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  • Left of Black S3:E9 | Racial Passing and the Rise of Multiracialism

    For many African Americans, the practice of ‘Passing’—where light-skinned Blacks could pass for White—remains a thing connected to a difficult racial past. In her new book, Clearly Invisible: Racial Passing and the Color of Cultural Identity (Baylor University Press), Marcia Dawkins, a professor in the Annenberg School of Communications at the University of Southern California…

  • The Future Is Now: What PR Pros and Marketers Need to Know About the “Mixed Mindset”

    The Future Is Now: What PR Pros and Marketers Need to Know About the “Mixed Mindset” The Huffington Post 2012-10-17 Marcia Dawkins, Clinical Assistant Professor of Communications University of Southern California, Annenberg Don’t believe the hype! Multiracials are not new. They are the products of racial blending of various groups—beginning with Native Americans and European…

  • Marcia Dawkins Booksigning

    Marcia Dawkins Booksigning Eso Won Books 4327 Degnan Blvd (Leimert Park Business Center) Los Angeles, California 90008 Phone: 323-290-1048 2012-09-12, 19:00-21:00 PDT (Local Time) Clearly Invisible: Racial Passing and the Color of Cultural Identity by Marcia Alesan Dawkins. Waco, Texas: Baylor University Press, 2012, 285 pages. Hardback ISBN: 9781602583122. Passing (def): usually understood as an abbreviation…

  • Is Obama Now Black (Enough) Because He’s White?

    Is Obama Now Black (Enough) Because He’s White? The Huffington Post 2012-08-02 Marcia Alesan Dawkins, Visiting Scholar Brown University With the November election less than 100 days away, the Obama campaign continues to come up against questions about the president’s racial identity. Most recently, reports that the president is “passing,” or claiming that he’s representing…

  • New Americans: Rise of the Multiracials: A Documentary

    New Americans: Rise of the Multiracials: A Documentary A Work-In-Progress Documentary Eli Steele, Producer With more Americans marrying across the color line today than before, it is inevitable that the racial makeup of America’s face will forever change. Of the nine million individuals that identified themselves as multiracial on the 2010 census, more than 50…

  • The Future of the ‘Tan Generation’

    Browner America: Marcia Alesan Dawkins says an increase in nonwhite births doesn’t mean more social justice.

  • Spinning on Margins: An Analysis of Passing as Communicative Phenomenon

    Spinning on Margins: An Analysis of Passing as Communicative Phenomenon Queen: a journal of rhetoric and power Special Issue: Rehtorics of identity: Place, Race, Sex and the Person (January 2005) From the conference held from 2005-01-20 through 2005-01-22 at the University of Redlands 21 pages Marcia Alesan Dawkins, Visiting Scholar Brown University Acts of black-to-white…

  • Is the Tanning of America Only Skin Deep?

    Is the Tanning of America Only Skin Deep? The Huffington Post 2012-05-17 Marcia Alesan Dawkins, Visiting Scholar Brown University It’s official: The United States is officially “tan.” According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s first population estimate by age, race, ethnicity, and sex since the 2010 Census, “50.4 percent of our nation’s population younger than age…

  • Marcia Dawkins, Author of “Clearly Invisible: Racial Passing” on Mixed Race Radio

    Marcia Dawkins, Author of “Clearly Invisible: Racial Passing” on Mixed Race Radio Mixed Race Radio Blogtalkradio 2012-05-02, 16:00Z (12:00 EDT) Tiffany Rae Reid, Host Marcia Alesan Dawkins, Visiting Scholar Brown University Marcia Dawkins’ book, Clearly Invisible and the Color of Cultural Identity (Baylor University Press, 2012), is the first to connect racial passing and classical…

  • TIME to Think in Full Color About Race & Ethnicity

    TIME to Think in Full Color About Race & Ethnicity Marcia Alesan Dawkins, Ph.D. 2012-02-25 Marcia Alesan Dawkins, Visiting Scholar Brown University TIME Magazine’s latest cover story (Feb. 2/24) is called “Yo Decido. Why Latinos will pick the next President.” It reports that about 9% of all voters in 2012 will be Latino, up 26%…