Erica Childs -- "expert" subject
Erica Childs of Fordham would also be great as she studies extensiveely interracial relationships and patterns. However, I also think that we need to get the academic heavy weights weighing in-- hooks, west, et. al. ... The distributor that I was talking to said that they would almost guarantee you having a higher sale.
This is an abstract from a talk that Erica gave entitled Interracial Violence: An Analysis of Oppositional Responses to Interracial Couples:
-From its inception in slavery and the economy of the American South, relations between blacks and whites have been closely monitored and restricted. Historically, legal statutes were used to prevent interracial unions from occurring, especially between black men and white women. Those involved in interracial relationships were jailed, whipped, beaten and lynched: more specifically black men were frequently lynched, castrated, and even whole black communities were destroyed over the rumor or implication of an interracial sexual encounter. Therefore, lynchings and random killings of blacks were common throughout the early twentieth century and even during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. In contemporary American society, those involved in an interracial relationship (or in certain cases, even those believed to be in an interracial relationship) often experience verbal harassment and violent opposition. A case study of recent incidents where individuals where brutalized and even killed, such as the Yusuf Hawkins murder, the 1994 Long Island beating of a black man, and other less publicized cases will be used to illustrate the violence that interracial couplings still invoke. Qualitative interviews with interracial couples will also be used to reveal how the everyday experiences of interracial couples often include oppositional reactions as well as verbal and physical harassment.
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I do extensive research on the topic of interracial
dating/marriage/sexuality etc. and this university is the only one I know of
that has a policy that they openly admit to. Though through my research I
have come across other schools where multiple students argue that their
interracial marriage or relationship caused them to be discriminated against
or mistreated by the faculty and/or institution in some way or another. For
example, Brigham Young University suspended an African-American student from
the BYU football team because he engaged in premarital sex which is a
violation of the Mormon code of conduct. According to this player, as well
as others, most players are sexually active, but the fact that this black
player had a white girlfriend was a factor in his being disciplined when
others were not. So it is not that uncommon for individuals to encounter
problems on college campuses due to an interracial relationship.
Erica Childs
Fordham University
chito@murray.fordham.edu
This is an abstract from a talk that Erica gave entitled Interracial Violence: An Analysis of Oppositional Responses to Interracial Couples:
-From its inception in slavery and the economy of the American South, relations between blacks and whites have been closely monitored and restricted. Historically, legal statutes were used to prevent interracial unions from occurring, especially between black men and white women. Those involved in interracial relationships were jailed, whipped, beaten and lynched: more specifically black men were frequently lynched, castrated, and even whole black communities were destroyed over the rumor or implication of an interracial sexual encounter. Therefore, lynchings and random killings of blacks were common throughout the early twentieth century and even during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. In contemporary American society, those involved in an interracial relationship (or in certain cases, even those believed to be in an interracial relationship) often experience verbal harassment and violent opposition. A case study of recent incidents where individuals where brutalized and even killed, such as the Yusuf Hawkins murder, the 1994 Long Island beating of a black man, and other less publicized cases will be used to illustrate the violence that interracial couplings still invoke. Qualitative interviews with interracial couples will also be used to reveal how the everyday experiences of interracial couples often include oppositional reactions as well as verbal and physical harassment.
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I do extensive research on the topic of interracial
dating/marriage/sexuality etc. and this university is the only one I know of
that has a policy that they openly admit to. Though through my research I
have come across other schools where multiple students argue that their
interracial marriage or relationship caused them to be discriminated against
or mistreated by the faculty and/or institution in some way or another. For
example, Brigham Young University suspended an African-American student from
the BYU football team because he engaged in premarital sex which is a
violation of the Mormon code of conduct. According to this player, as well
as others, most players are sexually active, but the fact that this black
player had a white girlfriend was a factor in his being disciplined when
others were not. So it is not that uncommon for individuals to encounter
problems on college campuses due to an interracial relationship.
Erica Childs
Fordham University
chito@murray.fordham.edu
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