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  • The Politics of Biracialism [Issue]

    The Politics of Biracialism [Issue] The Black Scholar Journal of Black Studies and Research Fall 2009 (2009-09-22) Volume 39, No. 3/4 Guest Editors: Laura Chrisman, Professor of English University of Washington Habiba Ibrahim, Assistant Professor of English University of Washington Ralina Joseph, Assistant Professor of Communications University of Washington Why a biracial issue, and why now? As…

  • Mixing It Up

    Mixing It Up Contexts Volume  4, Number 4 (Fall 2005) Pages 15–16 DOI 10.1525/ctx.2005.4.4.15 Kimberly McClain DaCosta, Associate Professor Gallatin School of Individualized Study, New York University Jamie Tibbetts is a member of the Generation Mix National Awareness Tour. He and four other mixed-race young adults are driving across the country, making stops in sixteen…

  • The Multiracial Experience: Racial Borders as the New Frontier

    In her bold new edited volume, The Multiracial Experience, Maria P. P. Root challenges current theoretical and political conceptualizations of race by examining the experience of mixed-race individuals.

  • Making Multiracials: State, Family, and Market in the Redrawing of the Color Line

    “Making Multiracials” tells the story of the social movement that emerged around mixed race identity in the 1990s. Organizations for interracial families and mixed race people—groups once loosely organized and only partially aware of each other—proliferated.

  • New Faces in a Changing America: Multiracial Identity in the 21st Century

    New Faces in a Changing America: Multiracial Identity in the 21st Century SAGE Publications, Inc. Paperback ISBN: 9780761923008 2001 432 pages Edited by Loretta I. Winters California State University, Northridge Herman L. DeBose California State University, Northridge How multiracial people identify themselves can have major consequences on their positions in their families, communities and society.…

  • 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…

  • The Politics of Multiracialism: Challenging Racial Thinking

    The Politics of Multiracialism: Challenging Racial Thinking State University of New York Press June 2004 263 pages Hardcover ISBN-10: 0-7914-6153-X; ISBN-13: 978-0-7914-6153-2 Paperback ISBN-10: 0-7914-6154-8; ISBN13: 978-0-7914-6154-9 Editor: Heather M. Dalmage, Professor of Sociology and Director Mansfield Institute for Social Justice Roosevelt University A provocative analysis of current thought and discourse on multiracialism. This is…

  • Harvard Professor Kimberly McClain DaCosta Guest on Mixed Chicks Chat

    Harvard Professor Kimberly McClain DaCosta Guest on Mixed Chicks Chat Mixed Chicks Chat (The only live weekly show about being racially and culturally mixed.) Website: TalkShoe™ (Keywords: Mixed Chicks) Episode: #101 – Dr. Kimberly McClain DaCosta When: 2009-05-08, 21:00Z  Kimberly McClain DaCosta, Associate Professor Gallatin School of Individualized Study, New York University Kimberly McClain DaCosta…