Association of Mixed Students

02/23/2016

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

04/28/2015

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)!

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

12/12/2014

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 - 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

12/12/2014

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

11/23/2014

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 at a school in Virginia aren't happy with how one teacher used social media. Amy Strickland, the assistant principal at Booker T....

11/13/2014

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

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...

11/13/2014

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

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.

11/13/2014

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!

11/12/2014

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

10/30/2014

"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/

Data show that for most white Americans, none of their best friends are black.

10/30/2014

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/

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.