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: June 2016
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Chan Bloodaxe Books 2016-06-23 72 pages 234 x 156 mm Paperback ISBN: 9781780372839 E-book ISBN: 9781780372846 Hannah Lowe Chan is a mercurial name, representing the travellers and shape-shifters of the poems in this collection. It is one of the many nicknames of Hannah Lowe’s Chinese-Jamaican father, borrowed from the Polish émigré card magician Chan Canasta.…
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In “Unreasonable Histories,” Christopher J. Lee unsettles the parameters and content of African studies as currently understood. At the book’s core are the experiences of multiracial Africans in British Central Africa—contemporary Malawi, Zimbabwe, and Zambia—from the 1910s to the 1960s.
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Dwayne Johnson – “Race Shifter” in a “Post-Racial” World? Shadow and Act: On Film, Television and Web Content of Africa and Its Diaspora 2016-06-13 Sergio Mims Dwayne Johnson With “Central Intelligence” hitting theaters this weekend, starring Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart, a conversation worth having… I’m sure we’ve all privy to all the chatter about…
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The enigmatic model made her way to London from Jamaica in the early 19th century to sit for the Pre-Raphaelites, and her legacy lives on in their impactful work
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Florence Nightingale supporters in row over black rival’s new statue, claiming she is venerated based on ‘false achievements’ The Daily Mail 2016-06-20 Martin Robinson, UK Chief Reporter Mary Seacole set to have £500,000 statue unveiled at St Thomas, London But critics say that her legacy is hugely oversold for political reasons Florence Nightingale Society says…
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Interview: Shawna Yang Ryan New Bloom: Radical perspectives on Taiwan and the Asia Pacific 2016-06-20 Brian Hioe, Editor Photo credit: Anna Wu Photography On May 6th, New Bloom editor Brian Hioe interviewed Shawna Yang Ryan through Skype. Ryan is most recently the author of Green Island, which depicts Taiwan’s White Terror and authoritarian era. Ryan…
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Merle Dandridge on “Blasian” Identity and Oprah Winfrey Network’s new summer original series “Greenleaf” CAAM: Center of Asian American Media 2016-06-20 Mitzi Uehara Carter Merle Dandridge started her career on Broadway with leading roles in Spamalot, Aida, Rent, Tarzan, and Jesus Christ Superstar. Not only does she have singing chops, she shines on screen. Dandridge…
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On The Free State Of Jones The Huffington Post 2016-06-20 Steven Hahn, Roy F. and Jeannette P. Nichols Professor of History University of Pennsylvania Three quarters of a century ago, “Gone with the Wind,” a film that mythologized an Old South of wealthy planters and obedient slaves, premiered in Atlanta amidst great fanfare and public…