Tag: Kathleen Korgen

  • 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…

  • Black/White Biracial Identity: The Influence of Colorblindness and the Racialization of Poor Black Americans Theory in Action Volume 2, Number 1 (January 2009) DOI: 10.3798/tia.1937-0237.08027 Kathleen Odell Korgen, Professor of Sociology William Paterson University, Wayne, New Jersey This article focuses on the influence of colorblindness, the interaction of class and culture, and the racialization of…