Association of Mixed Students

Thank you so much to everyone who came out for our Loving Week dance, Peace Love Fusion!

Mixed has free cardinals tickets for tonight and there are still some left! If you're interested, sign up here https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1CQsmC0Vj6MWUcttQXpua8oBNaHmH7y-nEKVnuY64LVo/viewform?usp=send_form and meet us in the Village House at 6:15. Everyone is welcome (even those who haven't attended previous events)!

Cardinals Ticket Sign Up Tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis. We will contact you with more details of where and when to meet soon. :D

Have you had a similar experience? Share your experiences with us.
http://www.insightintodiversity.com/race-ethnicity/a-mixed-bag-examining-the-college-experience-of-multi-racial-students-by-andrea-williams

A Mixed Bag Examining the College Experience of Multi-Racial Students - By Andrea Williams -... A Mixed Bag Examining the College Experience of Multi-Racial Students - By Andrea Williams - Race & Ethnicity To most American youth, college is the requisite rite of passage into adulthood, an experience marked as much by self-exploration and discovery a

For those who might be interested in the census...
http://www.civilrights.org/publications/reports/census-report-2014/race-and-ethnicity-in-the-2020-census.html

Race and Ethnicity in the 2020 Census: Improving Data to Capture a Multiethnic America Race and Ethnicity in the 2020 Census: Improving Data to Capture a Multiethnic America

More proof that racism and discrimination are still prevalent in our society...

http://www.aol.com/article/2014/11/19/students-protest-assistant-principal-s-retweet/20995962/?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00001348

Students protest assistant principal's retweet - AOL.com Students at a school in Virginia aren't happy with how one teacher used social media. Amy Strickland, the assistant principal at Booker T....

In the last year, reports have shown that the number of people in Britain reporting a mixed race ethnic background has doubled to 1.2 million.
http://www.economist.com/news/britain/21595908-rapid-rise-mixed-race-britain-changing-neighbourhoodsand-perplexing

Into the melting pot ZADIE SMITH, a novelist born to a black Jamaican mother and a white British father, recently recalled that when she was growing up in Willesden Green, a London...

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2006/sep/06/guardiansocietysupplement1

Absent voices Mixed race is the UK's fastest growing ethnic minority group, idealised by the media as the exotic, 'acceptable face' of diversity. But the reality, says Laura Smith, is rather different.

Thank you for all who came out tonight! We had a fun time eating and chatting with you all!

Look out for our study break event during finals weeks!

Don't forget about the faculty dinner today! Be there or be square!

"Another factor is our tendency to seek out and associate with people who are similar to us in any number of ways - religiously, politically, economically and, yes, racially, too. The polite term for this phenomenon is "sorting," and it affects everything from political polarization to income inequality to the racial differences in friend networks seen above."

How does the modern mixed American fall into this phenomenon of sorting? What implications do mostly homogenous social circles have on our society?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/08/25/three-quarters-of-whites-dont-have-any-non-white-friends/

Three quarters of whites don’t have any non-white friends Data show that for most white Americans, none of their best friends are black.

In*******al marriage as a political strategy in China. Your thoughts?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/09/01/chinas-campaign-for-mixed-marriages-spreads-to-troubled-xinjiang/

China’s campaign for mixed marriages spreads to troubled Xinjiang Some districts in the troubled region reportedly offer cash rewards to couples from different ethnic groups who marry, as part of an “inter-ethnic fusion” strategy.