Category: Articles

  • Law, Race, and Biotechnology: Toward a Biopolitical and Transdisciplinary Paradigm Annual Review of Law and Social Science Volume 9, Issue 1 (November 2013) DOI: 10.1146/annurev-lawsocsci-102612-134009 Dorothy E. Roberts, George A. Weiss University Professor of Law and Sociology and the Raymond Pace and Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander Professor of Civil Rights University of Pennsylvania Law influences…

  • Behind the Curtain | Race is common theme in local exhibits City Living Seattle 2013-09-19 Jessica Davis, Columnist According to the 2000 Census, Washington state ranks ninth in the country for interracial marriages. Overall, people of color make up more than 34 percent of Seattle residents. “RACE: Are We So Different?” at the Pacific Science…

  • Uptown Girls Sunday Book Review The New York Times 2013-09-22 Martha A. Sandweiss, Professor of History Princeton University Miss Anne in Harlem: The White Women of the Black Renaissance, by Carla Kaplan Illustrated. 505 pp. Harper. Time hasn’t been kind to the white women who participated in the Harlem Renaissance. As philanthropists and activists, authors…

  • “The United States of the United Races” w/ Dr. Greg Carter Mixed Race Radio Blog Talk Radio 2013-09-25, 16:00Z (12:00 EDT) Tiffany Rae Reid, Host Greg Carter, Associate Professor of History University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee On Today’s episode of Mixed Race Radio we will meet Professor Greg Carter, author of The United States of the…

  • Germany elects its first two black MPs in breakthrough hailed as ‘historic’ The Telegraph 2013-09-23 Damien McElroy, Foreign Affairs Correspondent Berlin—Karamba Diaby and Charles Huber were elected for rival Left and Right political factions in Sunday’s general election to Germany’s parliament, the Bundestag. Both have Senegalese backgrounds but followed very different paths into politics… …Mr…

  • Creole Culture: Identity and Race in the Bayou Country Kreol Magazine October-December 2013, Issue 7 pages 42-45 Christophe Landry Louisiana is what many have come to refer to as the northern-most point of Latin America, where créolité, a Latin-based people, culture and consciousness, emerged early in the 1700s. From its earliest stages, the international melting…

  • ‘Making a Non-White America’ inside: CSUF News California State University, Fullerton 2009-08-18 Mimi Ko Cruz Allison Varzally’s Book About California’s Ethnic History Wins National Award Interracial marriages and other ties in diverse communities throughout California during the formative years of the 20th century are explored in Allison Varzally’s book, “Making a Non-White America: Californians Coloring…

  • Sugar Pie DeSanto: After 50 Years, ‘Go Going’ Strong Fresh Air from WHYY [Philadelphia] National Public Radio 2010-07-29 Terry Gross, Host Ed Ward, Rock Music Commentator Ace Records Sugar Pie DeSanto was born in Brooklyn in October 1935, and was christened Umpeleya Marsema Balinton. Her father was Filipino, her mother African-American. Her mother had been…

  • Visualizing Race, Identity, and Change Proof National Geographic 2013-09-17 Michele Norris, Guest Contributor Proof is National Geographic’s new online photography experience. It was launched to engage ongoing conversations about photography, art, and journalism. In addition to featuring selections from the magazine and other publications, books, and galleries, this site will offer new avenues for our…

  • In China, mixed marriages can be a labor of love The Christian Science Monitor 2013-09-21 Yepoka Yeebo, Contributor In one major Chinese city, marriages between Chinese and Africans are on the rise. In a country known for monoculture, it isn’t easy. GUANGZHOU, China The restaurant that Joey and Ugo Okonkwo own was packed on a…