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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The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo Random House 2012-09-18 432 pages Hardback ISBN: 978-0-307-38246-7 Tom Reiss Here is the remarkable true story of the real Count of Monte Cristo—a stunning feat of historical sleuthing that brings to life the forgotten hero who inspired such classics as The Count…
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The Origins and Authors of the Code Noir Louisiana Law Review Volume 56, Number 2 (Winter 1996) pages 363-407 Vernon Valentine Palmer, Thomas Pickles Professor of Law Tulane University, New Orleans I. Introduction The Code Noir marked France’s historic rendezvous with slavery in the Americas. It was one of the most important codes in the…
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France: The Socialists’ New Head, Harlem Désir The Daily Beast (In Newsweek Magazine) 2012-10-29 Tracy McNicoll, Paris correspondent The faded star of a French anti-racist icon. In a country that went tipsy with Obamania four years ago, Harlem Désir’s election to lead France’s ruling Socialist Party might seem an occasion for bubbly. Désir—whose gifts include…
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Josephine Baker: A Chanteuse and a Fighter The Journal of Transnational American Studies Volume 2, Number 1 (2010) 18 pages Konomi Ara Tokyo University of Foreign Studies This excerpt is from her newly-published biography of Josephine Baker, “A Fighting Diva.” It tells the intriguing story of Baker’s travels to Japan, her close friendship with the Japanese…
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French MP Harlem Désir set to become first black man to lead a major European political party The Independent London, England 2012-09-12 John Lichfield The French Euro MP Harlem Désir appears certain next month to become the first black man to lead a major European political party. After weeks of wrangling, Mr Désir, 52, was…