Mixed Race Studies
Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.
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- You were either Black or white. To claim whiteness as a mixed child was to deny and hide Blackness. Our families understood that the world we were growing into would seek to denigrate this part of us and we would need a community that was made up, always and already, of all shades of Blackness.
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Caution and Skepticism About Univision-TheRoot Merger All Digitocracy 2015-06-03 Jillian Báez, Assistant Professor of Media Culture College of Staten Island, City University of New York TV Network’s history of racism and colorism may not bode well for website formerly owned by The Washington Post Company Two weeks ago Spanish-language television giant Univision announced its acquisition…
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In Confessions of a Peppermint Pattie, a ‘Whiteblack’ Girl Asks if She’s Black Enough The Root 2015-03-24 Hope Wabuke, Media Director Kimbilio Center for African-American Fiction From the way she speaks to the color of her skin, a former TV personality explores the ways in which she does and doesn’t fit society’s conceptions of blackness.…
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I’m a White Mom With Biracial Children, and What I Do With Their Hair Is No One’s Business The Root 2015-03-24 Maria Guido, Associate Editor Mommyish Being the mother of two biracial children, I’m noticing that both races feel a sense of community when offering boundary-invading, unsolicited hair-care advice. Maybe I’m just not the type…
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Growing Up White Until a Family Secret Revealed She Was Not The Root 2015-03-22 Genetta M. Adams, Senior Editor In the documentary Little White Lie, filmmaker Lacey Schwartz spins a compelling story about embracing her racial identity. Lacey Schwartz grew up as a white, Jewish girl in the predominantly white community of Woodstock, N.Y., raised…
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The Octoroon: A Tragic Mulatto Enslaved by 1 Drop The Root 2014-09-09 Image of the Week: A sculpture addresses the ramifications for those who were mixed-race. John Bell, The Octoroon, 1868. Marble, 159.6 cm high. Town Hall, Blackburn, U.K. This image is part of a weekly series that The Root is presenting in conjunction with…
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Belle: A Film That Defied Expectations The Root 2014-08-24 Julie Walker The film’s star and director talked to The Root about how an inspirational character helped shaped the movie, which is now out on DVD. Actress Gugu Mbatha-Raw, who stars in the movie Belle—now out on DVD—grew up in England watching Jane Austen films but…
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A Mother’s Love: Stories of Struggle, Sacrifice, Love and Wisdom The Root 2014-05-11 Breanna Edwards Journalist Alysia Steele’s explores the “jewels in the Mississippi Delta” who held it down for their families through decades of strife and racial struggle. It’s Mother’s Day weekend, and many of us may feel the keen absence of the women…