michael
dixon

Writing

In The Middle: Perceptions of Bi-Racial Identity as it Relates to "Blackness," "Whiteness," and "Otherness"

Suggested Books

Bell Hooks
Black Looks: Race and Representation
Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom

W.T. Lhamon Jr.
Raising Cain: Blackface Performance from Jim Crow to Hip Hop

John Strausbaugh
Black Like You: Blackface, Whiteface, Insult and Imitation in American Popular Culture

F. James Davis
Who Is Black? One Nation's Definition

Joel Williamson
New People: Miscegentation and Mulattoes in the United States

Kathy Russell, Midge Wilson, and Ronald Hall
The Color Complex: The Politics of Skin Color Among African Americans

Audre Lorde
Sister Outsider

Beverly Daniel Tatum, PH.D.
"Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?"

Joseph Boskin
Sambo: The Rise and Demise of An American Jester

Paula S. Rothenberg
White Privilege: Essential Readings on the Other Side of Racism

Jill Olumide
Raiding the Gene Pool: The Social Construction of Mixed Race

Suggested Essays

White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack