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  • Hiding Black Behind the Ears: On Dominicans, Blackness, and Haiti

    Hiding Black Behind the Ears: On Dominicans, Blackness, and Haiti Gawker 2015-07-25 Roberto C. Garcia The first friend I made in Elizabeth, New Jersey was a white kid named Billy. As a New York transplant my Dominicano look wasn’t too popular with Jersey folk. I had an afro, wore dress pants, a collared shirt, and…

  • Jose Antonio Vargas on Donald Trump, Rachel Dolezal and His MTV Documentary, ‘White People’

    Jose Antonio Vargas on Donald Trump, Rachel Dolezal and His MTV Documentary, ‘White People’ The New York Times 2015-07-22 Jonathan Wolfe Jose Antonio Vargas is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and immigration activist. His new documentary “White People,” which airs tonight on MTV, follows Mr. Vargas as he travels the country speaking to young people about…

  • It’s Impossible to Lie About Your Race

    It’s Impossible to Lie About Your Race The Huffington Post 2015-07-01 Ann Morning, Associate Professor of Sociology New York University There’s an important question being left out of the furor over charges that Rachel Dolezal, the former head of the NAACP’s Spokane chapter, has been “lying” about her race: How can you lie about something…

  • New UW center to encourage race, diversity dialogue

    New UW center to encourage race, diversity dialogue The Seattle Times 2015-07-12 Katherine Long, Seattle Times higher education reporter Ralina Joseph is the new director of the University of Washington’s Center for Communication, Difference, and Equity. (Ellen M. Banner/The Seattle Times) A new center at the University of Washington aims to help people figure out…

  • “We Are Not Racists, We Are Mexicans”: Privilege, Nationalism and Post-Race Ideology in Mexico

    “We Are Not Racists, We Are Mexicans”: Privilege, Nationalism and Post-Race Ideology in Mexico Critical Sociology Published online before print 2015-06-18 DOI: 10.1177/0896920515591296 Mónica G. Moreno Figueroa, Lecturer in Sociology University of Cambridge, United Kingdom Emiko Saldívar, Associate Project Scientist Department of Anthropology University of California, Santa Barbara This article analyses the conflicting understandings surrounding…

  • Rutgers Takes a Yearlong Look at Race, Place and Space in the Americas

    Rutgers Takes a Yearlong Look at Race, Place and Space in the Americas Rutgers Today Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey 2011-10-21 Carrie Stetler History professors Ann Fabian, left, and Mia Bay have been awarded a $175,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to explore how place has impacted the role of race…

  • Douglas Todd: Mixed unions applauded by some, but dismissed by others as brownwashing

    Douglas Todd: Mixed unions applauded by some, but dismissed by others as brownwashing The Vancouver Sun Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 2015-07-24 Douglass Todd, Vancouver Sun columnist Ethnically mixed couples — involving whites, blacks, Japanese, Hispanics, Chinese, South Asians or others — were heralded not long ago as the wave of a tolerant, open, non-racist future.…

  • Thinking ‘Post-Racial’ Ideology Transnationally: The Contemporary Politics of Race and Indigeneity in the Americas

    Thinking ‘Post-Racial’ Ideology Transnationally: The Contemporary Politics of Race and Indigeneity in the Americas Critical Sociology Published online before print 2015-07-03 DOI: 10.1177/0896920515591175 Alexandre Emboaba Da Costa, Assistant Professor, Theoretical, Cultural and International Studies in Education University of Alberta, Canada This article introduces the special issue on post-racial ideologies and politics in the Americas. It…

  • Layers of Meaning in Mr. Obama’s Kenya Trip

    Layers of Meaning in Mr. Obama’s Kenya Trip The New York Times 2015-07-23 The Editorial Board Nairobi, Kenya (Credit: Ben Curtis/Associated Press) There often comes a time in the lives of Americans when they feel drawn to explore their roots, a quest that might take them on a pilgrimage to the “old country,” whether County…

  • On Being Biracial and Affirmative Action: Where Do I Fit in?

    On Being Biracial and Affirmative Action: Where Do I Fit in? Skirt Collective 2015-07-23 Shannon Luders-Manuel Los Angeles, California Abigail Fisher, a white student who was denied entrance to the University of Austin, Texas [University of Texas, Austin], is taking her case to the Supreme Court, calling the decision a clear result of affirmative action.…