Mixed Race Studies
Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.
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- The Routledge International Handbook of Interracial and Intercultural Relationships and Mental Health
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- Call for Proposals: 2026 Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference at UCLA
- Participants Needed for a Paid Research Study: Up to $100
- 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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Latinas of Indigenous descent living in the American West take center stage in this haunting debut story collection—a powerful meditation on friendship, mothers and daughters, and the deep-rooted truths of our homelands.
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This research study examines and deconstructs the identity formation and development of black mixed-race women and highlights the ways in which black mixed-race women have engaged in developing a “borderlands consciousness” that fosters a sense of positive identity as they navigate hegemonic monoraciality and white supremacist heteropatriarchy in the U.S.
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Renowned ballerina Misty Copeland sends an inspiring message to girls of Colorado The Denver Post Denver, Colorado 2016-09-21 Molly Hughes She overcame difficult childhood to become first African-American female principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre American dancer Misty Copeland knows about overcoming the odds and pushing through adversity to achieve a dream. As the…
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Sesquicentennial Event Addresses Colorado Inequality Clarion: The University of Denver’s Newwspaper Since 1892 Denver, Colorado 2014-10-21 Carissa Cherpes DU hosted a Sesquicentennial Conversation entitled Miscegenation Law, Marriage Equality, and the West 1864-2014 on Oct. 15 in the Sturm College of Law. Over 50 students, faculty and others gathered to listen to three panelists lecture on…
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Living in Ambiguity: The Mixed Race Experience at Colorado State University Colorado State University Fall 2012 77 pages Carl Izumi Olsen In partial fulfillment of the requirements For the Degree of Master of Arts Colorado State University, Fort Collins This study analyzes the experiences of mixed race students at Colorado State University by using semi-structured…
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Jewish multiracial families grow in numbers and commitment The Denver Post Denver, Colorado 2012-09-25 Electa Draper Three Denver mothers heading multiracial families are seeking to build on what it means to live in Jewish community. The community is changing. It’s perhaps a surprising slice of demography that shows that 16 percent of metro Denver Jewish…
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The U.S. Census Bureau announced today that 2010 Census population totals and demographic characteristics have been released for communities in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. These data have provided the first look at population counts for small areas and race, Hispanic origin, voting age and housing unit data released from…