Mixed Race Studies

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Month: June 2016

  • Black Shamrocks: Accommodation Available – No Blacks, No Dogs, No Irish

    Black Shamrocks: Accommodation Available – No Blacks, No Dogs, No Irish CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform 2016-03-24 482 pages 15.2 x 2.8 x 22.9 cm Paperback ISBN-13: 978-1523490912 Gus Michael Nwanokwu While many academics and social scientists have examined the psychological and societal implications of growing up as a mixed-race person, few works exist that chronicle…

  • Black Man, White House: An Oral History of the Obama Administration

    Black Man, White House: An Oral History of the Obama Administration William Morrow (an imprint of HarperCollins) 2016-06-07 352 pages Hardcover ISBN: 9780062399793 Ebook ISBN: 9780062399816 6 in (w) x 9 in (h) x 1.09 in (d) D. L. Hughley From legendary comedian D.L. Hughley comes a bitingly funny send-up of the Obama years, as…

  • The Gilded Years, A Novel

    “Passing” meets “The House of Mirth: in this “utterly captivating” (Kathleen Grissom, New York Times bestselling author of “The Kitchen House”) historical novel based on the true story of Anita Hemmings, the first black student to attend Vassar, who successfully passed as white—until she let herself grow too attached to the wrong person.

  • Impeachment, culture wars and the politics of identity in Brazil

    Impeachment, culture wars and the politics of identity in Brazil The Conversation 2016-05-26 Marshall Eakin, Professor of History Vanderbilt University Brazil is in the midst of its worst political crisis since the 1960s and possibly its most severe economic downturn in the last 100 years. The economy will not – and cannot – improve until…

  • A Strange Emblem for a (Not So) White Nation: La Morocha Argentina in the Latin American Racial Context, c. 1900–2015

    A Strange Emblem for a (Not So) White Nation: La Morocha Argentina in the Latin American Racial Context, c. 1900–2015 Journal of Social History DOI: 10.1093/jsh/shw018 First published online: 2016-06-01 Ezequiel Adamovsky This article explores the origins of La morocha argentina as an unofficial national emblem, the personification of the quintessential Argentinean woman, from its…

  • Bridging Asian and Asian American Studies through Critical Mixed Race

    Bridging Asian and Asian American Studies through Critical Mixed Race UCLA International Institute Asia Institute 2016-05-25 Samantha Fletcher (UCLA 2016) Professor Emma Teng of MIT recently examined mixed-race identities in the U.S., China and Hong Kong as part of the Taiwan Studies Lecture Series of the Asia Institute. UCLA International Institute, May 25, 2016 —…

  • Becky and Mia – Belonging and Not Belonging

    Becky and Mia – Belonging and Not Belonging The Listening Project: It’s surprising what you hear when you listen BBC Radio 4 2016-06-03 Fi Glover introduces a conversation about the surprising challenges facing a mixed race family at home and abroad. Another in the series that proves it’s surprising what you hear when you listen.…

  • Mixed Student Union Hosts Fourth Annual Heritage Conference

    Mixed Student Union Hosts Fourth Annual Heritage Conference Pacific Ties University of California, Los Angeles 2016-05-13 Ayesha Sheikh UCLA’s Mixed Student Union (MSU) hosted their fourth annual Mixed Heritage Conference on April 30 in the James West Alumni Center. The organization’s goal for hosting the conference on campus, according to the organization’s co-director Ariel Pezner,…

  • Interview with 39.4 Editor, Chelene Knight

    The Room Collective is very excited to have you on board as the new Managing Editor. How are you adjusting to the new role?

  • I’m mixed race. That doesn’t mean you can ask me, “What are you?”

    I’m mixed race. That doesn’t mean you can ask me, “What are you?” The Tempest 2016-05-21 Maya Williams I’m not your exotic half-breed toy, so don’t treat me, or anyone else, like one. “Which parent is white?” many have asked me. That question tends to bother me as much as the “What are you?” question,…