Tag: Karen Downing

  • Similar to Marley’s pressing need to see herself reflected in literature, the authors remember growing up biracial without any reflection of ourselves in books, media or our communities. In fact, during the 60s and 70s, race-mixing was a highly taboo topic, and we remember believing we were anomalies among humans—isolated and alone in our thoughts…

  • Panel talks multiracial identity in academics The Michigan Daily 2015-10-27 Alexa St John, Daily Staff Reporter According to a 2015 Pew Research Center report, 6.9 percent of all Americans 18 and older identify as multiracial. According to the University’s Office of the Registrar, last year, just over 3 percent of students identified as two or…

  • Multiracial America: A Resource Guide on the History and Literature of Interracial Issues The Scarecrow Press, Inc. March 2005 264 pages Paper ISBN: 0-8108-5199-7; ISBN-13: 978-0-8108-5199-3 Edited by Karen Downing, Foundation and Grants Librarian Hatcher Graduate Library, University of Michigan Darlene Nichols, Psychology Librarian and Coordinator of Instruction Hatcher Graduate Library, University of Michigan Kelly…