Tag: Harry Elam

  • I have never had the comfort zone of a given racial identity. My mother is a Bostonian white woman of WASP heritage. My father is a Louisiana black man of mixed African and Mexican heritage. Unlike people who are automatically classified as black or white, I have always been up for debate. I am forever having…

  • Doing Race: 21 Essays for the 21st Century W. W. Norton and Company April 2010 590 pages 6.2 × 9.3 in Paperback ISBN: 978-0-393-93070-2 Hazel Rose Markus (Editor) Stanford University Paula M. L. Moya (Editor) Stanford University A collection of new essays, written by a team of interdisciplinary authors, that gives a comprehensive introduction to…

  • Stanford profs examine mixed race in U.S. society The Dartmouth Victoria Boggiano, The Dartmouth Staff 2008-04-18 In 2000, the U.S. Census gave Americans the chance to identify themselves by more than one race for the first time. Almost seven million people — over 80 percent of whom were under 25 — checked more than one…