Category: Articles

  • Does ‘Half Chinese, Half Jewish’ Condemn Me To Being Neither? Forward 2015-08-21 Rachel E. Gross When I was four years old, my father introduced me to his colleague, Jing. “Are you Chinese?” I asked, eyeing her shrewdly. “Yes,” she replied. “So am I,” I said. “And shoe-ish, too!” My father likes to tell this story,…

  • Politics, Opinion and Reality in Black and White: Conceptualizing Postracialism at the Beginning of the 21st Century Revue de Recherche en Civilisation Américaine Number 3 (March 2012): Post-racial America? Lisa Veroni-Paccher, MCF, Civilisation américaine Université Bordeaux Montaigne With the election of the first black president, commentators and pundits said that Americans could now believe that…

  • Mixed Messages: The Role of the Multiracial Character in Children’s Literature theracetoread: Children’s Literature and Issues of Race 2015-08-20 Karen Sands-O’Connor, Professor English Department Buffalo State, The State University of New York, Buffalo, New York In 19th and early 20th century children’s literature, the multiracial character generally evoked one of two responses: fear, or pity.…

  • “Beyond the Binary: Obama’s Hybridity and Post-Racialization.” Revue de Recherche en Civilisation Américaine Number 3 (March 2012): Post-racial America? Kirin Wachter-Grene, Acting Instructor of Literature New York University According to many in the American and international press, the 2008 presidential election of Barack Obama has heralded a possible era of “postracialism” in the United States.…

  • The Politics of Race and Class in the Age of Obama Revue de Recherche en Civilisation Américaine Number 3 (March 2012): Post-racial America? Myra Mendible, Professor of English and Department Chair for Language and Literature Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, Florida This essay explores the revival and misappropriation of identity politics in the age…

  • Dr. Seuss is one of the most beloved children’s authors in America. He also has a rather mixed record on issues of race and diversity.

  • In Conversation: Quentin Tarantino Vulture 2015-08-23 Lane Brown, Culture Editor Midway through postproduction on his eighth movie, the Western THE HATEFUL EIGHT — about a band of outlaws trapped in a saloon during a blizzard — the director discusses the country’s legacy of white supremacy, Obama, and why he doesn’t worry about a Transformers future.…

  • My baby will be mixed race. So why did I automatically think of him as ‘black’? The Guardian 2014-10-14 Victoria Bond I picked a black baby to represent my unborn child on a cake because of my own adherence to the ‘one-drop rule’ My 87-year-old grandmother has a very specific way of saying the word…

  • Psychologists Welcome Analysis Casting Doubt on Their Work The New York Times 2015-08-29 Benedict Carey, Science Reporter The field of psychology sustained a damaging blow Thursday: A new analysis found that only 36 percent of findings from almost 100 studies in the top three psychology journals held up when the original experiments were rigorously redone.…

  • From Okinawa to Hawaii and Back Again What It Means to Be American: Hosted by The Smithsonian and Zócalo Public Square 2015-08-31 Laua Kina, Vincent de Paul Professor of Art, Media, & Design DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois Kibei Nisei, 30 x 45 inches Oil on canvas (2012) A Painter Follows the Currents of Her Family…