Mixed Race Studies

Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.

Tag: Michael Eric Dyson

President Obama’s Racial Renaissance

2015-08-03

President Obama’s Racial Renaissance The New York Times 2015-08-01 Michael Eric Dyson, Professor of Sociology Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. Toyin Odutola We finally have the president we thought we elected: one who talks directly and forcefully about race and human rights. When President Obama took the podium at the annual convention of the N.A.A.C.P. in…
Race, Identity and Citizenship: A Reader

2013-09-21

This comprehensive and timely reader covers the range of topics that have been at the center of these debates including critical race theory, multiracial feminism, mixed race, whiteness, citizenship and globalization.
Articulate While Black: Barack Obama, Language, and Race in the U.S.

2012-07-10

In “Articulate While Black,” two renowned scholars of Black Language address language and racial politics in the U.S. through an insightful examination of President Barack Obama’s language use—and America’s response to it