Mixed Race Studies

Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.

Perhaps you are all familiar with the “one drop” philosophy, adopted by American slave owners. Essentially, as long as an individual had even one drop of African blood, that individual was considered Black, regardless of what could sometimes be a very mixed lineage. Well, the “one drop” concept is, in some ways, alive and well today and is the unspoken subtext that spurs someone to ask “What are you,” when I am clearly and visibly something other than white. So possibly the question could more precisely be phrased as “What part of you is black?” Not, “Where are you from?” After all, when I truthfully answer with Guelph, Ontario, no one is never satisfied!

Araba Ocran-Caesar, “1.1 But Where are You Really From? Part IV: Oh, really? You were born in Guelph?,” Schema Magazine, (August 3, 2009). http://www.schemamag.ca/indepth/2009/08/feature-ocran-caesar.php.

Skin Color Still Plays Big Role In Ethnically Diverse Brazil

Posted in Anthropology, Audio, Brazil, Caribbean/Latin America, History, Media Archive, Politics/Public Policy, Social Science on 2016-08-22 21:49Z by Steven

Skin Color Still Plays Big Role In Ethnically Diverse Brazil

All Things Considered
National Public Radio
2013-09-19

Audie Cornish, Host

Melissa Block visits a historic section of Rio de Janeiro that pays homage to Afro-Brazilian history and the many slaves that came ashore there. She talks with Brazilian filmmaker Joel Zito Araujo about what it means to be black or mixed race in Brazil, and how skin color still dictates many aspects of life.

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Tags: All Things Considered, Audie Cornish, Joel Zito Araújo, Melissa Block, National Public Radio, NPR, Rio de Janeiro

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Halloween Costume Emails Stokes Debate At Yale

Posted in Audio, Campus Life, Media Archive, United States on 2015-11-10 02:05Z by Steven

Halloween Costume Emails Stokes Debate At Yale

All Things Considered
National Public Radio
2015-11-09

Audie Cornish, Host

Yale University is in turmoil after a series of emails about culturally insensitive Halloween costumes. Some students there are protesting what they say is a hostile environment for students of color. ~~Sebi Median-Tayac~~ [Aaron Z. Lewis], one of the leaders of the protest, speaks with NPR’s Audie Cornish.

Listen to the story (00:03:58) here. Download the story here. Read the transcript here.

Tags: Aaron Lewis, Aaron Z. Lewis, All Things Considered, Audie Cornish, National Public Radio, NPR, Yale University

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Rachel Dolezal’s Story Sparks Questions About ‘How People Experience Race’

Posted in Audio, Interviews, Media Archive, Passing, United States on 2015-06-18 20:09Z by Steven

Rachel Dolezal’s Story Sparks Questions About ‘How People Experience Race’

All Things Considered
National Public Radio
2015-06-16

Audie Cornish, Host

Khadijah White, Assistant Professor of Journalism and Media Studies
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Allyson Hobbs, Assistant Professor of History
Stanford University

NPR’s Audie Cornish talks with Rutgers University professor Khadijah White and Allyson Hobbs, who wrote a book about the history of racial passing, about the former head of the NAACP in Spokane, Wash.

Listen to the story here. Download the story here. Read the transcript here.

Tags: All Things Considered, Allyson Hobbs, Audie Cornish, Khadijah White, National Public Radio, NPR, Rachel A. Dolezal, Rachel Dolezal

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