Category: Articles

  • A new mixed-raced generation is transforming the city: Will Toronto be the world’s first post-racial metropolis? Toronto Life 2013-02-12 Nicholas Hune-Brown, Author Kourosh Keshiri, Photography Interviews by Jasmine Budak I used to be the only biracial kid in the room. Now, my exponentially expanding cohort promises a future where everyone is mixed. Last fall, I…

  • Trend 6: Who Am I? The Rise of Multiple Identities Profiles in Diversity Journal 2013-02-08 Mary-Frances Winters, CEO The Winters Group, Inc. “I am Latina, Muslim, millennial, mother and I want you to understand all of me.” The check the one box identity answer is a thing of the past. Diversity and inclusion practitioners will…

  • François Hollande’s misguided move: taking ‘race’ out of the constitution The Guardian 2013-02-12 Alana Lentin, Senior Lecturer in Cultural and Social Analysis University of Western Sydney Valérie Amiraux, Professor of Sociology University of Montreal Not talking about races does not lead naturally to the demise of ‘race thinking’ – it just obscures the persistent inequalities…

  • White Metropolis: Race, Ethnicity, and Religion in Dallas, 1841-2001 [Wintz Review] White Metropolis: Race, Ethnicity, and Religion in Dallas, 1841-2001, Michael Phillips, (The University of Texas Press, P.O. Box 7819, Austin, TX, 78713-7819) 2006. Contents. Illus. Notes. Biblio. Index. P. 267. East Texas Historical Journal Volume XLV (45), Number 2, Fall 2007 Cary D. Wintz,…

  • Could Harlem Désir, France’s First Black Socialist Party Chief, Become The Next Obama? International Business Times 2012-10-26 Jacey Fortin, World Politics Reporter For the first time ever, a black politician will take the reins of a major political party in France. If all goes well for him, 2022 in France could look a lot like…

  • National Association of Mixed Student Organizations (NAMSO) – Newsletter 1.3 National Association of Mixed Student Organizations 2013-02-10 Happy spring semester! Dear Mixed Student Organizations and friends,   Hope the new term and new year are off to a great start. Here at NAMSO, we have been busier than ever following the holiday season. In this…

  • France: The Socialists’ New Head, Harlem Désir The Daily Beast (In Newsweek Magazine) 2012-10-29 Tracy McNicoll, Paris correspondent The faded star of a French anti-racist icon. In a country that went tipsy with Obamania four years ago, Harlem Désir’s election to lead France’s ruling Socialist Party might seem an occasion for bubbly. Désir—whose gifts include…

  • W.N. Herbert and Hannah Lowe: A poetry reading NCLA: Newcastle Centre for the Literary Arts Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK 2013-01-14 Location: Culture Lab, Newcastle University Time/Date: 28th February 2013, 19:15 …Chick is Hannah Lowe’s first collection and is also published by Bloodaxe. With London as their backdrop, Hannah Lowe’s deeply personal narrative poems…

  • Black History Month Events at Two Colleges The San Diego Union-Tribune 2013-02-09 Karen Pearlman El Cajon — Both East County community colleges are getting into the commemoration of Black History Month with free events this month. A library exhibit featuring John Robert Clifford, a seminal figure in African-American history (and a forefather of a Cuyamaca…

  • Racial Identity, Phenotype, and Self-Esteem Among Biracial Polynesian/White Individuals Family Relations: Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied Family Studies Volume 62, Issue 1, February 2013 pages 82-91 DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2012.00743.x G. E. Kawika Allen, Assistant Professor of Psychology Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah Patton O. Garriott, Assistant Professor, Counseling Psychology Program University of Denver Carla J. Reyes,…