Day: April 2, 2013

  • “Man’s Most Dangerous Myth” was first published in 1942, when Nazism flourished, when African Americans sat at the back of the bus, and when race was considered the determinant of people’s character and intelligence.

  • Assumed Identities: The Meanings of Race in the Atlantic World by John D. Garrigus and Christopher Morris (review) The Americas Volume 69, Number 4, April 2013 pages 532-533 DOI: 10.1353/tam.2013.0017 James Sidbury, Andrew W. Mellon Distinguished Professor of Humanities Rice University John D. Garrigus and Christopher Morris, eds., Assumed Identities: The Meanings of Race in…

  • The Equality of the Human Races University of Illinois Press 2002 (First published in 1885) 536 pages 5.5 x 8 in. 6 black & white photographs, 12 tables Paper ISBN: 978-0-252-07102-7 Anténor Firmin (1850-1911) Translated from the French by: Asselin Charles Introduction by: Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology Rhode Island College Positivist Anthropology This…

  • The Mixed-Blood Racial Strain of Carmel, Ohio and Magoffin County, Kentucky Ohio Journal of Science Volume 50, Number 6 (November 1950) pages 281-290 Edward T. Price, Professor Emeritus of Geography University of Oregon A number of population groups of dark-skinned peoples, recognized as socially distinct in rural localities of eastern United States, are commonly assumed…

  • A Rising Voice: Afro-Latin Americans Miami Herald 2007-06-10 through 2007-06-24 In this series, the black experience is unveiled through a journey: to Nicaragua, where a quiet but powerful civil and cultural rights movement flickers while in neighboring Honduras, the black Garffuna community fights for cultural survival; to the Dominican Republic where African lineage is not…

  • Don Lemon: It only takes one drop Cable News Network (CNN) In America: You define America. What defines you? 2012-01-15 Don Lemon, Anchor CNN Newsroom This piece is part of a three-part series tied to the (1)ne Drop Project. (CNN) – For years, the woman on the left in the photograph below could not be…

  • Passing as Black? Some Initial Thoughts… brianbantum: theology, culture, teaching and life in-between 2010-12-17 Brian Bantum, Assistant Professor of Theology Seattle Pacific University Thomas Chatterton Williams has written an intriguing article highlighting recent trends of multiracial children “passing as black.” If I let myself go I will write a short book on this before I…

  • PHIL 539: Critical Philosophy of Race Pennsylvania State University Summer 2012 The study of philosophical issues raised by racism and by the concept of race and other related concepts. This course provides an intensive examination of a major area of philosophical research: the philosophical examination of racism and of our thinking about race. It will…

  • “La Negrita,” Queen of the Ticos: The Black Roots of Costa Rica’s Patron Saint The Americas Volume 69, Number 3, January 2013 pages 323-355 DOI: 10.1353/tam.2013.0025 Russell Lohse, Assistant Professor of History Pennsylvania State University In sharp contrast to her mestizo and mulatto neighbors, Costa Rica is one of a handful of Latin American countries…

  • When You’re Mixed Race, Just One Box Is Not Enough The Race Card Project: Six-Word Essays National Public Radio 2013-04-02 NPR continues a series of conversations about The Race Card Project, where thousands of people have submitted their thoughts on race and cultural identity in six words. Every so often NPR Host/Special Correspondent Michele Norris…