Mixed Race Studies
Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.
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- 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: Miriam Jiménez Román
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I was looking for that mythical interstitial place where my blackness and Latinidad could peacefully coexist. This is what I found.
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“Whether we look at race as a fixed notion or culturally constructed concept it is very real. Race itself is an invention, a creation. Many people feel race is something that’s fixed, rigid and doesn’t have variances. By looking at Afro-Latinos, you kind of get a better sense of how fluid race has been. People…
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Check Both! Afro-Latin@s and the Census NACLA: Reporting on the Americas Since 1967 2010 Miriam Jiménez Román Earlier in 2010 a series of public service announcements circulated on the Internet in anticipation of the U.S. Census. The three short videos, produced and disseminated by the afrolatin@ forum, a New York–based educational nonprofit, urged Latin@s to…
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Afro-Latinos Seek Recognition, And Accurate Census Count NBC News 2014-09-21 Raul A. Reyes NEW YORK, NY — Hispanic Heritage Month is a time to recognize the contributions of Latinos in the U.S., yet one group often feels left out of the Hispanic community. Afro-Latinos say that they struggle with acceptance from both Latinos and African-Americans.…
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As noted in the acknowledgements, this compilation of essays, poetry, prose, and personal narratives coalesced over the past two decades from readings for classes taught by the editors. The collection focuses on the intersection of the Black and Latin@ experiences, avoiding the exclusivity of either/or dualities and instead emphasizing the rich history and diversity found…
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African-Americans and Latinos: Conflict or Collaboration? Ebony Magazine 2012-09-25 Eugene Holley, Jr. As Latinos now outnumber African-Americans as this country’s largest minority, could there be a political, social and economic union with our brown brothers and sisters? In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month – which runs through October 15th – EBONY interviewed African-Americans and Hispanics…
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Afro-Latino/a Identities: Challenges, History, and Perspectives Anthurium: A Caribbean Studies Journal Volume 9, Issue 1 (2012-04-20) Article 5 Sobeira Latorre, Assistant Professor of Spanish Southern Connecticut State University Miriam Jiménez Román and Juan Flores, editors, The Afro-Latin@ Reader: History and Culture in the United States. (Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2010), 584 pp. The Afro-Latin@…
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The Afro-Latin@ Reader: History and Culture in the United States (review) Callaloo Volume 35, Number 2, Spring 2012 pages 548-551 DOI: 10.1353/cal.2012.0030 Daynali Flores-Rodriguez, Adjunct Professor of Spanish Inter-American University of Puerto Rico Jiménez Román, Miriam, and Juan Flores, eds. The Afro-Latin@ Reader: History and Culture in the United States. Durham: Duke UP, 2010. Published a…