Mixed Race Studies
Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.
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- The Routledge International Handbook of Interracial and Intercultural Relationships and Mental Health
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- Participants Needed for a Paid Research Study: Up to $100
- 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: April 2016
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Jews of Color National Convening Congregation Beit Simchat Torah (CBST) 130 West 30th Street New York, New York 10001 2016-05-01 Through 2016-05-03 Recent events have moved the struggle for racial justice and inclusion in America to the forefront of public consciousness. Jews of Color occupy a unique space within that struggle, living at the intersection…
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The Man Who Stole Himself: The Slave Odyssey of Hans Jonathan University of Chicago Press 2016 264 pages 8 color plates, 49 halftones 6 x 9 Gísli Pálsson, Professor of Anthropology University of Iceland The island nation of Iceland is known for many things—majestic landscapes, volcanic eruptions, distinctive seafood—but racial diversity is not one of…
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Mizrahi Jews, Jews of Color, and Racial Justice Jewschool: Progressive Jews & Views 2016-04-28 Keren Soffer Sharon Queens, New York As a Mizrahi Jew organizing for justice in my city, I initially questioned whether I had a role to play in the upcoming National Jews of Color Convening. Even though I co-founded the Mizrahi Caucus…
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Made Black Jersey City Theater Center Merseles Studios 339 Newark Avenue, 2nd Floor Jersey City, New Jersey Saturday, 2016-05-07 20:00-23:00 EDT (Local Time) JCTC New Play Reading presents Schwarz Gemacht (Made Black) a cutting-edge, controversial play exploring race and identity through one of the most overlooked subcultures of the 20th century – mixed-race black German citizens…
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“One Drop of Love”: The Keynote Performance for the Mixed Heritage Conference at UCLA University of California, Los Angeles James West Alumni Center 325 Westwood Plaza Los Angeles, California 90095 Saturday, 2016-04-30 14:30-16:00 PDT (Local Time) Join us for some or all of this enlightening and affirming conference. One Drop will start at 2:30 pm…
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Beyond Black and White: Biracial Attitudes in Contemporary U.S. Politics American Political Science Review Volume 110 / Issue 01 / February 2016 pages 52-67 DOI: 10.1017/S0003055415000556 Lauren D. Davenport, Assistant Professor of Political Science Stanford University The 2000 U.S. census was the first in which respondents were permitted to self-identify with more than one race.…
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‘Our schools are failing mixed raced children’ The Voice London, England, United Kingdom 2016-04-02 Dinah Moreley Stereotypical expectations that this group have ‘confused identities’ often mean they experience racism from teachers and fellow pupils A REPORT by People in Harmony, (PIH) the national charity for mixed race people and families has highlighted the experience of…
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Race identity for mixed race kids in America The Collegian Stockton, California 2016-04-24 Shellcia Longsworth Being a mixed kid wasn’t easy growing up. My mother is white and Samoan. My father is Belizean. I was born and raised in Tracy. I was one of two black children in my elementary school. I recall having moments…