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
- Loving Across Racial and Cultural Boundaries: Interracial and Intercultural Relationships and Mental Health Conference
- Call for Proposals: 2026 Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference at UCLA
- Participants Needed for a Paid Research Study: Up to $100
- 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: Ken Tanabe
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One man’s quest for Loving Day, a holiday for multiracial Americans The Los Angeles Times 2016-06-10 Jaweed Kaleem Ken Tanabe founded Loving Day in 2004, and leads celebrations and workshops across the U.S. on being multiracial. (Pearl Shavzin-Dremeaux) Forty-nine years ago on June 12, the Supreme Court struck down laws in 16 states that banned…
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Reflections on the 2014 Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference Multiracial Asian Families: thinking about race, families, children, and the intersection of mixed ID/Asian 2014-11-16 Sharon H. Chang Ah. Where do I begin. I’m sitting on a plane waiting to takeoff to Seattle (correction, taking off) thinking on my last 3 days in Chicago at the…
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“Loving Day” with founder, Ken Tanabe A.C.T.O.R. (A Continuing Talk on Race) Busboys and Poets Langston Room 14 & V, N.W. Washington, D.C. 2014-06-01, 17:00-19:00 EDT (Local Time) This month A.C.T.O.R. presents a celebration and discussion about “Loving Day” with founder, Ken Tanabe. Join us for an enlightening discussion on multiracial identity and interracial relationships!…
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“War Baby/Love Child” examines hybrid Asian American identity through a collection of essays, artworks, and interviews at the intersection of critical mixed race studies and contemporary art.