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: July 2017
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Jennifer J. Roberts and ex-gangster Pat Nee take you to their ‘hood for a surprising story of growing up Black in Southie.
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In Passing: Arab American Poetry and the Politics of Race Ethnic Studies Review Volume 28, Issue 2 (2005) pages 17-36 Katherine Wardi-Zonna Gannon University, Erie, Pennsylvania Anissa Janine Wardi Chatham College, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Racial passing has a long history in America. In fact, there are manifold reasons for passing, not the least of which is…
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From August 4th to 6th, 2017, artists and community organizers from the Twin Cities will host the first MidWest Mixed Conference, to explore themes connected to multiracial identities with art at the center.
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Filmmaker and librarian Rebekah Henderson will tackle mixed-race identity in her forthcoming documentary.
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I understand the challenge of overcoming colorism. It. Is. EVERYWHERE in our culture. From the time we are children, we are praised or tutted at simply because of our physical features. He’s light skinned, you’ll have such cute babies, or, your daughter is so pretty, but she’s so dark. I spent many a night in…
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Growing up in NYC and being in circles of proud Afro-descendant brothers and sisters, I noticed that Dominicans were seen as prime examples of self-hate, race deniers and would often go as far as calling themselves Indio (Native Americans).
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Under Armour has a new ad out featuring Misty Copeland, guaranteed to both make you want to work out and perhaps pick up a poetry book. Saul Williams provides the backing poem, For Misty, with words as lyrical as her movements.
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The Chi-town native has created a work in “The Autobiography” that’s equal parts confessional and confrontational, gut-wrenching and uplifting. Steeped in a personal story arc that envelopes Mensa’s hometown, it echoes with the pain of a generation.