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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- 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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Tag: Hapa Mama
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Visible and Invisible Hapa Exhibit at Japanese American Museum San Jose Hapa Mama: Asian Fusion Family and Food 2016-05-20 Grace Hwang Lynch Bay Area people… there’s an exhibit about the history of hapa Japanese Americans at the Japanese American Museum in San Jose. Titled Visible and Invisible, it’s similar to the exhibit of the same…
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I’ve been reading a new book by Sharon H. Chang called “Raising Mixed Race.” You might remember Sharon, a Seattle-based writer and scholar, from her guest post A Multiracial Asian Mom Wonders How Her Son Will See Himself (Routledge 2015). With chapter titles that are analogies to home construction (Foundation, Framing, Wiring, etc.), the book…
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My Face is a Face of Asian America Hapa Mama: Asian Fusion Family and Food 2015-11-14 Candace Kita “Blending in” has never been my strong suit. As a generally shy and rather bookish individual, I have always wished that I could more naturally fit seamlessly into my surroundings. However, my inability to blend into established…
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What the Heck Are You? The Racial Guessing Game I Don’t Want to Play Hapa Mama: Asian Fusion Family and Food 2015-04-13 Melinda Frank, Guest Blogger Growing Up Ethnic “I thought you were Dutch–you’re Indonesian?” “I thought you were Irish–you’re Dutch?” “Wait, you’re white and Asian?” “What are you anyways?” I hate answering the question…
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INTERVIEW: Jason Fung, Author of ‘Beyond Eurasian and Hapa’ Hapa Mama: Asian Fusion Family and Food 2015-02-02 Grace Hwang Lynch I recently had a chance to interview Jason Fung, author of the upcoming book Beyond Eurasian and Hapa. Fung is a 34-year-old mixed-race (Chinese and Caucasian) person who went to high school and college in…
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‘Everything I Never Told You’ by Celeste Ng: Unspoken Thoughts About Being Mixed-Race Hapa Mama: Asian Fusion Family and Food 2014-12-28 Grace Hwang Lynch Celeste Ng’s debut novel Everything I Never Told You: A Novel has been at the top of many best books of 2014 lists — and for good reason. It’s a quick…