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  • Unmaking Race and Ethnicity: A Reader

    “(Un)Making Race and Ethnicity: A Reader,” edited by Michael O. Emerson, Jenifer L. Bratter, and Sergio Chávez, helps instructors and students connect with primary texts in ways that are informative and interesting, leading to engaging discussions and interactions.

  • Who Is White?: Latinos, Asians, and the New Black/Nonblack Divide

    Who Is White?: Latinos, Asians, and the New Black/Nonblack Divide Lynne Rienner 2003 230 pages Hardback ISBN: 978-1-58826-337-7 George Yancey, Professor of Sociology University of North Texas “By the year 2050, whites will be a numerical racial minority, albeit the largest minority, in the United States.” This statement, asserts George Yancey, while statistically correct, is…

  • Black/Non-Black Divide and The Anti-Blackness of Non-Black Minorities

    Black/Non-Black Divide and The Anti-Blackness of Non-Black Minorities Still Furious and Brave: Who’s Afraid of Persistent Blackness? 2013-04-03 Robert Reece Department of Sociology Duke University Last week, an Asian-American fraternity at the University of California Irvine posted a parody of a music video featuring one of their members in blackface. Blackface has become the go-to…

  • Is the Future Mestizo and Mulatto? A Theological-Sociological Investigation into the Racial and Ethnic Future of the Human Person within the U.S.

    Is the Future Mestizo and Mulatto? A Theological-Sociological Investigation into the Racial and Ethnic Future of the Human Person within the U.S. Zygon Center for Religion and Science Third Annual Student Symposium on Science and Spirituality Lutheran School of Theology, Chicago, Illinois 2011-03-25 13 pages Kevin Patrick Considine Loyola University, Chicago My study is a…

  • The Browning and Yellowing of Whiteness

    The Browning and Yellowing of Whiteness The Black Commentator 2005 Tamara K. Nopper, Adjunct Professor of Asian American Studies University of Pennsylvania Latino/as and Asians Americans do not necessarily reject dominant culture and ideology when it comes to racial politics. A Review of Who is White?: Latinos, Asians, and the New Black/Nonblack Divide by George…

  • SOCI3600 – The Multiracial Family

    SOCI3600 – The Multiracial Family Univeristy of North Texas Summer 2010 George Alan Yancey, Associate Professor of Sociology University of North Texas Academic study of the dynamics found in multiracial families. Important concepts in race/ethnicity studies such as assimilation, racial identity and pluralism. Other topics include passing, one-drop rule, interracial dating/marriage, bi- or multiracial identity…

  • Black or Biracial? Who Gets to Decide?

    Black or Biracial? Who Gets to Decide? The Huffington Post 2009-03-04 Abby L. Ferber, Associate Professor, Director of the Matrix Center and Co-Director of Women’s and Ethnic Studies University of Colorado, Colorado Springs Is Obama Black? Biracial? And why do we care so much? A new book by George Yancey and Richard Lewis, Jr., Interracial…

  • Interracial Families: Current Concepts and Controversies

    A unique book offering both a research overview and practical advice for its readers, this text allows students to gain a solid understanding of the research that has been generated on several important issues surrounding multiracial families, including intimate relations, family dynamics, transracial adoptions, and other topics of personal and scholarly interest.

  • Proposed Session: Multiracial/ethnic families

    Proposed Session: Multiracial/ethnic families XVII ISA World Congress of Sociology Sociology on the Move International Sociological Association 2010-07-11 through 2010-07-17 Gothenburg, Sweden Programme Coordinators Rudy R. Seward, Professor, Director of Graduate Studies, and Associate Chair of Sociology University of North Texas, USA Ria Smit, Associate Professor of Sociology University of Johannesburg, South Africa Organizers: Cynthia…

  • Interracial Relationships in the 21st Century

    Interracial Relationships in the 21st Century Carolina Academic Press 2009 160 pp Paper ISBN: 978-1-59460-571-0 LCCN: 2009001612 Earl Smith, Professor of Sociology and Rubin Professor and Director of Ethnic Studies Wake Forest University Angela J. Hattery, Professor of Sociology Wake Forest University Interracial Relationships in the 21st Century is a unique set of essays—both personal…