Mixed Race Studies

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Month: January 2015

  • The Newest Jews? Understanding Jewish American and Asian American Marriages

    The Newest Jews? Understanding Jewish American and Asian American Marriages Contemporary Jewry July 2012, Volume 32, Issue 2 pages 135-166 DOI: 10.1007/s12397-012-9078-y Helen K. Kim, Associate Professor of Sociology Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington Noah Leavitt, Research Associate Department of Sociology Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington This paper investigates how racial, ethnic and religious identities…

  • China Dolls by Lisa See

    China Dolls by Lisa See Discover Nikkei 2015-01-15 Leslie Yamaguchi Fans of best-selling author Lisa See will not be surprised by her diverse background, the source of the unique perspective readers inevitably find in each of her novels. Born in Paris but raised and residing in Los Angeles for most of her life, she is…

  • How could an inferior, ugly black boy be able to get a white girl and not me? I am beautiful, and I am half white myself.

    How could an inferior, ugly black boy be able to get a white girl and not me? I am beautiful, and I am half white myself. I am descended from British aristocracy. He is descended from slaves. I deserve it more. I tried not to believe his foul words, but they were already said, and…

  • Slavery before Race: Europeans, Africans, and Indians at Long Island’s Sylvester Manor Plantation, 1651-1884

    Slavery before Race: Europeans, Africans, and Indians at Long Island’s Sylvester Manor Plantation, 1651-1884 New York University Press 238 pages April 2013 Hardback ISBN: 9780814785775 Paperback ISBN: 9781479802227 Katherine Howlett Hayes, Associate Professor of Anthropology University of Minnesota The study of slavery in the Americas generally assumes a basic racial hierarchy: Africans or those of…

  • Implicit Attitude Generalization From Black to Black–White Biracial Group Members

    Implicit Attitude Generalization From Black to Black–White Biracial Group Members Social Psychological and Personality Published online before print: 2015-01-13 DOI: 10.1177/1948550614567686 Jacqueline M. Chen, Post-doctoral Scholar Department of Psychology University of California, Davis Kate A. Ratliff, Assistant Professor of Psychology University of Florida We investigated whether Black–White biracial individuals are perceived as Black in the…

  • Living Color: Fathers Talk to Their Bi-Racial Sons

    Living Color: Fathers Talk to Their Bi-Racial Sons NBC News 2015-01-14 Photographs by André Chung Teaching lessons they never had to learn, fathers speak to their bi-racial sons about identity, perception, and dealing with law enforcement. Mark Johnson-Lewis, 48, and his son, Tyler Lewis, 22, of Columbia, MD (André Chung/NBC News) …Mark: You’re black in…

  • What If Everything You Know About Race Is Wrong?

    What If Everything You Know About Race Is Wrong? Texas Public Radio San Antonio, Texas 2015-01-15 Jack Morgan, Arts and Culture Reporter Fanshen Cox DiGiovanni A one-woman show is coming to the Tobin Center and it’s probably unlike anything you’ve ever seen. It’s called “One Drop of Love.” starring Fanshen Cox DiGiovanni, produced by Ben…

  • One Drop of Love

    One Drop of Love Tobin Center for the Performing Arts Carlos Alvarez Studio Theater 100 Auditorium Circle San Antonio, Texas 78205 2015-01-17, 14:00 CST and 20:00 CST (Local Time) BMW OF SAN ANTONIO SIGNATURE SERIES “Amazing performance, staging, autobiography and artistry, and an amazing meditation on race and examination of America.” – Ben Affleck, 2013…

  • Toward a Sociology of Race and Ethnicity

    Toward a Sociology of Race and Ethnicity Sociology of Race and Ethnicity Volume 1, Number 1 pages 1-9 DOI: 10.1177/2332649214562028 David L. Brunsma, Professor of Sociology Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia David G. Embrick, Associate Professor of Sociology Loyola University, Chicago, Chicago, Illinois Megan Nanney Department of Sociology Virginia Polytechnic Institute and…

  • Hawaii As ‘Racial Paradise’? Bid For Obama Library Invokes A Complex Past

    Hawaii As ‘Racial Paradise’? Bid For Obama Library Invokes A Complex Past Code Switch: Frontiers of Race, Culture and Ethnicity National Public Radio 2015-01-15 Ellen Wu, Associate Professor of History Indiana University Sometime in March, President Obama is expected to announce his choice of the institution that will hold his presidential archive. Vying for the…