Category: United Kingdom

  • Some Anthropological Characteristics of Anglo-Negro Children The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland Volume 73, Numbers 1/2 (1943) pages 57-73 K. L. Little, M.A., Ph.D. The Duckworth Laboratory University Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge I. Introduction Although fairly large Negro communities have been in existence in Liverpool, Cardiff, London…

  • A Color Problem in England The Journal of the American Medical Association Volume 95, Number 3 (1930-07-19) Foreign Letters: London Letter pages 210-211 DOI: 10.1001/jama.1930.02720030040020 From Our Regular Correspondent (1930-06-21) There is no color line in England such as exists in America. This does not mean that the English do not appreciate differences of race.…

  • Upfront (With Guests Mark Christian and Anna Rothery) Upfront BBC Radio: Merseyside 2012-06-02 Phina Oruche, Host Guests Mark Christian, Professor & Chair of African & African American Studies Lehman College, City University of New York Anna Rothery, Councillor Liverpool City Council, Princes Park Ward Host Phina Oruche discusses the current state of the African diaspora…

  • The Hypocrisy of the “Pigmentocracy” Trotter Review Volume 7, Issue 2 (1993) A Special Issue on the Political and Social Relations Between Communities of Color Article 9 4 pages Lucas Rivera The City Sun The following article is excerpted and reprinted with permission of the author and was originally published in two parts in the…

  • Runnymede film nominated for Limelight Award Runnymede Trust 2012-05-10 Clench, a Runnymede short film written and directed by Riffat Ahmed, has been nominated in the Best Drama category at this year’s Limelight Film Awards, to be held on 14 June 2012.   Made as part of the Generation 3.0 project, the film tells the story…

  • Children of the banished dragon The Daily Post Liverpool, England 2006-01-23 Lew Baxter Lew Baxter reports on a shameful episode after World War II when Chinese sailors who had risked their lives for Britain were deported back to China, many leaving behind distraught British wives and children. Even 60 years later, tears and trauma trail…

  • Eurasians: The First British Born Chinese? DimSum: The British Chinese community website 2007-06-30 Yvonne Foley I am a Eurasian.  I am the daughter of an English mother and a Shanghai father.  In traditional Chinese culture, having a Chinese father, I am regarded as being Chinese. I am part of a community that has been around…

  • Mixed heritage voices – Multiple identities, varied experiences, diverse views British Association for Adoption & Fostering Woburn House Conference Centre 20 Tavistock Square London WC1H 9HQ 2012-11-29, 10:00-16:00Z One in ten people in the UK define themselves as mixed heritage, and it seems that young people think it is ‘cool’ to be ‘mixed’. But what…

  • The Politics of Loving Blackness in the UK University of Birmingham March 2010 336 pages Lisa Amanda Palmer A thesis submitted to The University of Birmingham For the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (Department of American and Canadian Studies) Can ‘loving blackness’ become a new discourse for anti-racism in the UK and the broader black…

  • African-Scottish families A North East Story: Scotland, Africa and Slavery in the Caribbean 2008 This exhibition has been organised by an Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire Bicentenary Committee to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Britain’s outlawing of the African slave trade in 1807. It follows on from a service of commemoration and a series of public lectures…