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  • What is at the Root of White Anxiety?

    What is at the Root of White Anxiety? Three-Fifths: Voice of Clarity 2021-10-08 Frank Robinson Austin, Texas The most recent US Census reports a significant decline in the white population, while non-white and mixed-race categories notably increased. Researchers anticipate a reduction of white wealth and power. They expect this to trigger gerrymandering efforts while giving…

  • Coast Guard: Wreck found in Atlantic is storied cutter Bear

    BOSTON — The wreck of a storied military ship that served in two World Wars, performed patrols in waters off Alaska for decades, and at one point was captained by the first Black man to command a U.S. government vessel has been found, the Coast Guard said Thursday.

  • ‘People Assume I’m White. This is The Racism I See’

    ‘People Assume I’m White. This is The Racism I See’ Newsweek 2021-10-14 Nikki Barthelmess Nikki Barthelmess’ parents were Mexican American and Jewish, but people often assume she is white, not Mexican American. Nikki Barthelmess A few months ago, I answered a knock at my door. My neighbor, James*, launched into a complaint. “That silver Honda…

  • Jeremiah Paprocki becomes Cubs’ first African American public-address announcer

    There’s a booming new voice in Wrigleyville, and it belongs to 21-year-old Jeremiah Paprocki. The Cubs hired Paprocki to be their new public-address announcer, making him the first African American in team history to hold the position. He also is thought to be the youngest P.A. announcer in Major League Baseball.

  • Beyond being either-or: identification of multiracial and multiethnic Japanese

    Beyond being either-or: identification of multiracial and multiethnic Japanese Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies Volume 47, 2021 – Issue 4: Special Issue: Re-constructing Ways of Belonging: Cross-country Experiences of Multiethnic and Multiracial People pages 802-820 DOI: 10.1080/1369183X.2019.1654155 Sayaka Osanami Törngren Malmö Institute for Studies of Migration, Diversity and Welfare Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden Yuna…

  • Single Race

    Single Race Scary Mixed: Because Being Mixed Isn’t Scary Enough A Dafina Moore Site2020-09-17 Dafina Moore Single race privilege is not understanding I am not a single race. Single race privilege is trying to make me pick one of those races and not understanding why that is difficult. Single race privilege is trying to explain…

  • Confronting Anti-Blackness in “Colorblind” Cuba

    In the 1960s, Fidel Castro’s revolutionary Communist government claimed to have eradicated racism in Cuba. An anthropologist explores how racial hierarchies persist despite these official narratives, shaping family dynamics and significantly limiting opportunities for Afro-Cubans.

  • The Myth of Asian American Identity

    We’re the fastest-growing demographic group in the U.S. But when it comes to the nation’s racial and ethnic divisions, where do we fit in?

  • Very Little Is Keeping Doctors From Using Racist Health Formulas

    If nothing in medicine changes, it’s just a matter of time before yet another race-based risk calculator harms people of color.

  • The children born to Black American GIs and white British women during Second World War

    The children, who came to be known by the British press as the nation’s “Brown Babies”, grew up in post-war Britain