Eden Zekarias describes the many challenges she has faced at the University of Virginia.
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Beyond Biracial: When Blackness Is a Small, Nearly Invisible Fraction
In the past, these Americans would have been labeled “quadroons” or “octoroons.” Today their options are so much broader. What can they teach us about race in 2014 and in the future?
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Who Was the Real Dido Elizabeth Belle?
100 Amazing Facts about the Negro: What historical records say about the mixed-race heroine of a new film.
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Racist Death Threats Spray-Painted on Interracial Couple’s Home
A mixed-race Pittsburgh couple woke to find “Die Nigger” and swastikas spray-painted on the garage door of their home.
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Interracial Dating: Rutgers University Students Ranked No. 1
When it comes to interracial dating in college, the New Jersey school apparently leads the nation.
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Halle Berry’s Baby and the Resurgence of the Tragic Mulatto
The furor caused by Berry’s assertion that her daughter is black reminds us how confused Americans remain about race.
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German Brown Babies Search for Their Roots
Via Scoop.it – Mixed American Life
Documentaries profile children born to German mothers and African-American fathers in the years after World War II. …
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