Mixed Race Studies

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  • Douglas Todd: Mixed unions applauded by some, but dismissed by others as brownwashing

    Douglas Todd: Mixed unions applauded by some, but dismissed by others as brownwashing The Vancouver Sun Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 2015-07-24 Douglass Todd, Vancouver Sun columnist Ethnically mixed couples — involving whites, blacks, Japanese, Hispanics, Chinese, South Asians or others — were heralded not long ago as the wave of a tolerant, open, non-racist future.…

  • Mixed race in the UK: am I the future face of this country?

    Mixed race in the UK: am I the future face of this country? The Telegraph London, United Kingdom 2014-11-08 Laura Smith With ‘mixed race’ now the fastest-growing ethnic minority in the country, prejudice should be a thing of the past – but as one writer reveals, we’ve still got a long way to go Where…

  • Mixed race Britain: charting the social history

    Mixed race Britain: charting the social history The Guardian 2011-10-04 Laura Smith While mixed race is one of the fastest-growing ethnic groups in the UK, there is nothing new in people from different cultures getting together Olive was just 15 when she met the man who was to become her husband. It was 1930s Cardiff…

  • Microaggressions and Marginality: Manifestation, Dynamics, and Impact

    Microaggressions and Marginality: Manifestation, Dynamics, and Impact Wiley July 2010 360 pages Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-470-49139-3 Edited By: Derald Wing Sue, Professor of Psychology and Education Teachers College, Columbia University A landmark volume exploring covert bias, prejudice, and discrimination with hopeful solutions for their eventual dissolution Exploring the psychological dynamics of unconscious and unintentional expressions of…