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  • What We Lose

    A short, intense and profoundly moving debut novel about race, identity, sex and death – from one of the National Book Foundation’s 5 Under 35

  • The Boundaries of Mixedness: A Global Perspective

    “The Boundaries of Mixedness” tackles the burgeoning field of critical mixed race studies, bringing together research that spans five continents and more than ten countries.

  • ENCORE | Trevor Noah on growing up mixed race in South Africa, ‘a product of my parents’ crime’

    Trevor Noah began his career as a successful stand-up comedian in South Africa. “The Daily Show” host has travelled a long way since then, but his humour is as biting as ever.

  • Trevor Noah Brings ‘A Different Perspective’ as Daily Show Host

    Trevor Noah Brings ‘A Different Perspective’ as Daily Show Host NBC News 2015-09-23 Amber Payne, Managing Editor of @NBCBLK Trevor Noah is poised to take The Daily Show throne next week and the South African comedian says his biracial and cultural background will impact and inform his perspective as host. “It just gives me a…

  • Multiracial Identity: An International Perspective

    Multiracial Identity: An International Perspective Palgrave Macmillan September 2000 186 pages 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches ISBN: 978-0-312-23219-1 ISBN10: 0-312-23219-5 Mark Christian, Professor of African & African American Studies Lehman College, City University of New York Multiracial Identity provides an accessible account of the social construction of racialized groups. Using both primary (in-depth interviews)…

  • Between black and white: Rethinking Coloured identity

    Between black and white: Rethinking Coloured identity African Identities Volume 1, Issue 2 (2003) pages 253-280 DOI: 10.1080/1472584032000173139 Pal Ahluwalia, Pro Vice Chancellor of Education, Arts and Social Sciences University of South Australia Abebe Zegeye Goldsmiths College, University of London Identity who we are, where we come from, what we are is difficult to maintain…

  • Not White Enough, Not Black Enough

    Not White Enough, Not Black Enough International Herald Tribune (The Global Edition of the New York Times) 2012-02-15 Eusebius McKaiser, political Analyst Wits University, Johannesburg, South Africa JOHANNESBURG – A few weeks ago, a British friend of mine served a sumptuous confession as a starter for dinner, “I only realized recently that you’re not actually…

  • Black, yellow, (honorary) white or just plain South African?: Chinese South Africans, identity and affirmative action

    Black, yellow, (honorary) white or just plain South African?: Chinese South Africans, identity and affirmative action Transformation: Critical Perspectives on Southern Africa Number 77 (2011) pages 107-121 DOI: 10.1353/trn.2011.0043 Yoon Jung Park, Senior Researcher in the Centre for Sociological Research Humanities Research Village University of Johannesburg On 18 June 2008, while the country was still…

  • A Matter Of Honour: Being Chinese in South Africa

    The South African-born Chinese community is a tiny one, consisting of 10,000 to 12,000 members in a population of approximately 45 million. Throughout much of the history of this most race-conscious country, the community has been ignored or neglected, and officially classed along with Coloureds (people of mixed race) or with Indians in that particularly…

  • Race in South Africa: Still an issue

    Race in South Africa: Still an issue The Economist 2012-02-04 Mixed-race citizens remain uneasy about black rule If Barack Obama lived in South Africa, he might be called a coloured. Under apartheid, the government decided to which of four racial categories a South African belonged—black, coloured, Indian/Asian or white—depending mostly on looks. The same categorisation…