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  • INGRID DINEEN-WIMBERLY. The Allure of Blackness among Mixed-Race Americans, 1862–1916.

    INGRID DINEEN-WIMBERLY. The Allure of Blackness among Mixed-Race Americans, 1862–1916. The American Historical Review Volume 126, Issue 2 (June 2021) pages 797–798 DOI: 10.1093/ahr/rhab307 Elizabeth M. Smith-Pryor, Associate Professor of History Kent State University, Kent, Ohio Ingrid Dineen-Wimberly. The Allure of Blackness among Mixed-Race Americans, 1862–1916. (Borderlands and Transcultural Studies.) Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press,…

  • Shape Shifters: Journeys across Terrains of Race and Identity

    Shape Shifters: Journeys across Terrains of Race and Identity University of Nebraska Press January 2020 432 pages 8 photos, index Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4962-0663-3 eBook (EPUB) ISBN: 978-1-4962-1698-4 eBook (PDF) ISBN: 978-1-4962-1700-4 Edited by: Lily Anne Y. Welty Tamai, Curator of History Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles, California Ingrid Dineen-Wimberly, Professor of History University of…

  • The Allure of Blackness among Mixed-Race Americans, 1862-1916

    Although these people might have chosen to pass as White to avoid the racial violence and exclusion associated with the dominant racial ideology of the time, they instead chose to identify as Black Americans, a decision which provided upward mobility in social, political, and economic terms.

  • Red and Yellow, Black and Brown: Decentering Whiteness in Mixed Race Studies

    “Red and Yellow, Black and Brown” gathers together life stories and analysis by twelve contributors who express and seek to understand the often very different dynamics that exist for mixed race people who are not part white. The chapters focus on the social, psychological, and political situations of mixed race people who have links to…

  • Race in Mind: Critical Essays

    “Race in Mind” presents fourteen critical essays on race and mixed race by one of America’s most prolific and influential ethnic studies scholars. Collected in one volume are all of Paul Spickard’s theoretical writings over the past two decades.

  • Roundtable: Global Mixed Race

    Roundtable: Global Mixed Race University of California, Santa Barbara Department of Political Science The Lane Room (Ellison 3824) Monday, 2015-03-02, 16:00 PST (Local Time) The authors of the new book Global Mixed Race (New York University Press) will participate in a Roundtable on the subject. The authors are: G. Reginald Daniel, UCSB Sociology Adrienne Edgar,…

  • The Presumption of Passing Among Multiracial Persons: Perceived Benefits and Associated Resentments

    The Presumption of Passing Among Multiracial Persons: Perceived Benefits and Associated Resentments University of California, Santa Barbara Race Matters Series MultiCultural Center Lounge 2013-02-11, 18:30 PST (Local Time) Ingrid Dineen-Wimberly, Professor of History In her forthcoming book, By the Least Bit of Blood: The Allure of Blackness among Mixed-Race Americans of African Descent, 1862-1935, Ingrid…

  • UCSB Ph.D. Alum Overcomes Odds and Pays Back With History Grad Parent Award

    UCSB Ph.D. Alum Overcomes Odds and Pays Back With History Grad Parent Award UCSB GradPost University of California, Santa Barbara 2012-07-20 Patricia Marroquin, Guest Editor-in-Chief Dr. Ingrid Dineen-Wimberly believes strongly in paying back and paying forward. When she was a History Ph.D. student at UCSB just a few years ago, “graduate school was quite difficult…

  • Multiracial Americans and Social Class: The Influence of Social Class on Racial Identity

    As the racial hierarchy shifts and inequality between Americans widens, it is important to understand the impact of social class on the rapidly growing multiracial population. “Multiracial Americans and Social Class” is the first book on multiracial Americans to do so and fills a noticeable void in a growing market.