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  • ‘Mixture is a Neoliberal Good’: Mixed-Race Metaphors and Post-Racial Masks

    The first section introduces three popular metaphors about mixed-race objects and ‘racial bridges’ that Fanon used to invoke the threat of bestial, immature and consumerist Others – metaphors that were not swept away by the winds of change in the 1960s, or the decline and fall of Black internationalist movements in the 1970s.

  • Mahtani wins prestigious geography award

    Mahtani wins prestigious geography award Inside UTSC University of Toronto, Scarborough 2012-03-29 Minelle Mahtani won the Glenda Laws Award for geography, which is given to early and mid-career scholars for outstanding contributions to geographical research on social issues.   It is administered by the Association of American Geographers, and endorsed by the Institute of Australian…

  • International Perspectives on Racial and Ethnic Mixedness and Mixing

    International Perspectives on Racial and Ethnic Mixedness and Mixing develops theoretical perspectives and presents intellectually shaped empirical evidence that can deal with complexity and normalcy in order to move the debate onto more fruitful grounds. It is an important book for students and scholars of race and ethnicity.

  • ‘Obama’s My Dad’: Mixed Race Suspects, Political Anxiety and the New Imperialism

    ‘Obama’s My Dad’: Mixed Race Suspects, Political Anxiety and the New Imperialism thirdspace: a journal of feminist theory & culture Volume 10, Number 1 (2011) Rachel Gorman, Lecturer Women and Gender Studies Institute University of Toronto In this article I will argue that the ideology of white supremacy is currently being reproduced as an ideology…

  • The Challenge of Identity: The Experience of Mixed Race Women in Higher Education [Book Review]

    The Challenge of Identity: The Experience of Mixed Race Women in Higher Education [Book Review] Academic Matters Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Journal of Higher Education 2009-09-23 Yasmin Jiwani, Associate Professor of Communications Studies Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada The gaps between policies and the realities of those to whom these policies are addressed remains…

  • Mixed Messages [Theatrical Play]

    Mixed Messages [Theatrical Play] Written by Michelle La Flamme University of British Columbia with help from Minelle Mahtani, Associate Professor of Geography and Planning University of Toronto Burcu Ozdemir Mixed Messages is a satirical look at the exclusive rules for membership in academic spaces and a jab at racial identity politics in the “mixed race”…

  • Situating “Race” And Racisms In Space, Time, And Theory: Critical Essays for Activists and Scholars

    Situating “Race” And Racisms In Space, Time, And Theory: Critical Essays for Activists and Scholars McGill-Queen’s University Press 2005-04-27 256 pages 6 x 9 Paper: (0773528873) 9780773528871 Cloth: (0773528865) 9780773528864 Edited by Jo-Anne Lee, Associate Professor of Women’s Studies University of Victoria John Sutton Lutz, Associate Professor of History University of Victoria A resource for…

  • Rethinking ‘Mixed Race’

    Rethinking ‘Mixed Race’ Pluto Press an imprint of MacMillan May 2001 5.5 x 8.25 inches, 208 pages, 4 figures ISBN: 978-0-7453-1567-6 ISBN10: 0-7453-1567-4 Edited by David Parker, Lecturer and Faculty of Social Sciences School of Sociology and Social Policy University of Nottingham Miri Song, Professor of Sociology University of Kent One of the fastest growing…

  • Interrogating the Hyphen-Nation: Canadian Multicultural Policy and ‘Mixed Race’ Identities

    Interrogating the Hyphen-Nation: Canadian Multicultural Policy and ‘Mixed Race’ Identities Social Identities: Journal for the Study of Race, Nation and Culture Volume 8, Number 1, 2002 pages 67-90 Minelle Mahtani, Associate Professor Department of Geography & Planning University Toronto This paper examines the ways ‘mixed race’ women in Canada contemplate their relationship to national identity. Through…