Mixed Race Studies

Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.

Tag: Rob Ford

Into the melting pot

2014-02-11

Into the melting pot The Economist 2014-02-08 The rapid rise of mixed-race Britain is changing neighbourhoods—and perplexing the authorities ZADIE SMITH, a novelist born to a black Jamaican mother and a white British father, recently recalled that when she was growing up in Willesden Green, a London district with a large immigrant population, “nothing could…
Although mixed marriages, and mixed racial identities, are also rising rapidly in the United States, they are still infrequent by British standards…

2012-12-17

Although mixed marriages, and mixed racial identities, are also rising rapidly in the United States, they are still infrequent by British standards: around 10% of African Americans are in mixed marriages, compared to “over 25%” for black Caribbean Britons and “over 40%” for British born black Caribbeans. Traditionally, American racial identity has been defined by…
The melting pot generation: How Britain became more relaxed on race

2012-12-13

The melting pot generation: How Britain became more relaxed on race British Future 2012-12-12 26 pages Rob Ford, Lecturer in Politics University of Manchester Rachael Jolley, Editorial Director and Director of Communications British Future Sunder Katwala, Director British Future Binita Mehta, Intern British Future As the 2011 census results show an ever larger number of…