Mixed Race Studies

Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.

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The limits of ancestry DNA tests, explained

2021-11-08

23andMe wants to sell you vacations based on your DNA. But what are they really basing that on?
Do genetic ancestry tests increase racial essentialism? Findings from a randomized controlled trial

2021-11-08

These results indicate that individuals’ interpretations of genetic ancestry testing results, and the links between genes and race, may depend on their understanding of genetics.
“Discrimination is more about how you’re seen by others than how you see yourself.”

2020-03-10

The census, though, operates under the premise that people will identify themselves in the same way as those in their society see them. For instance, a person like Salvador will check “black.” When a person’s view of their own race aligns with that of the broader society, the race data can point to areas of…
To fight discrimination, the U.S. census needs a different race question

2020-03-10

The government has asked people their race since 1790
Genetic Options: The Impact of Genetic Ancestry Testing on Consumers’ Racial and Ethnic Identities

2019-12-01

Drawing on 100 qualitative interviews with white, black, Hispanic/Latino, Asian, and Native Americans, the authors develop the genetic options theory to account for how genetic ancestry tests influence consumers’ ethnic and racial identities.
Establishing the Denominator: The Challenges of Measuring Multiracial, Hispanic, and Native American Populations

2019-12-01

I argue that for analytic purposes, racial/ethnic self-identification should continue to be treated as a statistical numerator, but that the challenge is for researchers to establish the correct denominator—the population that could identify as members of the group based on their ancestry.
The multiple dimensions of race

2016-04-04

The multiple dimensions of race Ethnic and Racial Studies Published online 2016-03-21 DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2016.1140793 Wendy D. Roth, Associate Professor of Sociology University of British Columbia, Vancouver Increasing numbers of people in the United States and beyond experience ‘race’ not as a single, consistent identity but as a number of conflicting dimensions. This article distinguishes the…
Creating a “Latino” Race

2013-03-20

Creating a “Latino” Race The Society Pages: Social Science That Matters 2013-03-13 Wendy D. Roth, Associate Professor of Sociology University of British Columbia (Author of Race Migrations: Latinos and the Cultural Transformation of Race) Editors’ Note: The author prefers to capitalize Black and White along with other socially constructed racial categories. For much of American…
How the United States Racializes Latinos: White Hegemony and Its Consequences

2012-12-05

Mexican and Central American undocumented immigrants, as well as U.S. citizens such as Puerto Ricans and Mexican Americans, have become a significant portion of the U.S. population. Yet the U.S. government, mainstream society, and radical activists characterize this rich diversity of peoples and cultures as one group alternatively called “Hispanics,” “Latinos,” or even the pejorative…
Race Migrations: Latinos and the Cultural Transformation of Race

2012-06-07

Race Migrations: Latinos and the Cultural Transformation of Race Stanford University Press April 2012 268 pages 6 tables, 1 figure, 20 photographs Cloth ISBN: 9780804777957 Paper ISBN: 9780804777964 E-book ISBN: 9780804782531 Wendy D. Roth, Associate Professor of Sociology University of British Columbia, Canada In this groundbreaking study of Puerto Rican and Dominican migration to the United…

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