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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Reel Representation: Amma Asante’s films adeptly portray multiracial identity The Daily Bruin Los Angeles, California 2017-02-09 Olivia Mazzucato Diversity in film and television came into the spotlight in 2016 with #OscarsSoWhite. A USC study in 2016 found only about a quarter of speaking characters belonged to non-white racial/ethnic groups. In “Reel Representation,” columnist Olivia Mazzucato…
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Panel to discuss racism and medical issues The Daily Bruin University of California, Los Angeles 2012-02-10 Ariana Ricarte The topic of racism in health care, genetics and other medical issues will be the central point of discussion at a panel in De Neve Auditorium on Saturday [13:00-15:00 PST]. The panel, called “Race in Medicine: A…
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‘Of Many Colors: Portraits of Multiracial Families’ traveling exhibit bridges diverse backgrounds Daily Bruin University of California, Los Angeles 2011-05-22 Lenika Cruz Starting this evening, UCLA will act as a home for 20 families, each with a story to tell about being multiracial Americans. While these families will not be physically present, their photographs and…
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Mixed: A Mixed Heritage Daily Bruin University of California, Los Angeles 2010-11-09 Nicholas Greitzer America has always been considered a melting pot – a melting pot of ideas, of ethnicities, of religions, of experiences and of people. In the 2000 census, for example, this miscegenation resulted in more than 6.8 million Americans self-identifying as multiracial.…
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Letter to the Editor: Multi-ethnic clubs benefit community Daily Bruin University of California, Los Angeles 2010-10-18 Thomas Lopez, Alumnus University of California, Berkeley What’s in a name? Answering that question can be difficult for some multiracial students. So often throughout history, names have been given for us, many of them pejorative, that it becomes difficult…
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UCLA needs more than just one multiethnic club Daily Bruin University of California, Los Angeles 2010-10-11 Salim Zymet Only one student group promoting multiracialism is not enough for a campus as diverse as ours Where are you from? Answering that question can be difficult for some multiracial students. Perhaps you’re inclined to believe that despite…