Tag: Kathleen Odell Korgen

  • From Black to Biracial: Transforming Racial Identity Among Americans Praeger Publishers an imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group 1998 160 pages Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 Paperback ISBN: 0-275-96744-1; ISBN-13: 978-0-275-96744-4 Kathleen Odell Korgen, Professor of Sociology William Paterson University, Wayne, New Jersey Is a person with both a white and African American parent…

  • Is That Your Child? Mothers Talk about Rearing Biracial Children Lexington Books (an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield) October 2008 146 pages Hardback ISBN: 978-0-7391-2763-6 Paperback ISBN: 978-0-7391-2764-3 eBook ISBN: 978-0-7391-3208-1 By Marion Kilson and Florence Ladd “Is That Your Child?” is a question that countless mothers of biracial children encounter whether they are African…

  • 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…