Category: Articles

  • Racial classifications in the US census: 1890–1990 Ethnic and Racial Studies Volume 16, Issue 1 (1993) pages 75-94 DOI: 10.1080/01419870.1993.9993773 Sharon M. Lee, Adjunct Professor of Sociology University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada This article examines racial classifications on United States population census schedules between 1890 and 1990 to provide insights on the changing…

  • Hidden Hapa Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu 2012-04-06 Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu Stanford University “Hey, what are you doing over there with the Hapa?” Kathy and I looked over and there were three of our Japanese American friends at another table smiling at us, one with a mischievous grin. Sandy had jokingly pointed out that I was a mixed blood…

  • More male and mixed-race health visitors wanted Nursing Times Harborough, Leicestershire, United Kingdom 2012-08-16 Steve Ford, Deputy News Editor The Department of Health says it is seeking to attract more men and people from mixed ethnic backgrounds into health visiting, as part of the national recruitment drive. The overwhelming majority of health visitors are white,…

  • Eurasians: Celebrating Survival Journal of Intercultural Studies Volume 28, Issue 1 (2007) DOI: 10.1080/07256860601082988 pages 129-141 Christine Choo University of Western Australia The search for my Asian ancestors and my discoveries in archives, the crumbling pages, the eroding ink, the disappearance of the word, are a metaphor for the simultaneous emergence of the will to…

  • A Further Discussion of the Variability of Family Strains in the Negro-White Population of New York City Journal of the American Statistical Association Volume 20, Issue 151 (1925) pages 380-389 DOI: 10.1080/01621459.1925.10503502 Melville J. Herskovits A paper read at the meeting of Section H., American Association for the Advancement of Science, at Washington , D.C.,…

  • Barack Obama as the Great Man: Communicative Constructions of Racial Transcendence in White-Male Elite Discourses Communication Monographs Volume 78, Issue 4 (2011) pages 535-556 DOI: 10.1080/03637751.2011.618140 Christopher B. Brown, Assistant Professor of Communications Minnesota State University, Mankato This study examined responses on the potential impact of Barack Obama’s presidency from 16 semi-structured interviews with White…

  • Kelly Holmes is not fully British, says BNP MEP Andrew Brons The Telegraph 2009-06-13 Patrick Sawer Andrew Brons, the BNP’s first MEP, sparked outrage on Saturday after he said double Olympic gold medal winner Dame Kelly Holmes cannot be regarded as fully British. Mr Brons, who became the first member of the British National Party…

  • Intermarriage of Races is Urged by Sociologist Chicago Tribune 1909-08-18 page 11 Source: The Mead Project, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada Prof. William I. Thomas Predicts the Disappearance of Color Line in Prejudices of Civilized Peoples.   Disappearances of the racial “color lines” was predicted yesterday by Prof. William I. Thomas of the University…

  • A Response to Ben Pitcher’s “Obama and the Politics of Blackness: Antiracism in the ‘post-black’ Conjuncture” [Rickey Hill] Souls: A Critical Journal of Black Politics, Culture, and Society Volume 12, Issue 4 (2010) (Post-Racial Politics and Its Discontents) pages pages 347-350 DOI: 10.1080/10999949.2010.526058 Rickey Hill, Professor of Social Science Mississippi Valley State University, Itta Bena,…

  • Questioning Being Black and White in Canada Canadian Dimension: for people who want to change the world 2012-08-24 Denise Hansen “Canadians have a favourite pastime, and they don’t even realize it. They like to ask—they absolutely love to ask—where you are from if you don’t look convincingly white. They want to know it, they need…