Tag: Peter Schmidt

  • Making and Unmaking Whiteness in Early New South Fiction After the Civil War Smashwords 2012-06-06 77 pages (21,670 words) eBook ISBN: 9781476497068 Peter Schmidt, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of English Literature Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania This essay—a work of literary criticism and critical race studies written to be accessible to non-specialists—examines how popular fiction…

  • English 49, “Whiteness” and Racial Difference Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania Spring 1997 Peter Schmidt, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of English Literature A look at the conflicted ways in which “racial” identities and differences have been constructed in past and contemporary cultures, especially in the U.S. Topics given emphasis in the syllabus include why saying…

  • Many Biracial Students Game Racial-Classification Systems, Study Suggests The Chronicle of Higher Education 2010-12-14 Peter Schmidt A study of biracial people with black and white ancestry has found that many identify themselves solely as black when filling out college applications and financial-aid forms, raising new questions about the accuracy of educational statistics and research based…