The Commoditization of Hybridity – Laura J. Kuo
26 May 2012 Leave a Comment
in Amerindian, European American, Glenn Robinson, History, Identity, Mexican, Mexico, Mixed American Life, U.S. Tags: Beyond The Frame, Women of Color and Visual Representation
“Ixta Ponders Leverage Buyout,” Robert Buitrón, 1989
Here’s a photo and a couple article quotes that remind us of the colonization of the America’s by Europeans and the mixing by force as opposed to mixing by choice.
In modern times most of the rhetoric around mixed heritage has a positive spin. We would be wise to understand an alternative view and be prepared to respectfully dialog with those who may view multiculturalism in a negative light.
The first quote is from the beginning of a chapter titled
The Commoditization of Hybridity in the 1990s U.S.Fashion Advertising: Who Is cK one?
by Laura J. Kuo (p. 48 in Scribd)
“…an important caveat follows for postcolonial practices, namely the risk that hybridity might be re-colonised by the apparatus of power as either compensation for our losses, or as the velvet glove of enjoyment that goes hand in hand with the iron fist of exclusion.” ––Kobena Mercer
The picture above is actually from another article in the paper titled
Aztec Princess Still at Large (p. 214 in Scribd)
“As the title of the photograph suggests, Buitrón is not only concerned with Anglo American stereotypes about Indian women, but also with Mexican and Chicano/a fantasies about them. “Ixta Ponders LeverageBuyout” identifies the woman as the legendary Aztec princess Ixtacihuátl.” – Catriona Rueda Esquibel
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Glenn is a European-American married to a Mexican-American. They have two children made in California. Glenn is interested in progressive immigration reform, and desegregation within schools and communities. He is a life long learner with interests in sociology, anthropology, psychology, history and politics.
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Model Look-alike?
26 May 2012 Leave a Comment
In an attempt to find someone who looks like Carmen Solomons but from the Americas (to put on my Google+) I googled: Carmen Solomons look alike from the Americas and found Cintia Dicker. I know. They don’t look alike. Carmen has darker red hair. Cintia has a narrower nose. However they are both skinny, light skinned, have freckles, and have full lips. Now, you’re asking – where are they from again? Carmen is from South Africa and Cintia is from South America – Brazil to be exact.
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Glenn is a European-American married to a Mexican-American. They have two children made in California. Glenn is interested in progressive immigration reform, and desegregation within schools and communities. He is a life long learner with interests in sociology, anthropology, psychology, history and politics.
Connect to Glenn at CommunityVillage.us
Melungeon DNA Study Reveals Ancestry, Upsets ‘A Whole Lot Of People’
25 May 2012 Leave a Comment
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“NASHVILLE, Tenn. — For years, varied and sometimes wild claims have been made about the origins of a group of dark-skinned Appalachian residents once known derisively as the Melungeons. Some speculated they were descended from Portuguese explorers, or perhaps from Turkish slaves or Gypsies.
Now a new DNA study in the Journal of Genetic Genealogy attempts to separate truth from oral tradition and wishful thinking. The study found the truth to be somewhat less exotic: Genetic evidence shows that the families historically called Melungeons are the offspring of sub-Saharan African men and white women of northern or central European origin.
And that report, which was published in April in the peer-reviewed journal, doesn’t sit comfortably with some people who claim Melungeon ancestry.
“There were a whole lot of people upset by this study,” lead researcher Roberta Estes said. “They just knew they were Portuguese, or Native American.”…
…In recent decades, interest in the origin of the Melungeons has risen dramatically with advances both in DNA research and in the advent of Internet resources that allow individuals to trace their ancestry without digging through dusty archives.
G. Reginald Daniel, a sociologist at the University of California-Santa Barbara who’s spent more than 30 years examining multiracial people in the U.S. and wasn’t part of this research, said the study is more evidence that race-mixing in the U.S. isn’t a new phenomenon.
“All of us are multiracial,” he said. “It is recapturing a more authentic U.S. history.”
Estes and her fellow researchers theorize that the various Melungeon lines may have sprung from the unions of black and white indentured servants living in Virginia in the mid-1600s, before slavery…”
See on www.mixedracestudies.org
“Dancing With The Stars” Winners Send A Message
25 May 2012 Leave a Comment
in Mixed American Life, Photos Tags: Dancing with the Stars, Donald Driver, Peta Murgatroyd
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“Never underestimate the power of imagery. Congratulations to Donald Driver and Peta Murgatroyd for winning this season’s Dancing With The Stars. It makes a difference for America to see couples like this, and there were and have been in the past, other Mixed couples (of course by couples I mean dancing partners). Even when just dance partners though, it shows how normal it is for people of different colors and ethnic groups to bond and have a great time together.
The more we see it, the more normal it is in reality.
So congrats.”
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When a Boy Found a Familiar Feel in a Pat of the Head of State
25 May 2012 Leave a Comment
in Mixed American Life, Photos Tags: President Obama, Washington, West Wing, White House
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“WASHINGTON — For decades at the White House, photographs of the president at work and at play have hung throughout the West Wing, and each print soon gives way to a more recent shot. But one picture of President Obama remains after three years.”
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Interdisciplinary Conference on Race – Monmouth University
24 May 2012 Leave a Comment
in Mixed American Life, Photos Tags: Interdisciplinary Conference, Monmouth University
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THIRD BIENNIAL
Interdisciplinary Conference on Race
THEME: Access and Privilege in Higher Education
DATE: Thursday, November 8 – Saturday, November 10, 2012
VENUE: Monmouth University, West Long Branch, NJ
The primary theme of the third biennial interdisciplinary conference on race at Monmouth University is access and privilege in higher education. Although the main conference theme is specifically related to access and privilege in higher education, we welcome all papers on race in the U.S./global societies from a variety of disciplinary perspectives including history, anthropology, sociology, economics (and labor), education, communication studies, and cultural studies.
SUBTHEMES:
White Privilege in U.S. Society
Whiteness in Global Societies
Race, Gender, Class
Gender and Privilege
SUGGESTED PAPER/PANEL TOPICS:
The History of African American Women in the Ivory Tower
Racism in Higher Education
Women and Family Friendly Issues on the College Campus
Hip Hop in the Classroom
White Male Privilege in Academia
Latina/o Experience and Higher Education
Asian Students and Higher Education
Black Students on Predominantly White Campuses
Access and Privilege in European Institutions of Higher Education
The Mixed Race Category and Diversity Education
Whiteness and U.S. Immigration History
Whiteness and U.S. Labor History
African Americans and the Tenure Process
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Chelsi Smith (African-American/Caucasian)…
23 May 2012 Leave a Comment
in African American, Daily Multiracial, Mixed American Life Tags: 1995 Miss Universe, Chelsi Smith, Miss USA
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Chelsi Smith (African-American/Caucasian) [American]
Known as: 1995 Miss Universe & Miss USA (Modeled for Hawaii Tropic, Jantzen, Pontiac, Venus Swimwear; Appeared on “Martin”, “Due South”, “Playas Ball”, “One Flight Stand”)
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Chelsi Smith (African-American/Caucasian)…
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in African American, Daily Multiracial, Mixed American Life Tags: 1995 Miss Universe, Chelsi Smith, Miss USA
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Chelsi Smith (African-American/Caucasian) [American]
Known as: 1995 Miss Universe & Miss USA (Modeled for Hawaii Tropic, Jantzen, Pontiac, Venus Swimwear; Appeared on “Martin”, “Due South”, “Playas Ball”, “One Flight Stand”)
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Miss Universe 1995 – Chelsi Smith (USA)
23 May 2012 Leave a Comment
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USA’s Chelsi Smith won the Miss Universe crown in Windhoek, Namibia
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