Mixed Race Studies

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Day: April 4, 2016

  • The Race of a Criminal Record: How Incarceration Colors Racial Perception

    The Race of a Criminal Record: How Incarceration Colors Racial Perception Social Problems Volume 57, Issue 1 (February 2010) pages 92-113 DOI: 10.1525/sp.2010.57.1.92 Aliya Saperstein, Assistant Professor of Sociology Stanford University Andrew M. Penner, Associate Professor of Sociology University of California, Irvine In the United States, racial disparities in incarceration and their consequences are widely…

  • Can Incarceration Really Strip People of Racial Privilege?

    Can Incarceration Really Strip People of Racial Privilege? Sociological Science 2016-03-18 Lance Hannon, Professor of Sociology Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania Robert DeFina, Professor of Sociology Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania We replicate and reexamine Saperstein and Penner’s prominent 2010 study which asks whether incarceration changes the probability that an individual will be seen as black or…

  • The multiple dimensions of race

    The multiple dimensions of race Ethnic and Racial Studies Published online 2016-03-21 DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2016.1140793 Wendy D. Roth, Associate Professor of Sociology University of British Columbia, Vancouver Increasing numbers of people in the United States and beyond experience ‘race’ not as a single, consistent identity but as a number of conflicting dimensions. This article distinguishes the…

  • The Elusive Nature of the Hispanic Category

    The Elusive Nature of the Hispanic Category Brown Political Review Providence, Rhode Island 2016-04-02 Shavon Bell, US Section Staff Writer By 2060, 115 percent more Americans will be of Hispanic origin than in 2015. Consequently, pundits identify “the Hispanic vote” as the next frontier for ensuring political success. Political elites have thus scrambled to investigate,…

  • Book Review: Crossing the Color Line: Race, Sex, and the Contested Politics of Colonialism in Ghana by Carina Ray

    Book Review: Crossing the Color Line: Race, Sex, and the Contested Politics of Colonialism in Ghana by Carina Ray Africa at LSE London School of Economics 2016-03-18 Yovanka Perdigao Yovanka Perdigao praises Crossing the Color Line:Race, Sex and the Contested Politics of Colonialism in Ghana for dismantling preconceptions of interracial couples in colonial Ghana. Carina…