Category: Articles

  • Review of Fatal Invention, by Professor Dorothy Roberts Race and the Law: A Critical Examination of Science, Law and the Construction of Race 2011-12-07 Christian B. Sundquist, Associate Professor of Law Albany Law School Professor Dorothy Roberts has recently released a vitally important book on issues of race and genetics, entitled Fatal Invention: How Science,…

  • The “Brown Tinge” Evening Post, Wellington, New Zealand Volume CVI, Issue 46 1928-08-31 page 11 Source: Papers Past, National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa Future New Zealanders “Science and history will both some day demand an explanation of the brown tinge in the future New Zealander,” said Sir Apirana Ngata in…

  • The Future Is Now: What PR Pros and Marketers Need to Know About the “Mixed Mindset” The Huffington Post 2012-10-17 Marcia Dawkins, Clinical Assistant Professor of Communications University of Southern California, Annenberg Don’t believe the hype! Multiracials are not new. They are the products of racial blending of various groups—beginning with Native Americans and European…

  • Millionaire to Use Money Against Racial Inetermingling The Natchez News and Courier Natchez, Mississippi 1949-11-13 James McLean NATCHEZ. Miss, Nov. 12. Bald, rugged George W. Armstrong is determined to make his money talk loud and long against “racial mongrelization”. That’s a term the 84-year-old millionaire uses often in voicing opposition to intermingling of Jews, Gentiles and…

  • St. Stephen’s launches book about struggles with identity City Centre Mirror Toronto, Canada 2012-10-17 Justin Skinner A group of talented young men and women from St. Stephen’s Community House are hoping their own experiences can help other youth navigate the stereotypes and challenges of growing up biracial. St. Stephen’s has launched a new book titled…

  • Family Portrait in Black and White [Tanasse Review] Educational Media Review Online 2012-09-24 Distributed by Interfilm Productions Inc., 304-1515 West Hastings St., Vancouver, BC V6G 3G6, Canada; 604-638-8920 Produced by Boris Ivanov Directed by Julia Ivanova DVD, color, 85 min. and 52 min. versions Sr. High-General Adult Adoption, Adolescence, Children, Child Development, Parenting, Area Studies,…

  • China’s Mixed Views on Mixed People hardboiled: the asian pacific american issues newsmagazine at uc berkeley Issue 13.3 (March 2010) page 9 Margaret Zhou “Little girl, wait! Take picture?” Over the four years I spent in China as a child, I was grabbed and tugged by the arm hundreds of times by strangers who all…

  • Family Portrait in Black and White: A Talk With Julia Ivanova The Huffington Post The Blog 2012-07-12 E. Nina Rothe, Global Culture Explorer The upcoming documentary by Julia Ivanova, titled Family Portrait in Black and White features a Ukrainian foster mother, Olga, and her brood of 27 foster kids. Ranging in ages between grade schoolers…

  • Three Winton Triangle Presentations at Greensboro conference. Chowan Discovery Group 2012-10-15 Marvin T. Jones The Chowan Discovery presentations about the Winton Triangle, its Civil War history and Chowan Discovery historical markers attracted many enthusiastic attendees at the annual conference of the Afro-American Genealogical and Historical Society (AAGHS) in Greensboro. Included in the audiences were history…

  • The Politics of Samba Georgetown Journal of International Affairs Volume 2, Number 2 (Summer/Fall 2001) Bruce Gilman Samba, which was created in its present form in the 1910s, yet whose roots reach back much farther and tie Brazil to the African continent, has played an integral part in Brazil’s conceptualization as a nation. Originally despised…