Mixed Race Studies

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Month: January 2016

  • “I Don’t See Color” Personal and Critical Perspectives on White Privilege

    Who is white, and why should we care? There was a time when the immigrants of New York City’s Lower East Side—the Irish, the Poles, the Italians, the Russian Jews—were not white, but now “they” are. There was a time when the French-speaking working classes of Quebec were told to “speak white,” that is, to…

  • On Obama

    On Obama Routledge 2015-11-04 134 pages Paperback ISBN: 9780415525473 Hardback ISBN: 9780415525466 Paul C. Talyor, Associate Professor of Philosophy and African American Studies Pennsylvania State University On Obama examines some of the key philosophical questions that accompany the historic emergence of the 44th US president. The purpose of this book is to take seriously the…

  • Mothering, Mixed Families and Racialised Boundaries

    This pioneering volume draws together theoretical and empirical contributions analyzing the experiences of white mothers in interracial families in Britain, Canada and the USA.

  • Not Ready

    Not Ready North Bay Bohemian Santa Rosa, California 2015-12-31 Tom Gogola, News Editor 2015 was an ugly year in America When the question is asked near the beginning—”Is America ready for its first black president?”— it needs to be answered near the end. And as Barack Obama comes into the homestretch of his term in…

  • Exhibit by Penn cultural anthropologist showcases Afro-Latinos in Philadelphia

    Exhibit by Penn cultural anthropologist showcases Afro-Latinos in Philadelphia Penn Current: News, ideas and conversations from the University of Pennsylvania 2015-12-10 Jacquie Posey Free and enslaved Africans shaped and built Latin America and the Spanish-speaking Caribbean. Their descendants, known as Afro-Latinos, are featured in a new photo exhibition by cultural anthropologist Sandra Andino, associate director…

  • Once sidelined, Taiwan’s mixed-race children find new embrace

    Once sidelined, Taiwan’s mixed-race children find new embrace Christian Science Monitor 2015-07-01 Ralph Jennings As more Taiwanese men marry Southeast Asian women, the island nation is beginning to think of itself as multi-ethnic, in a distinct departure from the mainland. The change is supported by younger generations. Taipei — Huang Hui-mei used to dread being…

  • The Race Relations Act at 50: Davina’s story

    The Race Relations Act at 50: Davina’s story BBC Radio 5 In Short 2015-12-07 It is 50 years since Britain’s first Race Relations Act was passed, banning racial discrimination in public places. Davina Looker, an English teacher and blogger from London has spoken to BBC Radio 5 live about her “desperate” search to find an…

  • Diving Into Race, Identity of Multiracial Families In ‘Raising Mixed Race’

    Diving Into Race, Identity of Multiracial Families In ‘Raising Mixed Race’ NBC News 2015-12-31 Frances Kai-Hwa Wang Sharon H. Chang’s son with a copy of Kip Fulbeck’s “Mixed: Portraits of Multiracial Kids.” Photograph Courtesy of Sharon H. Chang Scholar and activist Sharon H. Chang’s new book, “Raising Mixed Race: Multiracial Asian Children in a Post-Racial…

  • Best of 2015: 12 authors on remarkable transformations

    Best of 2015: 12 authors on remarkable transformations Christian Science Monitor 2015-12-28 Randy Dotinga, President American Society of Journalists and Authors This year, I’ve interviewed many authors about moments of transformation for Q&A features in the Monitor. Here are some of my favorite answers. Transformation is an integral part of story-telling: How do we get…

  • Before Rachel Dolezal, what did it mean to ‘pass’?

    Before Rachel Dolezal, what did it mean to ‘pass’? Christian Science Monitor 2015-06-22 Randy Dotinga, President American Society of Journalists and Authors Allyson Hobbs, author of ‘A Chosen Exile,’ says the debate stirred up by Rachel Dolezal’s resignation from the NAACP hits historic chords. Allyson Hobbs, a history professor at Stanford University, remembers hearing a…