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: January 2015
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What Being Mixed Race in a Small Town Does to Your Sense of Beauty: Otherwise Known as Growing Up “Exotic” Bustle 2015-01-06 Justin Robert Thomas Smith Let me just start by saying this: Up until this point (and hopefully for at least a little while longer), I’ve led a relatively charmed life. I grew up…
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When Being Black Is a Family Secret the sisterhood: where jewish women converse The Jewish Daily Forward 2015-01-02 Susan Reimer-Torn When Lacey Schwartz was accepted at Georgetown University, it was a dream come true. It also blew the lid off a tightly-guarded secret. Along with her admission, the high school senior from Woodstock, New York…
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Where does race fit in the construction of modern identity?
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Jewish girl overcomes a ‘Little White Lie’ about race The Kansas City Star Kansas City, Missouri 2015-01-05 Jeneé Osterheldt When I look at one of her old baby pictures, I think of my own childhood snapshots. A mixed little girl sits happily in her white mama’s lap. It’s a sweet picture of Lacey Schwartz and…
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Mixed College Students: WHO vs. WHAT NASPA: Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education 2014-12-24 Aaron Moore, Residence Life: Hall Director Ohio State University Over the past few weeks I have read Mixed: Multiracial College Students Tell Their Life Stories (2014) and was extremely pleased with the thought provoking and eye opening narratives that were shared…
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So, What Are You?: A Multiracial Perspective On Identity Jossle Magazine 2014-11-18 Leilani Stacy Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts “So, what are you?” In a word, “Wasian,” or more accurately, “Multiracial.” Specifically, I’m a quarter Japanese, a “mutt” of white—Scottish, Irish, Pennsylvania Dutch, French, English, German, Danish—and probably a little Native American (don’t worry, I didn’t…
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Getting in Touch with Our “Identity” Multiracial Identity Program Portland State University 2015-01-13 through 2015-01-15 Multicultural Center 1825 SW Broadway Smith Memorial Student Union, Suite 228 Portland, Oregon 97201 Wednesday, 2015-01-14, 12:00-13:30 PST (Local Time) The multiple types of racial identities on campus varies. Let’s come together and discuss our identities to break barriers and…
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Multiracial Identity Program – Panel Discussion Multiracial Identity Program Portland State University 2015-01-13 through 2015-01-15 Multicultural Center 1825 SW Broadway Smith Memorial Student Union, Suite 228 Portland, Oregon 97201 Tuesday, 2015-01-13, 16:00-18:00 PST (Local Time) Kickstarting the Multiracial Identity Program, this panel will consist of individuals who identity as multiracial and/or multiethnic. Come together for…
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Many companies now offer to tell you about your ancestors from a DNA test. Adverts for these tests can give the impression that your results are unique and that the tests will tell you about your specific personal history, but the very same history that you receive could equally be given to thousands of other…