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  • Red and Yellow, Black and Brown: Decentering Whiteness in Mixed Race Studies

    “Red and Yellow, Black and Brown” gathers together life stories and analysis by twelve contributors who express and seek to understand the often very different dynamics that exist for mixed race people who are not part white. The chapters focus on the social, psychological, and political situations of mixed race people who have links to…

  • Between Black and Brown: Blaxican (Black-Mexican) Multiracial Identity in California

    This article explores the racial/ethnic identities of multiracial Black-Mexicans or “Blaxicans.” In-depth interviews with 12 Blaxican individuals in California reveal how they negotiate distinct cultural systems to accomplish multiracial identities. I argue that choosing, accomplishing, and asserting a Blaxican identity challenges the dominant monoracial discourse in the United States,in particular among African American and Chicana/o…

  • Blaxican Identity: An Exploratory Study of Blacks/Chicanas/os in California

    Blaxican Identity: An Exploratory Study of Blacks/Chicanas/os in California National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies Annual Conference 35th Annual Conference 2008-04-01 11 pages Rebecca Romo University of California, Santa Barbara This paper explores the life experiences of Blaxicans, or multiracial individuals who are the products of unions that are composed of one biological (or…

  • Colorblind parents could handicap their biracial kids

    Colorblind parents could handicap their biracial kids The Grio 2010-09-16 Jennifer H. Cunningham When he was still a toddler, Rebecca Romo’s son, Emilio asked her why his skin was darker than hers. The now 8-year-old Emilio, who is of Mexican and African-American heritage, also went through a stage where he hated his hair, telling his…