{"id":5246,"date":"2010-02-14T17:08:26","date_gmt":"2010-02-14T17:08:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/wordpress\/?page_id=5246"},"modified":"2014-01-15T19:34:15","modified_gmt":"2014-01-15T19:34:15","slug":"likely-asked-questions-new","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?page_id=5246","title":{"rendered":"Likely Asked Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#1\">Why did you create this site?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#2\">Are you receiving any funding for this site?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#3\">What are you?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#4\">I have just received a publishing contract for a dissertation\/manuscript referenced by your site and my publisher wants you to remove it.\u00a0 What should I do?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#5\">Are there any degree programs for \u201cMixed Race Studies?\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a name=\"1\"><\/a><strong>Why did you create this site?<\/strong><br \/>\nI created\u00a0this site\u00a0as a means of focusing attention <em>towards<\/em> intelligent discussions about &#8216;mixed-race&#8217; issues and <em>away<\/em> from the superficial discourses in the popular media. One of the goals of the site is to show that &#8216;racial&#8217; and cultural mixing have been part of North American history for centuries.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"2\"><\/a><strong>Are you receiving any funding for this site?<\/strong><br \/>\nNo, and I am not seeking any. My hosting fees are minimal. This site is a labor of love.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"3\"><\/a><strong>What are you?<\/strong><br \/>\nI am an computer programmer analyst, database designer, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stevenriley.com\/photography\/#\" target=\"_blank\">photographer<\/a>, and one-half of a happily married (together 27 years) black-and-white interracial couple living in the Washington, DC area.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"4\"><\/a><strong>I have just received a publishing contract for a dissertation\/manuscript referenced by your site and my publisher wants you to remove it. What should I do?<\/strong><br \/>\nI do not have (nor ever have had) <em>any<\/em> documents on the site. I only post <em>links<\/em> to publicly accessible documents that I (or anyone\/everyone else, for that matter) can find via an internet search engine. I completely understand the copyright and\/or licensing requirements that may be\u00a0required by your publisher, so please follow the steps below to ensure that those requirements will be met.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Please follow the link to the document and contact the web host (and any other hosts) and have the content removed or have its access restricted.<\/li>\n<li>As a courtesy to other visitors of this site, please <a href=\"mailto:steven@stevenriley.com\" target=\"_blank\">contact me<\/a> after the content has been removed or restricted so I can remove the link.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a name=\"5\"><\/a><strong>Are there any degree programs for \u201cMixed Race Studies?\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\nNot that I am aware of.\u00a0 The vast majority of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/wordpress\/?cat=1564\" target=\"_blank\">courses<\/a> on mixed-race studies are <em>within<\/em> the disciplines of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/wordpress\/?cat=394\" target=\"_blank\">Sociology<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/wordpress\/?cat=125\" target=\"_blank\">Psychology<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/wordpress\/?cat=459\" target=\"_blank\">History<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/wordpress\/?cat=1196\" target=\"_blank\">Literature<\/a>, etc.\u00a0 If you are interested in studying mixed-race, work with your academic advisor and contact a scholar and\/or department at an institution for guidance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why did you create this site? Are you receiving any funding for this site? What are you? I have just received a publishing contract for a dissertation\/manuscript referenced by your site and my publisher wants you to remove it.\u00a0 What should I do? 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