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Month: March 2015

  • Bio Science: Genetic Genealogy Testing and the Pursuit of African Ancestry

    Bio Science: Genetic Genealogy Testing and the Pursuit of African Ancestry Social Studies of Science Volume 38, Number 5 (October 2008) pages 759-783 DOI: 10.1177/0306312708091929 Alondra Nelson, Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies; Director, Institute for Research on Women, Gender, and Sexuality Columbia University, New York, New York This paper considers the extent to which…

  • Projections of the Size and Composition of the U.S. Population: 2014 to 2060: Population Estimates and Projections

    Projections of the Size and Composition of the U.S. Population: 2014 to 2060: Population Estimates and Projections United States Census Bureau March 2015 P25-1143 13 pages Sandra L. Colby and Jennifer M. Ortman INTRODUCTION Between 2014 and 2060, the U.S. population is projected to increase from 319 million to 417 million, reaching 400 million in 2051. The…

  • Yo No Sé Que Hablar — I Don’t Know What To Say

    Yo No Sé Que Hablar — I Don’t Know What To Say Teach. Run. Write. English Teacher Running from One Adventure to the Next 2015-03-02 Christina Torres The man sitting behind me at the restaurant last month was speaking Spanish. So was the park worker the other day, which was a surprise. There was the…

  • Mixed Race in Manchester – Intersections of Class and Mixed Race Identity

    Mixed Race in Manchester – Intersections of Class and Mixed Race Identity Musings of a Mixed Race Feminist: Random diatribes from a mixed race feminist scholar. Tuesday, 2015-03-03 Donna J. Nicol, Associate Professor Women & Gender Studies California State University, Fullerton I spent the last three months of 2014 living in Manchester, England helping my…

  • BLACK AND WHITE vs BLACK OR WHITE: Bioethics and Mixed Race Families

    BLACK AND WHITE vs BLACK OR WHITE: Bioethics and Mixed Race Families September Williams’ Bioethics Screen Reflections: Film, Television, and Media Critiques Relevant to Bioethics 2015-03-01 September Williams, MD Black and White, screened at the 2014 Toronto Film Festival and later at the Mill Valley Film Festival, in October 2014. The same title was also…

  • A Look at Race as a Social Construct

    A Look at Race as a Social Construct The Huffington Post 2015-02-03 Kimberly Cooper Sometimes a picture is truly worth a thousand words. For those of us from the “multiracial” or mixed race community, photos of our population — our people, our families, our children — aren’t as shocking as they are an affirmation of…

  • The Question I’m Often Asked as a ‘High Yellow’ Black Man

    Before I’m even asked my name, people inquire about my race.

  • Occupation Babies: Mixed-Race Japanese Children

    Occupation Babies: Mixed-Race Japanese Children Wonders & Marvels: A Community for Curious MInds who love History, its Odd Stories, and Good Reads 2015-02-28 James McGrath Morris, Guest Contributor One of the pleasures of researching a book is coming across something you don’t anticipate, something surprising that is fascinating to both the reader and the writer.…

  • Blood Quantum – Why it Matters, and Why it Shouldn’t

    Blood Quantum – Why it Matters, and Why it Shouldn’t All Things Cherokee 2014-08-04 Christina Berry “You’re an Indian? What part?” That’s the universal question many mixed-blood American Indians are asked every day. How many times have you mentioned in passing that you are Cherokee to find your conversation interrupted by intrusive questions about percentage?…

  • A Chosen Exile: A History of Racial Passing in American Life [Live event at the National Archives Museum]

    A Chosen Exile: A History of Racial Passing in American Life [Live event at the National Archives Museum] The National Archives Museum William G. McGowan Theater Corner of Constitution Avenue and 7th Street, NW Washington, D.C. 2015-02-27, 12:00 EST (Local Time) Airs on C-SPAN 2, Sunday, 2015-03-08, 19:00 EDT. For more information, click here. Between…