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  • The JCMRS inaugural issue will be released Summer, 2013

    The JCMRS inaugural issue will be released on Summer, 2013 Journal of Critical Mixed Race Studies c/o Department of Sociology SSMS Room 3005 University of California, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, California  93106-9430 E-Mail: socjcmrs@soc.ucsb.edu 2012-10-10 The Journal of Critical Mixed Race Studies (JCMRS) is a peer-reviewed online journal dedicated to developing the field of Critical Mixed…

  • Obama and the Biracial Factor: The Battle for a New American Majority

    “Obama and the Biracial Factor” is the first book to explore the significance of mixed-race identity as a key factor in the election of President Obama and examines the sociological and political relationship between race, power, and public policy in the United States with an emphasis on public discourse and ethnic representation in his election.

  • Color outside the lines

    Color outside the lines Columbia Missourian 2006-06-11 Sara Fernández Cendon The boundaries between traditional racial categories shift as more people identify themselves as multiracial. The term adds another dimension to the complex issue of race in America. Some say Tiger Woods started it all. After winning the Masters Tournament in 1997, the golf star described…

  • Color Struck: Essays on Race and Ethnicity in Global Perspective

    Color Struck: Essays on Race and Ethnicity in Global Perspective University Press of America April 2010 516 pages Paper ISBN: 0-7618-5064-3 / 978-0-7618-5064-9 Electronic ISBN: 0-7618-5092-9 / 978-0-7618-5092-2 Edited by Julius O. Adekunle, Professor of History Monmouth University, West Long Branch, New Jersey Hettie V. Williams, Lecturer, African American History Department of History and Anthropology…

  • Mixing Blood: What Does “Biracialism” Do to the Notion of “Race”? [Book Review]

    Mixing Blood: What Does “Biracialism” Do to the Notion of “Race”? [Book Review] PINS (Psychology in Society) Volume 31 (2005) pages 99-105 Gerhard Maré, Professor of Sociology University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban Book review: Rockquemore, Kerry Ann & David L. Brunsma (2002) Beyond Black: Biracial identity in America. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. ISBN 0-7619-2322-5 pbk. Pages…

  • Hybrid Identities: Theoretical and Empirical Examinations

    Hybrid Identities: Theoretical and Empirical Examinations Brill Publishing 2008 412 pages Hardback ISBN-13: 978 90 04 17039 1; ISBN-10: 90 04 17039 1 Edited by Keri E. Iyall Smith, Assistant Professor of Sociology Suffolk University, Boston, Massachusetts Patricia Leavy, Associate Professor of Sociology Stonehill College, Easton, Massachusetts Combining theoretical and empirical pieces, this book explores…

  • Beyond Black: Biracial Identity in America (Book Review)

    Beyond Black: Biracial Identity in America (Book Review) Pychiatric Services May 2003 Volume 54 Page 751 Published by The American Psychiatric Association Maureen Slade, R.N., M.S., Director of Psychiatry Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago Brendan Slade-Smith Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington Beyond Black: Biracial Identity in America by Kerry Ann Rockquemore and David L. Brunsma; Thousand Oaks,…

  • Interracial Families and the Racial Identification of Mixed-Race Children: Evidence from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study

    Interracial Families and the Racial Identification of Mixed-Race Children: Evidence from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study Social Forces Volume 84, Number 2 (December 2005) pages 1131-1157 DOI: 10.1353/sof.2006.0007 David L. Brunsma, Professor of Sociology Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University In this article, a nationally-representative sample of kindergarten-aged children is used from the Early Childhood…

  • Beyond Black: Biracial Identity in America (Second Edition)

    Beyond Black: Biracial Identity in America (Second Edition) Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. December 2007 220 pages Cloth ISBN: 0-7425-6054-6 / 978-0-7425-6054-3 Paper ISBN: 0-7425-6055-4 / 978-0-7425-6055-0 By Kerry Ann Rockquemore and David L. Brunsma Foreword by Joe Feagin Beyond Black is a groundbreaking study of the dynamic meaning of racial identity for multiracial people…

  • Mixed Messages: Multiracial Identities in the “Color-Blind” Era

    Mixed Messages: Multiracial Identities in the “Color-Blind” Era Lynne Rienner Publishers 2006 405 pages Hardcover: ISBN: 978-1-58826-372-8 Paperback: ISBN: 978-1-58826-398-8 Edited by David L. Brunsma, Professor of Sociology Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University The experiences and voices of multiracial individuals are challenging current categories of race, profoundly altering the meaning of racial identity and…