Author: Steven

  • White Without Soap: Philanthropy, Caste and Exclusion in Colonial Victoria 1835-1888, A Political Economy of Race University of Melbourne November 2003 328 pages Marguerita Stephens Submitted in total fulfilment of the requirements of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Department of History The thesis explores the connections between nineteenth century imperial anthropology, racial ‘science’, and…

  • Mixed bloods of the Upper Monongahela Valley, West Virginia Washington Academy of Sciences Volume 36, Number 1 (1946-01-15) pages 1-13 Source: Biodiversity Heritage Library William Harlen Gilbert, Jr. Library of Congress We are accustomed to think of West Virginia as a racially homogeneous State populated by Old Americans of English, Scotch, and Scotch-Irish descent with…

  • Half-castes between the Wars: Colonial Categories in New Zealand and Samoa New Zealand Journal of History Volume 34, Number 1 (2000) pages 98-116 Tocolcsulusulu D. Salesa Oriel College, University of Oxford BY THE 1930s ‘half-castes‘ seemed a near-universal product of colonialism. They were a natural outcome of the human activity of procreation, and not a…

  • the changing face of “caucasian” The State 2013-04-21 Adam Rothstein, Insurgent Archivist and Researcher It’s been widely mentioned among a certain set on social media networks that the suspect in the Boston bombings is Chechen, and therefore, “Caucasian.” The good-natured purpose of this being to foil the usual insipid bigotry let loose in similar situations,…

  • Age of First Cigarette, Alcohol, and Marijuana Use Among U.S. Biracial/Ethnic Youth: A Population-Based Study Addictive Behaviors Volume 38, Issue 9, September 2013 pages 2450–2454 DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2013.04.005 Trenette T. Clark, Associate Professor of Social Work University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Otima Doyle, Assistant Professor of Social Work University of Illinois, Chicago Amanda Clincy University…

  • Foreign Bodies: Oceania and the Science of Race 1750–1940 Australian National University Press October 2008 372 pages Paperback ISBN-10: 1921313994; ISBN-13: 978-1921313998 Online ISBN: 9781921536007 Edited by: Bronwen Douglas, Senior Fellow in Pacific and Asian History The Australian National University Chris Ballard, Fellow in Pacific and Asian History The Australian National University From the 18th…

  • AfroAsian Encounters is the first anthology to look at the mutual influence of and relationships between members of the African and Asian diasporas.

  • I hope it is clear that opposing whiteness is not the same as opposing white people. White supremacy is an equal opportunity employer; nonwhite people can become active agents of white supremacy as well as passive participants in its hierarchies and rewards. One way of becoming an insider is by participating in the exclusion of…

  • Brown Babies Germany’s Forgotten Children – Henriette Cain Research at the National Archives & Beyond BlogTalk Radio 2013-01-17 Bernice Bennett, Host Are you searching for your family?  Are you German, Brown and want to learn more about your American or German heritage? Join Henriette Cain Genealogist, Search Consultant and Secretary of the Black German Cultural…

  • Hamilton school board asks aboriginal families to “self identify” CBC News Hamilton 2013-04-19 Taylor Ablett The Hamilton Wentworth District School Board is asking aboriginal families to “self identify” as First Nations, Métis, or Inuit. “We are encouraging families to self-identify because it will enable us to determine programming and supports to increase First Nation, Métis…