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  • Are There Human Races? The Evolutionary Biology—Or Not—Of Race

    From the Age of Exploration—beginning at the end of the Middle Ages—Europeans and their descendants legitimated their imperialist expansion ideologically by seeing non-European people through the lens of a racial worldview. Wherever Europeans colonized, and for differing lengths of time, you saw the usurpation of power and territory at the expense of indigenous people who…

  • Quadroons for Beginners: Discussing the Suppressed and Sexualized History of Free Women of Color with Author Emily Clark

    As an American, I follow my roots like trails across the globe. My mother is from Kansas and is of German descent, and my deceased father was black with roots in North Carolina, and before then, Africa. Arguably you can trace all of us back to Africa. But my parents’ union created me: a black…

  • N.Y. mayor’s race front-runner cast as a ‘socialist redistributionist’

    N.Y. mayor’s race front-runner cast as a ‘socialist redistributionist’ The Christian Science Monitor 2013-09-04 Harry Bruinius, Staff writer Democrat Bill de Blasio, the most liberal major candidate in the New York City mayor’s race, is leading polls ahead of the Sept. 10 primary. Republicans sense an opportunity. The surprising ascendancy of New York City Public…

  • The New New Thing, Again

    The New New Thing, Again MPG: unofficial thoughts, whimsical critiques, and occasional cultural commentary 2013-02-08 Matthew Pratt Guterl, Professor of Africana studies and American studies Brown University Someone referred to mixed race children as particularly “beautiful” the other day, and it made me think of this: In 1993, the cover of Time magazine featured a…

  • Walking While Black in the ‘White Gaze’

    Walking While Black in the ‘White Gaze’ The New York Times 2013-09-01 George Yancy, Professor of Philosophy Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania “Man, I almost blew you away!” Those were the terrifying words of a white police officer — one of those who policed black bodies in low income areas in North Philadelphia in the late…

  • Let’s Learn From the Past: Cumberland Posey Jr.

    Let’s Learn From the Past: Cumberland Posey Jr. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2013-08-29 Michele Sneddon, History Center Communications Assistant As a standout player, manager and owner, Cumberland Willis Posey Jr. built the Homestead Grays into one of the most successful franchises in Negro League baseball history. Born on June 20, 1890, Posey grew up in a…

  • The Social Evolution of the Term “Half-Caste” in Britain: The Paradox of its Use as Both Derogatory Racial Category and Self-Descriptor

    The Social Evolution of the Term “Half-Caste” in Britain: The Paradox of its Use as Both Derogatory Racial Category and Self-Descriptor Journal of Historical Sociology Volume 26, Issue 4 (December 2013) pages 503–526 DOI: 10.1111/johs.12033 Peter J. Aspinall, Emeritus Reader in Population Health University of Kent, UK The term “half-caste” had its origins in nineteenth…

  • Making the Chinese Mexican: Global Migration, Localism, and Exclusion in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands [DeLeón Review]

    Making the Chinese Mexican: Global Migration, Localism, and Exclusion in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands [DeLeón Review] Journal of American History Volume 99, Issue 4 (March 2013) page 1284 DOI: 10.1093/jahist/jas678 Arnoldo DeLeón, Professor of History Angelo State University, San Angelo Texas Making the Chinese Mexican: Global Migration, Localism, and Exclusion in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands. By Grace…

  • Return to the rainforest: A son’s search for his Amazonian mother

    Return to the rainforest: A son’s search for his Amazonian mother BBC News Magazine 2013-08-28 William Kremer BBC World Service David Good’s parents come from different countries – hardly unusual in the US where he was raised. But the 25-year-old’s family is far from ordinary – while his father is American, his mother is a…

  • Thomas Cole: Reading the Paintings from The Last of the Mohicans

    Thomas Cole: Reading the Paintings from The Last of the Mohicans James Fenimore Cooper Society Website Oneonta College, State University of New York July 2013 Roberta Gray Katz DePaul University Presented at the 18th Cooper Seminar, James Fenimore Cooper: His Country and His Art at the State University of New York College at Oneonta, July,…