Mixed Race Studies

Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.

Tag: Race and Society

Between black and white Exploring the “Biracial” Experience

2016-01-23

Between black and white Exploring the “Biracial” Experience Race and Society Volume 1, Issue 2, 1998 pages 197–212 DOI: 10.1016/S1090-9524(99)80044-8 Kerry A. Rockquemore Public debate surrounding the 2000 Census has focused on the addition of a multi-racial category. Advocates of this change assume that persons of mixed-race parentage identify as “biracial” or “mixed” and will…
Families on the color-line: patrolling borders and crossing boundaries

2011-11-21

Families on the color-line: patrolling borders and crossing boundaries Race and Society Volume 5, Issue 2, 2002 Pages 139-161 DOI: 10.1016/j.racsoc.2004.01.001 Erica Chito-Childs, Associate Professor of Sociology Hunter College, City University of New York Multiracial couples and families are becoming increasingly more common, yet opposition to these relationships still exists even if it is often…
Making sense of race and racial classification

2010-09-16

Making sense of race and racial classification Race and Society Volume 4, Issue 2, (2001) Pages 235-247 DOI: 10.1016/S1090-9524(03)00012-3 Angela D. James, Associate Professor of African American Studies Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles As social scientists, race scholars, and demographers, how do we begin to make sense of recent changes in the Census Bureau’s system…