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  • How beliefs in biological differences can undergird racial and policy attitudes

    How beliefs in biological differences can undergird racial and policy attitudes The London School of Economics and Political Science 2015-08-24 W. Carson Byrd, Assistant Professor of Pan-African Studies University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky Beliefs in biological differences between racial groups linger in both scientific and public discourse. Recent advances in genetics and genomics influence public…

  • White on Paper

    White on Paper Those People 2015-08-20 John Metta My sister opening presents while I try to steal the show. Just ordinary Black children having a birthday party, unconscionably ignoring dominant stereotypes. In June, Rachel Dolezal, an activist and former president of the NAACP chapter in Spokane, was outed by her parents as being a white…

  • Race in the US: What if your identity was a lie?

    Race in the US: What if your identity was a lie? Al Jazeera Magazine 2015-08-21 John Metta “There are no qualifiers to my blackness, and I will never again be Not Black Enough. I am a black man, and I am angry.” My father’s anger was a storm. Like many other boys, I was carefree…

  • Biological Determinism and Racial Essentialism

    Biological Determinism and Racial Essentialism The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science Volume 661, Number 1, September 2015 pages 8-22 DOI: 10.1177/0002716215591476 W. Carson Byrd, Assistant Professor of Pan-African Studies University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky Matthew W. Hughey, Professor of Sociology University of Connecticut In August 2012, nine months after being…

  • The Risks of Turning Races Into Genes

    The Risks of Turning Races Into Genes The Huffington Post 2015-08-20 Matthew W. Hughey, Professor of Sociology University of Connecticut From 22-25 August, sociologists from around the nation and world will descend upon the Windy City of Chicago to discuss sundry issues as they participate in the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association. One…

  • On Martha’s Vineyard, black elites ponder the past year

    On Martha’s Vineyard, black elites ponder the past year Politico 2015-08-22 Sara Wheaton, White House Reporter As Obama vacations on the island, an upper-class gathering grapples with a year of unrest. EDGARTOWN, Mass. – For America’s black elite, this year’s seasonal sojourn to Martha’s Vineyard turned into a soul-searching retreat. The shooting of a young,…

  • Tony Gleaton: Photographing The African Story Across The Americas

    Tony Gleaton: Photographing The African Story Across The Americas Code Switch: Frontiers of Race, Culture and Ethnicity National Public Radio 2015-08-23 Karen Grigsby Bates Photographer Tony Gleaton died last Friday after struggling with a particularly aggressive cancer for 18 months. He was working, signing prints, talking to museums (several have his work in their collections,…

  • On the use of “Slave Mistress”

    On the use of “Slave Mistress” AAIHS: African American Intellectual History Society 2015-08-21 Emily Owens The passing of the great civil-rights leader Julian Bond earlier this week ignited a firestorm of activity on Twitter. Historians of African American women’s history noticed and commented on something suspect in Bond’s obituary, a brief line embedded within: in…

  • Why Right-Wing Bloggers Are Desperate To Prove Biracial People Aren’t Black

    Why Right-Wing Bloggers Are Desperate To Prove Biracial People Aren’t Black Think Progress 2015-08-21 Aviva Shen, Senior Editor Shaun King, right, addresses the controversy over his racial identity. Right-wing media has been abuzz over the past few weeks with rumors that Black Lives Matter activist and writer Shaun King is not actually black. Breitbart and…

  • In Questions Over Shaun King’s Race, Activists See Challenge to Black Lives Matter Movement

    In Questions Over Shaun King’s Race, Activists See Challenge to Black Lives Matter Movement The New York Times 2015-08-21 Katie Rogers, Senior Staff Editor A prominent Black Lives Matter activist who has been accused of lying about his race was forced to discuss deeply personal issues after reporters pointed out that the father named on…