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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Jones: Kaepernick, Lochte cases are as different as black and white The Philadelphia Inquirer 2016-08-30 Solomon Jones SAN FRANCISCO 49ers Quarterback Colin Kaepernick sits down during the national anthem to protest America’s treatment of people of color, and he is accused of being a traitor to his country. Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte is facing criminal…
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The San Francisco 49ers quarterback on bucking expectations, riding out the haters and how he does it all with a healthy dose of style
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Celebrating the 1st Annual Mixed Heritage Day at Dodger Stadium (not) Mixed (up): A Biracial Swirl in a Black and White World 2016-08-28 Shannon Luders-Manuel What happens when a young, mixed race boy asks his mother what ethnic day is meant for him? The Los Angeles Dodgers have special days for certain ethnicities, but none celebrating mixed…
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Meet American Olympian Anthony Ervin: The Oldest-Ever Individual Olympic Swimming Gold Medalist Democracy Now! 2016-08-15 Amy Goodman, Host and Executive Producer While Michael Phelps dominated the Olympic headlines over the weekend by scoring a historic 23rd gold medal, another American male swimmer has also made history in Rio. Thirty-five-year-old Anthony Ervin became the oldest-ever individual…
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Colin Kaepernick explains why he sat during national anthem NFL News National Football League 2016-08-27 Steve Wyche, NFL Media Reporter SANTA CLARA, Calif. — San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick has willingly immersed himself into controversy by refusing to stand for the playing of the national anthem in protest of what he deems are wrongdoings…
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Colin Kaepernick Protests National Anthem Over Treatment of Minorities ABC News 2016-08-27 Michael Edison Hayden San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick refused to stand for the national anthem during a preseason game Friday out of protest against America’s treatment of “black people and people of color.” Kaepernick told NFL media he made his own decision…
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Celebrating Japan’s multicultural Olympians The Japan Times 2016-08-17 Naomi Schanen, Staff Writer Meet the athletes flying the flag and challenging traditional views of what it is to be Japanese Japan and Brazil’s ties go back to the early 20th century, when the first Japanese immigrants arrived as farmers in the South American country. Brazil is…
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NBA Star Amar’e Stoudemire Is Moving to Israel — Because He’s a Hebrew Israelite Forward 2016-08-01 Sam Kestenbaum, Staff Writer This week, basketball star Amar’e Stoudemire ended a celebrated 14-year career with the NBA. The six-time All-Star spent most of his career with the Phoenix Suns and the New York Knicks, before finishing with the…