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  • The United States of the United Races: a rejoinder

    The United States of the United Races: a rejoinder Ethnic and Racial Studies Volume 37, Issue 10, 2014 Special Issue: Ethnic and Racial Studies Review pages 1857-1861 DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2014.932414 Greg Carter, Associate Professor of History University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee I respond to a review by C. Matthew Snipp, revisiting how my book connects abolitionist leanings…

  • Utopian visions of racial admixture

    Utopian visions of racial admixture Ethnic and Racial Studies Volume 37, Issue 10, 2014 Special Issue: Ethnic and Racial Studies Review pages 1847-1851 DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2014.932409 C. Matthew Snipp, Burnet C. and Mildred Finley Wohlford Professor of Sociology Stanford University, Palo Alto, California Carter, Greg, The United States of the United Races: A Utopian History of…

  • The collection of race-based data in the USA: a call for radical change

    The collection of race-based data in the USA: a call for radical change Ethnic and Racial Studies Volume 37, Issue 10, 2014 Special Issue: Ethnic and Racial Studies Review pages 1839-1846 DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2014.932407 Peter Aspinall, Emeritus Reader in Population Health University of Kent, United Kingdom Carter, Greg, The United States of the United Races: A Utopian…

  • “What Are You?”: Racial Ambiguity, Stigma, and the Racial Formation Project

    “What Are You?”: Racial Ambiguity, Stigma, and the Racial Formation Project Deviant Behavior Volume 35, Issue 12, 2014 pages 1006-1022 DOI: 10.1080/01639625.2014.901081 Tiffanie Grier, Career Placement Director & Garden to Groceries Project Director Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Memphis, Memphis Tennessee Carol Rambo, Associate Professor of Sociology University of Memphis, Memphis Tennessee Marshall A.…

  • And you thought we had moved beyond all that: biological race returns to the social sciences

    And you thought we had moved beyond all that: biological race returns to the social sciences Ethnic and Racial Studies Volume 37, Issue 10, 2014 Special Issue: Ethnic and Racial Studies Review pages 1676-1685 DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2014.931992 Ann Morning, Associate Professor of Sociology New York University Recently, sociologists have argued in high-profile journals that racial categories…

  • “Everyone Knows It’s a Social Construct”: Contemporary Science and the Nature of Race

    “Everyone Knows It’s a Social Construct”: Contemporary Science and the Nature of Race Sociological Focus Volume 40, Issue 4, 2007 pages 436-454 DOI: 10.1080/00380237.2007.10571319 Ann Morning, Associate Professor of Sociology New York University Sociological literature frequently claims that scientists across the disciplinary spectrum have arrived at the common conclusion that race is socially constructed, not…

  • Collaboration is Key to Psychology Professor Sam Sommers’ Research on Race and Ethnicity

    Collaboration is Key to Psychology Professor Sam Sommers’ Research on Race and Ethnicity Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts School of Arts And Sciences August 2013 Anna Burgess Doctoral Student Sarah Gaither and a Team of Undergraduates Focus on Biracial Perceptions and Identity Flexibility “As a society, the way we think about questions of race and ethnicity…

  • How Ferguson could be America’s future

    How Ferguson could be America’s future Cable News Network (CNN) 2014-08-23 John Blake (CNN) — The protests in Ferguson, Missouri, have been described as a mirror into contemporary America, but they are also something else: A crystal ball. Look past the headlines — the debates over race and police militarization that have surfaced after the…

  • Documentary reveals Jewish mother’s ‘Little White Lie’

    Documentary reveals Jewish mother’s ‘Little White Lie’ The Times of Israel 2014-08-17 Rebecca Spence Lacey Schwartz’s film about reconciling her hidden black paternity to the Ashkenazi Jewish home she was raised in strikes universal themes SAN FRANCISCO (JTA) — When Lacey Schwartz celebrated her bat mitzvah more than two decades ago in her hometown of…

  • American Pop Culture Hides, Reveals Multiracial Asian-Americans

    American Pop Culture Hides, Reveals Multiracial Asian-Americans Voice of America 2014-08-03 Jim Stevenson The discussion of race in the United States has always been complex and often difficult. Yet in an overwhelmingly large percentage of families, it is not difficult to find some evidence of a multiracial influence. LeiLani Nishime is assistant professor of communications…