Mixed Race Studies

Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.

Tag: Marcia A. Dawkins

Everyone Looks a Little Bit Asian

2010-10-29

Everyone Looks a Little Bit Asian truthdig: drilling beneath the headlines 2010-10-27 Marcia Alesan Dawkins, Visiting Scholar Brown University Like many other Hispanics, I am a member of Generation E.A. (ethnically ambiguous). Over the years I’ve been mistaken for just about every racial or ethnic combination—from Eurasian to Afro-Irish to Arab-Native American. This guessing game…
Obama and Race in America

2010-08-13

Obama and Race in America The Huffington Post 2010-08-06 Marcia Alesan Dawkins, Visiting Scholar Brown University In his first major comment on race and race relations in our nation since his “A More Perfect Union Speech” on March 18, 2008, President Barack Obama called for frank discussion about race last week. In both a speech…
Passing as Mixed Race

2010-03-08

Passing as Mixed Race Open Salon 2010-03-03 Marcia Dawkins, Assistant Professor of Human Communication California State University, Fullerton Alexandre Dumas has always been one of my favorite writers. Works like The Three Musketeers, The Count of Monte Cristo and Georges took me on countless adventures in worlds and times much different from my own. But…