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  • The Birth of the Mestizo in New Spain The Hispanic American Historical Review Volume 19, Number 2 (May, 1939) pages 161-184 C. E. Marshall No colonizing nation of modern times has had, perhaps, a more interesting and significant history than Spain in the new world. Protestant commercial England in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries built…

  • Criollo, Mestizo, Mulato, LatiNegro, Indígena, White, or Black? The US Hispanic/Latino Population and Multiple Responses in the 2000 Census American Journal of Public Health Volume 90, Number 11 (November 2000) pages 1724-1727 Hortensia Amaro, Distinguished Professor of Health Sciences and of Counseling Psychology Bouve College of Health Sciences Northeastern University Ruth E. Zambrana, Profesor of Womens…

  • The Racial Distribution of Nephritis and Hypertension in Panama The American Journal of Pathology Volume 21, Number 6 (November 1945) pages 1031-1046 Carl E. Taylor In Panama a large scale natural experiment on the pathogenesis of human hypertension awaits scientific interpretation. The studies of Kean and of Marvin and Smith have demonstrated the presence of fairly…

  • For Asian-American Couples, a Tie That Binds The New York Times 2012-03-30 Rachel L. Swarns WHEN she was a philosophy student at Harvard College eight years ago, Liane Young never thought twice about all the interracial couples who flitted across campus, arm and arm, hand in hand. Most of her Asian friends had white boyfriends…

  • Religion and Racial Identity in the Movimento Negro of the Roman Catholic Church in Brazil Iliff School of Theology and The University of Denver (Colorado Seminary) June 1995 302 pages Alan Doyle Myatt A Dissertation Presented to the Faculties of The Iliff School of Theology and The University of Denver (Colorado Seminary) In Partial Fulfillment…

  • The Shifting Race-Consciousness Matrix and the Multiracial Category Movement: A Critical Reply to Professor Hernandez Boston College Third World Law Journal Volume 20, Issue 2 (May 2000) pages 231-289 Reginald Leamon Robinson, Professor of Law Howard University In this article, the author posits that race as an idea begins with consciousness that reinforces that race…

  • Berlin Film Festival: Critics hail new Bob Marley documentary The Telegraph 2012-02-16 Critics at the Berlin Film Festival have been unanimous in their praise of Kevin Macdonald’s new documentary ‘Marley’, which some have called the definitive biography of the reggae singer. Oscar-winning documentary maker Kevin Macdonald has made what critics are calling the definitive biography…

  • Carolina Genesis: Beyond the Color Line Backintyme Publishing April 2010 258 pages Paperback ISBN: 9780939479320 Edited by Scott Withrow Borderlands of “Racial” Identity Some Americans pretend that a watertight line separates the “races.” But most know that millions of mixed-heritage families crossed from one “race” to another over the past four centuries. Every essay in…

  • Black Orpheus and the Merging of two Brazilian Nations European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies Number 71, October 2001 pages 107-115 Myrian Sepúlveda dos Santos, Associate Professor of Sociology State University of Rio de Janeiro The second cinematic remake of the play ‘Orfeu da Conceição’ has sparked a new debate among filmmakers and…

  • The “Americanization” of Racial Identity in Brazil: Recent Experiments with Affirmative Action in a “Racial Democracy” Journal of International Policy Solutions Volume 5 (Spring 2006) pages 5-25 Ana Pagano In 2001, the Brazilian Ministry of Agrarian Development surprised the international community by implementing an affirmative action program. The program, which was the first of its…