Tag: Bi-racial/Multi-racial: Page 2

Black, Jewish, and Interracial: It’s Not the Color of Your Skin but the Race of Your Kin and Other Myths of Identity. – book reviews

Katya Gibel Azoulay seems perfectly placed to interrogate the intricacies of interracial and biracial, especially Black/ Jewish, identity formation. Azoulay’s mother was an Austrian Jew who fled the Nazi invasion. Her father is West Indian of mixed racial descent who migrated to this country as a child.

July 11, 2007

Higher education expresses concerns with multiple-choice census

Now that the debate is over about whether the U.S. Census should add a multiracial category to its data collecting and the decision has been made to allow respondents to choose as many racial and ethnic classifications as they feel apply to them, the time has come to figure out how this new and confusing information will be tabulated.

July 11, 2007

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What’s in a name? African American or multiracial? – defining one’s self

The most important thing any oppressed people can do for themselves is to define who they are. Identity begins with naming yourself, in finding your own voice. This is the reason that names have always been significant to African Americans.

July 4, 2007

To be or not to be: that is the question – A Multiracial Statistic

Maria P. P. Root, ed., The Multicultural Experience. Racial Borders As The New Frontier. (Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications, 1996) (Paper, xxviii, 481 pp.) Hardcover: $58.00 Softcover: $26.95

June 20, 2007

Saving the Earth While They Sleep

Thumbs up to Atlanta’s Spelman College for leading the way among Black colleges in building…

November 29, 2006

Study: Multiracial Youth More Likely to Engage in Violence, Substance Abuse

Multiracial adolescents in middle school are significantly more likely to engage in problem behaviors such as violence and substance abuse than single-race young people, according to a new study.

May 9, 2006

Bill Recognizing ‘Multiracial’ People Advances In California

A bill that would allow Californians to identify themselves with one or more racial or ethnic backgrounds on government forms passed its first hurdle this week, passing the California State Senate Judiciary…

April 26, 2006

Multiracial Students Not Confused, Says Study

Every year when students fill out college application forms, many get frustrated when asked to identify a racial category, especially if they are multiracial…

March 30, 2006

Earliest U.S. Black-Founded Town

The site of the first U.S. town founded by an African-American, New Philadelphia, Ill., has been added to

September 21, 2005

Making Good on the Promise of Diversity

As diversity increasingly becomes the theme of civil rights, we must work together to ensure the abstract concept is

September 7, 2005

Earliest U.S. Black-Founded Town Designated National Historic Site

The site of the first U.S. town founded by an African-American, New Philadelphia, Ill. Story:

August 22, 2005

Brown as Personal Narrative

Brown as Personal NarrativeBy Walter ClarkIam bi-racial. My mother is Japanese, and my father is African American. My parents in effect were equal opportunity daters. I grew up in my father’s old neighborhood in New York’s South Bronx. He grew up in a pre-Brown era. The South Bronx was predominantly Black and Hispanic, and the […]

December 29, 2004

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