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  • Biracial in America: Forming and Performing Racial Identity

    Taking a social psychological approach, this book identifies influencing factors and several underlying processes shaping racial identity. Unlike previous studies which examine racial identity as if it was a one-dimensional concept, this book examines two dimensions of identity—a public dimension (how they identify themselves to others) and an internalized dimension (how they see themselves internally)—noting…

  • “If You’re Half Black, You’re Just Black”: Reflected Appraisals and the Persistence of the One-Drop Rule

    “If You’re Half Black, You’re Just Black”: Reflected Appraisals and the Persistence of the One-Drop Rule Sociological Quarterly Volume 51 Issue 1 (Winter 2010) Pages 96 – 121 Published Online: 2010-01-15 DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-8525.2009.01162.x Nikki Khanna, Associate Professor of Sociology University of Vermont Despite growing interest in multiracial identity, much of the research remains atheoretical and…

  • Multiracial Americans: Racial Identity Choices and Implications for the Collection of Race Data

    Multiracial Americans: Racial Identity Choices and Implications for the Collection of Race Data Sociology Compass Volume 6, Issue 4, April 2012 pages 316–331 DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-9020.2011.00454.x Nikki Khanna, Assistant Professor of Sociology University of Vermont In 2010, approximately nine million Americans self-identified with more than one race on the U.S. Census – a 32 percent increase…

  • The Role of Reflected Appraisals in Racial Identity: The Case of Multiracial Asians

    The Role of Reflected Appraisals in Racial Identity: The Case of Multiracial Asians Social Psychology Quarterly Volume 67, Number 2 (June 2004) pages 115-131 DOI: 10.1177/019027250406700201 Nikki Khanna, Associate Professor of Sociology University of Vermont Asian Americans are one of the fastest-growing minorities in the United States and show the highest outmarriage rate; yet little…

  • Book Review: Multiracial Americans and Social Class: The Influence of Social Class on Racial Identity

    Nonetheless, correctly and jointly, these articles recognize that we live in a society dominated and dictated by white supremacy. To understand multiracial Americans, we must place individuals with this identity within this context. Additionally, this collection does what no other has: It includes in this recognition the role that class can and does play when…

  • Passing as Black

    Passing as Black The University of Vermont University Communications 2011-03-30 Lee Ann Cox The new dynamics of biracial identity in America There’s a rule everybody knows. Not the golden one. Since the days of slavery and Jim Crow segregation, when “one drop” of black ancestry determined the whole of who you were, black-by-default is a…

  • Passage to identity is still a struggle

    Passage to identity is still a struggle Kansas City Star 2010-12-17 Commentary by: Jeneé Osterheldt I’ve always known I wasn’t white like my mama. Even as a little girl, I could feel adults stare as we passed by. I was different. But was I black like my daddy? It took me much of my young…

  • University of Vermont study examines biracial identity

    University of Vermont study examines biracial identity Burlington Free Press 2010-12-28 Tim Johnson, Free Press Staff Writer Even though he was born of a white mother and an African father, Barack Obama is commonly referred to as the first black president. That’s a sign, sociologists say, that America’s “one-drop rule”—a vestige of the United States’…

  • Recent Studies on Biracial Identity and Hypodescent to be Discussed on Mixed Chicks Chat (Pre-recorded)

    Recent Studies on Biracial Identity and Hypodescent to be Discussed on Mixed Chicks Chat (Pre-recorded) Mixed Chicks Chat (The only live weekly show about being racially and culturally mixed. Also, founders of the Mixed Roots Film & Literary Festival) Hosted by Fanshen Cox, Heidi W. Durrow and Jennifer Frappier Website: TalkShoe™ (Keywords: Mixed Chicks) Episode: #186…

  • How Multi-Ethnic People Identify Themselves

    How Multi-Ethnic People Identify Themselves Talk of The Nation National Public Radio 2010-12-20 00:30:17 Neal Conan, Host Guests Nikki Khanna, Assistant Professor of Sociology (and lead author, “Passing As Black: Racial Identity Work Among Biracial Americans”) University of Vermont Casey Gane-McCalla, Lead Blogger NewsOne Kip Fulbeck, Professor of Art (and author of Mixed: Portraits Of…