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  • The antiblack racism in the multiracial movement from the 1990s did not fit with my multiracial college activism…

    The antiblack racism in the multiracial movement from the 1990s did not fit with my multiracial college activism, and yet it stuck with me. It unsettled me to understand how politicians and the media manipulated multiracialism into an alignment of “my people” with the politics of the Far Right.

  • Imagining Obama: Reading Overtly and Inferentially Racist Images of our 44th President, 2007–2008

    Imagining Obama: Reading Overtly and Inferentially Racist Images of our 44th President, 2007–2008 Communication Studies Volume 62, Issue 4, 2011 Special Issue:“Race Matters” in the Obama Era pages 389-405 DOI: 10.1080/10510974.2011.588074 Ralina L. Joseph, Assistant Professor of Communications University of Washington In this article I analyze eight Internet images of President Barack Obama from the…

  • The Politics of Multiracialism with Dr. Ralina Joseph

    The Politics of Multiracialism with Dr. Ralina Joseph Voxunion 2010-03-23 Jared A. Ball, Host and Associate Professor of Communication Studies Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland Ralina L. Joseph, Associate Professor of Communications University of Washington The struggles surrounding the politics of identity seem at new heights these days and to help bring some historical context…

  • Transcending Blackness in the 21st Century, or How Can I Be Like Barack Obama?

    Transcending Blackness in the 21st Century, or How Can I Be Like Barack Obama? Global Studies: A Member of the International Instutute University of Wisconsin, Madison Multiracial Tales and Multicultural Discourses 494 Van Hise Hall 2011-04-18, 17:30 CDT (Local Time) Ralina L. Joseph, Assistant Professor of Communications University of Washington As “postrace” is the buzzword…

  • Blackberries and Redbones: Critical Articulations of Black Hair/ Body Politics in Africana Communities

    This book features engaging scholarly essays, poems and creative writings that all examine the meanings of the Black anatomy in our changing global world. The body, including its hair, is said to be read like a text where readers draw center interpretations based on signs, symbols, and culture.

  • Changing the stereotypes

    Changing the stereotypes The Daily University of Washington 2010-02-25 Kristen Steenbeeke Sophomores Gabbie Duncalf and Fitsum Misgano were taking a class about mixed race when they first learned about the organization Mixed. After hearing that the group — which caters specifically to mixed-race students but is open to anyone — was lacking officers, they decided…

  • Race representation in this year’s Common Book

    Race representation in this year’s Common Book University of Washington News Laboratory Department of Communication December 2009 Kaetlyn Cordingley UW News Lab Each year, First Year Programs chooses a book as a means to bind the incoming freshman class together. This year’s book was Barack Obama’s “Dreams from My Father.” Coincidentally, on the same evening…

  • 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…

  • In the Mix: Issue of Mixed Race Stirs Controversy for Census [Interview with Ralina L. Joseph]

    In the Mix: Issue of Mixed Race Stirs Controversy for Census [Interview with Ralina L. Joseph] International Examiner Volume 32, Number 2 2010-01-21 Yayoi Lena Winfrey A highly anticipated event for mixed-race people takes place this year. Although it may seem officious and routine for most, the upcoming U.S. Census is actually an exciting undertaking…

  • Mixed Race in the United States (Lecture Series)

     Mixed Race in the United States Simpson Center for The Humanities at the University of Washington Dates (Local Time: 19:30 PST): 2010-01-06, 2010-01-20, 2010-02-03, 2010-02-17, and 2010-03-03 Location: Kane Hall 220 Is it coincidence that the first nonwhite president of the United States comes from a multiracial background? Or was his election, in fact, partially…