Category: Articles

  • Lumbee Indians in the Jim Crow South: Race, Identity, and the Making of a Nation by Malinda Maynor Lowery (review) Journal of American Folklore Volume 126, Number 499, Winter 2013 pages 95-96 DOI: 10.1353/jaf.2013.0006 David Steven Cohen This book from the University of North Carolina Press raises important questions about which groups are and are…

  • Understanding Who Reported Multiple Races in the U.S. Decennial Census: Results From Census 2000 and the 2010 Census Family Relations: Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied Family Studies Volume 62, Issue 1 (February 2013) (Special Issue on Multiethnic Families) pages 5-16 DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2012.00759.x Nicholas A. Jones, Chief, Racial Statistics Branch Population Division United States Census Bureau Jungmiwha…

  • Shifting Boundaries of Race and Ethnicity: Indian-Black Intermarriage in Southern New England, 1760-1880 The Journal of American History Volume 85, Number 2 (September, 1998) pages 466-501 Daniel R. Mandell, Professor of History Truman State University, Kirksville, Missouri In the century following the American Revolution, Indians in southern New England struggled to survive as communities, families,…

  • Sex, Love, Race: Crossing Boundaries in North American History (review) Journal of Social History Volume 33, Number 3, Spring 2000 pages 753-755 DOI: 10.1353/jsh.2000.0037 Joshua D. Rothman, Associate Professor of History University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa Sex, Love, Race: Crossing Boundaries in North American History. Edited by Martha Hodes (New York and London: New York University…

  • The Creolizing Subject: Race, Reason, and the Politics of Purity [review] Ethnic and Racial Studies Volume 36, Issue 3, 2013 Special Issue: Racialization and Religion: Race, culture and difference in the study of Antisemitism and Islamophobia pages 517-518 DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2012.737929 Robin Cohen, Emeritus Professor of Development Studies University of Oxford Michael J. Monahan, The Creolizing…

  • “Multiracial” Discourse: Racial Classifications in an Era of Color-blind Jurisprudence Maryland Law Review Volume 57, Issue 1 (1998) pages 97-173 Tanya Katerí Hernández, Professor of Law Fordham University INTRODUCTION I. THE BACKGROUND AND MOTIVATION OF THE MULTIRACIAL CATEGORY MOVEMENT II. THE ADVERSE CONSEQUENCES OF MULTIRACIAL DISCOURSE A. The Reaffirmation of the Value of Whiteness in…

  • ‘We have a race problem in England’ The Voice London, England 2013-03-06 Hazelann Williams Arinze Kene says he does not do politics. But for anyone who has seen one of Kene’s plays, it may sound like an unusual statement because the prolific playwright has written many plays about the state of society, ranging from life…

  • Canada Is Still Racist: And No Think Piece Can Change That Vice Canada: The Definitive Guide to Enlightening Information 2013-03-05 Anupa Mistry When I was younger and more naïve and shielded by my parents, Canadian multiculturalism felt real and true. I grew up in Brampton, Ont., a restlessly expanding suburb of Toronto that teems with…

  • Laylah Ali: The Greenheads Series Weisman Art Museum University of Minnesota 333 East River Road Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455 (612) 625-9494 2013-02-16 through 2013-05-12 Laylah Ali, Associate Professor of Art Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts Join us for a talk with Laylah Ali on March 7, 2013. WAM is pleased to present Laylah Ali: The Greenheads Series.…

  • 60 Ways of Looking at a Black Woman The New York Times 2005-01-23 Edward Lewine Ellen Gallagher dabbed a swirl of gray watercolor onto the delicate pencil drawing she had just sketched of a furry hamster. Late December sunlight radiated through the windows at Two Palms Press, the SoHo printmaking studio where she has spent…