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  • Freedom and Frustration: Rachel Dolezal and the Meaning of Race

    The meanings of who is White and who is Black in the United States have shifted over centuries, and who gets slotted into what category changes across societies.

  • “How Does It Feel to Be Born a Problem?”

    Though Noah is not a trained sociologist, he uses the complexity and absurdity of his life to tease out numerous sociological concepts. Throughout his odyssey, he places issues of race and identity at the forefront. The most salient question is what does it mean to be born a problem?

  • Race and Rachel Doležal: An Interview

    In June 2015, I got an email from a California radio station asking me for an interview about a person I had never heard of: Rachel Doležal. I quickly Googled her, and based on a brief news item, agreed to the interview. She seemed to be a White woman passing as Black, working as the…

  • A Blackanese Beauty Queen

    A Blackanese Beauty Queen Contexts Volume 15, Number 1 (Winter 2016) pages 73-75 DOI: 10.1177/1536504216628844 M. Nakamura Lopez M. Nakamura Lopez is a writer living in Tokyo, Japan. She studies mixedness, migration, and transnational families. M. Nakamura Lopez on the new face of Miss Japan. Read the entire article here.

  • Medicalizing Racism

    Medicalizing Racism Contexts Fall 2014, Volume 13, Number 4 pages 24-29 DOI: 10.1177/1536504214558213 James M. Thomas, Assistant Professor of Sociology Department of Sociology and Anthropology University of Mississippi Cassandra Conlin Sociologist James M. Thomas (JT) examines how public and scientific accounts of racism draw upon medical and psychological models, and how this contributes to our…

  • who and what you are

    who and what you are Contexts Volume 8, Number 4 (Fall 2009) Pages 64–65 DOI: 10.1525/ctx.2009.8.4.64 Sangyoub Park, Assistant Professor of Sociology Washburn University Barack Obama’s presidency and changes in how the U.S. Census tracks race underline the importance of the social construction of race and ethnicity in the United States. Changes in our racial…

  • Who And What You Are

    Who And What You Are Contexts Fall 2009 Vol. 8, No. 4 Pages 64–65 DOI 10.1525/ctx.2009.8.4.64 Sangyoub Park, Assistant Professor of Sociology Washburn University Barack Obama‘s presidency and changes in how the U.S. Census tracks race underline the importance of the social construction of race and ethnicity in the United States. Changes in our racial…

  • Mixing It Up

    Mixing It Up Contexts Volume  4, Number 4 (Fall 2005) Pages 15–16 DOI 10.1525/ctx.2005.4.4.15 Kimberly McClain DaCosta, Associate Professor Gallatin School of Individualized Study, New York University Jamie Tibbetts is a member of the Generation Mix National Awareness Tour. He and four other mixed-race young adults are driving across the country, making stops in sixteen…