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: August 2021
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On quarks, leptons, and the patriarchy.
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Richard Alba, a sociologist who has written about race categorization and the census, said that typically, a large share of Hispanic Americans check the box for white in the race question. Now, he said, they were given the chance to describe their backgrounds more fully, an addition, he said, that could have flipped them into…
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What if the creation story of anthropology isn’t exclusively about white men classifying people as primitive?
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Afro-Latinos in the U.S. Economy Lexington Books May 2021 174 pages Trim: 6½ x 9 Hardback ISBN: 978-1-4985-4624-9 eBook ISBN: 978-1-4985-4625-6 Michelle Holder, Associate Professor of Economics John Jay College, City University of New York Alan A. Aja, Professor of Puerto Rican and Latino Studies Brooklyn College, City University of New York Afro-Latinos in the…
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If doctors and clinical educators rigorously analyze algorithms that include race correction, they can judge, with fresh eyes, whether the use of race or ethnicity is appropriate. In many cases, this appraisal will require further research into the complex interactions among ancestry, race, racism, socioeconomic status, and environment. Much of the burden of this work…
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Race and ethnicity highlights: The White population remained the largest race or ethnicity group in the United States, with 204.3 million people identifying as White alone. Overall, 235.4 million people reported White alone or in combination with another group. However, the White alone population decreased by 8.6% since 2010. The Two or More Races population…
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How scientists are subtracting race from medical risk calculators Science Magazine 2021-07-22 Jyoti Madhusoodanan Portland, Oregon Anuj Shrestha To pediatrician Nader Shaikh, the rhythm of treating babies running high fevers is familiar. After ruling out the obvious colds and other common viruses, he must often thread a catheter into a months-old baby to draw a…