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 2016
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Black Indians Formed the First American Rainbow Coalition The New York Times 1991-03-17 To the Editor: “Census Finds Many Claiming New Identity: Indian” (front-page, March 5) discusses whites who now assert their Indian blood, but fails to mention African-Americans who can claim longer and more legitimate ties to America’s Indian heritage. Many in the New…
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Between black and white Exploring the “Biracial” Experience Race and Society Volume 1, Issue 2, 1998 pages 197–212 DOI: 10.1016/S1090-9524(99)80044-8 Kerry A. Rockquemore Public debate surrounding the 2000 Census has focused on the addition of a multi-racial category. Advocates of this change assume that persons of mixed-race parentage identify as “biracial” or “mixed” and will…
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Many of the Indians who now strongly assert their identities are the children or grandchildren of Indians who “passed” as white. Others were adopted into white families, and later sought to reclaim their heritage. John Homer, for example, was born 44 years ago to Indian parents in Hugo, Okla., but was adopted by a white…
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How Much Black Does It Take to be Considered a Black Woman? My Black Matters 2015-12-27 Zoe Hobson Growing up, I heard “what are you” more times then I can keep track of. Out of innocence my natural response started as “American of course”, and quickly turned into a forced smile and a reluctant “I’m…
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Sage Steele Opens Up About Being A Biracial Woman In Sports Media The Huffington Post 2015-01-21 Justin Block, Associate Sports Editor Juliet Spies-Gans, Editorial Fellow, HuffPost Joe Scarnici via Getty Images Sage Steele speaks onstage at the 2013 espnW: Women + Sports Summit at St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort on Oct. 9, 2013, in Dana…
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Mixed-race children are not ambassadors for anti-racism Parent24 (News24) South Africa 2016-01-21 Aneshree Naidoo Why it’s unfair to lay the responsibility to prove that “love conquers all” on their little shoulders. The events of the past few weeks have spurred a shift in South Africa, from tight smiles and blank faces at work and dinner…
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‘Daily Show’ host Trevor Noah to be a keynote speaker at Dem retreat Politico 2016-01-22 Lauren French “Daily Show” host Trevor Noah will be a keynote speaker at the House Democratic Caucus issues retreat next week, sources familiar with the event said. Noah will join President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and environmentalist and…
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Another Win for a Player Getting in Touch With Her Japanese Roots The New York Times 2016-01-21 Ben Rothenberg Naomi Osaka signed autographs after her 6-4, 6-4 victory over 18th-seeded Elina Svitolina at the Australian Open on Thursday. Credit Issei Kato/Reuters MELBOURNE, Australia — Naomi Osaka (大坂 なおみ) liked to think she had a universal…
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Family inspires book on life Communitynews.com.au Perth, Western Australia, Australia 2016-01-12 Bryce Luff, Fremantle Gazette The idea of family has changed: Matthew Green and Naomi Kissiedu-Green with their children Savannah, Kobi and Ebony Green. Picture: Matt Jelonek An Atwell mother disheartened by a lack of books depicting multicultural families has decided to fill the gap…