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  • #119: Moving “Multiracial” from the Margins: Theoretical and Practical Innovations for Serving Mixed Race Students

    #119: Moving “Multiracial” from the Margins: Theoretical and Practical Innovations for Serving Mixed Race Students The 28th Annual National Conference on Race & Ethnicity in American Higher Education (NCORE) Washington Hilton 1919 Connecticut Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20009 2015-05-26 through 2015-05-30 Part I: Tuesday, 08:30-11:30 EDT (Local Time) Part II: Tuesday, 13:00-17:30 EDT (Local Time)…

  • ‘Did Somebody Say “Mulatto”?’ Speaking Critically on Mixed Heritage

    ‘Did Somebody Say “Mulatto”?’ Speaking Critically on Mixed Heritage The Huffington Post The Blog 2014-11-21 A. B. Wilkinson, Assistant Professor of History University of Nevada, Las Vegas Photograph: Ken Tanabe One of the main characters in the award-winning film Dear White People is a mixed “black and white” college student who works to make sense…

  • Improving Anti-Racist Education for Multiracial Students

    This dissertation explores how anti‐racist education might be improved, so that it more effectively teaches Multiracial students about racism.

  • Science Fiction and Multiraciality: From Octavia Butler to Harry Potter

    Science Fiction and Multiraciality: From Octavia Butler to Harry Potter Brooklyn Historical Society Crossing Borders, Bridging Generations Saturday, 2013-12-14, 14:00-17:00 EST (Local Time) How do science fiction narratives investigate questions about identity, racism, and fear? Join us for a fun, interactive presentation and dialogue about mixed-race identity in the Harry Potter franchise, the legacy of…

  • Lecturer points to racism in Harry Potter

    Lecturer points to racism in Harry Potter The Daily Campus The Independent News Source for the University of Connecticut 2013-02-22 Christopher Kelly, Campus Correspondent Nature of science fiction discusses race in unseen ways Eric Hamako from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst came to speak to UConn students and faculty Wednesday about the increasing popularity of racist…

  • US Census: Rationalizing Race in US History

    US Census: Rationalizing Race in US History Crossing Borders, Bridging Generations Brooklyn Historical Society, Othmer Library Brooklyn, New York 2013-04-18, 19:00-21:00 EDT (Local Time) View the full video of the event here. What boxes do you mark on the U.S. Census to describe your heritage? Prior to the year 2000, multiracial people could only check…

  • So, What Are You… Anyway?: 2013 Conference on Multiracial Identity

    So, What Are You… Anyway?: 2013 Conference on Multiracial Identity Hosted by the Harvard College Half-Asian People’s Association Harvard University 2013-04-05 through 2013-04-06 The Harvard Half-Asian People’s Association will host its fifth annual conference on mixed-race politics and identity issues, “So…What Are You, Anyway?” (SWAYA) on Friday, April 5, 2013 and Saturday, April 6, 2013…

  • Who will benefit from AR-TPD “cost-savings”?

    Who will benefit from AR-TPD “cost-savings”? Two or More: Mixed thoughts about the Census NAC 2013-03-24 Eric Hamako Eric Hamako is one of 32 members of the Census Bureau’s National Advisory Committee (NAC) on Race, Ethnic, and Other Populations, 2012-2014. This blog is intended to 1) share updates and Eric’s perspectives on the NAC, 2)…

  • A Conversation with Eric Hamako

    This is the first in a series of interviews with scholars, writers, activists and others involved with the topic of multiracilism.

  • Report-back: The second NAC meeting

    Report-back: The second NAC meeting Two or More: Mixed thoughts about the Census NAC 2013-03-21 Eric Hamako Eric Hamako is one of 32 members of the Census Bureau’s National Advisory Committee (NAC) on Race, Ethnic, and Other Populations, 2012-2014. This blog is intended to 1) share updates and Eric’s perspectives on the NAC, 2) gather…