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  • A Dialogue on Institutional Colorism and Moving Toward Healing with Dr. Yaba Blay

    A Dialogue on Institutional Colorism and Moving Toward Healing with Dr. Yaba Blay For Harriet 2015-01-28 Kimberly Foster, Editor-in-Chief/Publisher For Harriet is nearly five years old, and I’ve learned there are a few topics that are sure to spark contentious debate. Colorism is one of them. Discussions on colorism provoke strong feelings in Black women,…

  • Growing up biracial — the importance of words

    Growing up biracial — the importance of words The Lincoln Journal Star Lincoln, Nebraska 2015-01-25 Cindy Lange-Kubick, Life columnist She is in the breakroom at Walgreens Thursday morning, getting ready for a seven-hour shift. KaDeja Sangoyele is trying not to cry. She gets emotional, she says. It’s that word — half-breed. “My life was horrible…

  • The Multiple Meanings of Coloured Identity in South Africa

    The Multiple Meanings of Coloured Identity in South Africa Africa Insight Volume 42, Number 1 (2012) Theodore Petrus, Lecturer Department of Sociology & Anthropology Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa Wendy Isaacs-Martin, Political & Governmental Studies Fellow Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa In post-1994, South African identity has taken centre…

  • Review: Nuance-Deprived “Race” Movie ‘Black or White’ is Actually About White Frustration (Opens Friday)

    Review: Nuance-Deprived “Race” Movie ‘Black or White’ is Actually About White Frustration (Opens Friday) Shadow and Act: On Cinema Of The African Diaspora 2015-01-27 Zeba Blay “Black or White” opens nationwide this Friday, January 30, via Relativity… Is it any wonder that a movie as lazily titled as “Black or White” fails to actually tackle…

  • “A Spirit that Nursed a Grievance:” William Plomer’s “The Child of Queen Victoria”

    “A Spirit that Nursed a Grievance:” William Plomer’s “The Child of Queen Victoria” English in Africa Volume 39, Number 2 (2012) DOI: 10.4314/eia.v39i2.7 M Shum When William Plomer’s The Child of Queen Victoria and Other Stories was published by Jonathan Cape in 1933, his literary reputation was well established: he was the author of two…

  • Mutt, Monster or Melting-Pot? Mixed-Race Metaphor and Obama’s Ambivalent Hybridity

    ‘ObamaNation raped & killed 1,000 Christians’…

  • Curly Hair

    Curly Hair Mixed Humans ~ Reflections on occupying a space of inbetweenness. Persistently grappling with identity. 2015-01-26 Brian Kamanzi Cape Town, South Africa My Curly hair. This hair I have on my head has always been something I’ve had to be conscious about. Growing up my soft curls where a marker of my “difference”. Mum…

  • Skin

    Skin Mixed Roots Stories 2015-01-26 Tru Leverette, Associate Professor of English University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida “I wish I had white skin,” my three year-old daughter said, swinging breezily at the park. Gulp. “Why do you say that, Sweetheart?” I asked, outwardly calm but inwardly exclaiming, Shit! What do I do with this? “Because…

  • Thinking Outside the Box: Multiple Identity Mind-Sets Affect Creative Problem Solving

    Thinking Outside the Box: Multiple Identity Mind-Sets Affect Creative Problem Solving Social Psychological and Personality Science Published online before print: 2015-01-27 DOI: 10.1177/1948550614568866 Sarah E. Gaither, Provost’s Career Enhancement Postdoctoral Scholar University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois Jessica D. Remedios, Assistant Professor of Psychology Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts Diana T. Sanchez, Associate Professor of Psychology Rutgers,…

  • Have That Awkward Conversation About Race – And Yes, Whiteness Too

    Have That Awkward Conversation About Race – And Yes, Whiteness Too KUOW 94.9 FM Seattle, Washington 2014-12-24 Jamala Henderson, Morning Newscaster/Reporter Protests over high profile police shootings have renewed calls to discuss police treatment of African-Americans – and talk about race relations in general. But how do we have those difficult and often awkward conversations?…