The Legacy of Racial Passing and the Rise of Multiracialism on the November 12th 'Left of Black'

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In her new book, <i><a href="http://www.clearlyinvisiblebook.com/a... Invisible: Racial Passing and the Color of Cultural Identity</a></i> (Baylor University Press), <b>Marcia Dawkins</b>, a professor in the Annenberg School of Communications at the University of Southern California provides a fresh take on the practice arguing that passing in the contemporary moment transcends racial performance.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times;">Dawkins talks about her new book with <b>Left of Black</b> host and <b>Duke University</b> Professor <b>Mark Anthony Neal</b>, via Skype.  Neal is also joined by University of Washington Professor <b>Habiba Ibrahim</b>for part one of a two-part interview about her new book <i><a href="http://www.upress.umn.edu/book-divisi... the Family: The Promise of Personhood and the Rise of Multiracialism</a></i>(University of Minnesota Press) in which she links the rise of Multiracialism in the 1990s to the maintenance of traditional gender norms.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times;">***</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times;"><a href="http://leftofblack.tumblr.com/"&... of Black</a> airs at 1:30 p.m. (EST) on Mondays on the Ustream channel:<a href="http://tinyurl.com/LeftofBlack"&... class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times;">Viewers are invited to participate in a Twitter conversation with Neal and featured guests while the show airs using hash tags #LeftofBlack or #dukelive.  </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times;">Left of Black is recorded and produced at the John Hope Franklin Center of International and Interdisciplinary Studies at Duke University.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times;">***</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times;">Follow Left of Black on Twitter: @LeftofBlack</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times;">Follow Mark Anthony Neal on Twitter: @NewBlackMan</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times;">Follow Marcia Dawkins on Twitter: @drdawkins09</span></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com...' alt='' /></div>