“…The current liberal discourse sets up TR/IR families as “celebrations of diversity” or the “promise of the future,” but this is problematic for several reasons…”

(thanks daddyinastrangeland!) “The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation awarded Richeson a $500,000 “genius grant” Monday. With techniques including surveys and MRI brain imaging, she studies interactions between races…”

Fascinating post about Camp Coffee’s attempts to modernize its Sikh manservant/English soldier label. “If you’re a CEO of an iconic brand, do you modernize the branding of your product if it is associated with a country’s racist history? If so, how do

“…just accepting more minority doctoral students is not enough. They need to be respected, listened to, and deliberately integrated into the department and program…”

I would add a few things to Rachel’s excellent framework that I’ve noticed apply in articles about international adoption [as well as those about domestic, transracial adoption]. First of all, the articles will describe the conditions of the child’s

As an adopted child, Sarah Culberson dreamed about what her birth parents looked like and where they came from. But it wasn’t until she turned 28 that she finally learned what she’d inherited from her biological father: deep-set brown eyes, a wide smile a

“…Today, in “Living while Mixed,” we discuss the role of mixed-race identity in general, and mixed-desiness in particular, in shaping our experiences in American society…”

“…The stars of Chris Chan Lee’s Undoing, Russell Wong and Sung Kang are the contemporary representations of Asian American masculinity in Hollywood, be it by devouring watermelons salaciously or getting phone numbers the hard way…”