined Beauty The New York Times 2014-03-13 Margalit Fox Ophelia DeVore-Mitchell Credit MARBL/Emory University, via Associated Press Ophelia DeVore-Mitchell, a former model, agent, charm-school director and newspaper publisher who almost single-handedly opened the modeling profession to African-Americans, and in so doing expanded public understanding of what American beauty looks like, died…
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WATCH: Jesse Williams of ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ on Race Heavy 2014-12-22 Paul Farrell, Breaking News Editor Actor Jesse Williams appears in a viral video that was published on December 17. The Grey’s Anatomy star take aim at racism and double standards in America, including public housing discrimination, specifically in Chicago. The star goes on to discuss…
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Multiracial College Students and Institutions of Higher Education Engaged Learning Collection 2013-04-15 Paper 20 18 pages Jacqueline V. Ross Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas The multiracial student population is one of the fastest growing populations in the United States. The growth in students of two or more racial backgrounds is grounds for recognizing and acceptance…
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Outspoken about Ferguson, Jesse Williams may be this generation’s Harry Belafonte The Washington Post 2014-08-20 Soraya Nadia McDonald Harry Belafonte, left. (NBC via AP) Jesse Williams, right. (Christian Alminana/AP) There are many ways to get celebrity activism wrong when it comes to a situation like the one that has emerged in Ferguson, Mo. Appearing to…
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Who’s Passing for Who? Genius 2014-12-22 (Originally written in 1956) Langston Hughes (1902-1967) In this short story, written in 1956, Hughes plays with the idea of race as a social construct. Considering the American “one-drop rule,” which meant if you had at least 1/33 African ancestry you were black, the narrator is puzzled by whether…
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Meet Afro-Latina Trailblazer, Crystal Roman, Founder of The Black Latina Movement Boriqua Chicks: A Fresh, Urban, Afro-Latina Perspective 2014-11-19 Crystal Shaniece Roman, CEO & Founder of The Black Latina Movement, LLC has used her personal experience with identity to fuel several creative projects that recognize and celebrate Black Latinas. From theatrical productions to a web series,…
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Brazil’s hidden slavery past uncovered at Valongo Wharf BBC News 2014-12-24 Julia Carneiro BBC Brasil, Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro is a city looking to the future. Major development work is underway in the city’s historic port area as it prepares to host the Olympics in 2016. But the construction effort to make all…
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Sleeping with the enemy Sick Chickens: A blog for enthusiasts of American history and politics 2014-12-23 James Owen Heath, PhD Candidate University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom I have never been struck by the intelligence of Jon Stewart’s remarks in the past but I have to agree with him that it is indeed possible to…