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  • (An)Other English city: Multiethnicities, (post)modern moments and strategic identifications

    (An)Other English city: Multiethnicities, (post)modern moments and strategic identifications Ethnicities Volume 2, Number 3 (2002) pages 321-348 DOI: 10.1177/14687968020020030301 Jayne O. Ifekwunigwe, Visiting Associate Professor of African and African American Studies Duke University The interpretive turn in urban studies signals a heightened emphasis on the locus of the city as the site for both the…

  • The aesthetic escape hatch: carnaval, blocos afro and the mutations of baianidade under the signs of globalisation and re-Africanisation

    The aesthetic escape hatch: carnaval, blocos afro and the mutations of baianidade under the signs of globalisation and re-Africanisation Journal of Iberian and Latin American Research Volume 5, Issue 2, 1999 pages 65-98 DOI: 10.1080/13260219.1999.10431798 Piers Armstrong Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil This article examines the notion of baianidade, the cultural cosmovision traditionally associated with…

  • Racial ideology and the production of knowledge about health

    Racial terminology and its associated assumptions pervade the discourses of health policy, practice and research. The language utilised within and across these discourses emerge from both historical and current ideologies and approaches to the understanding and management of difference.

  • Fear of a ‘Black’ President: Obama, Racial Panic and the Presidential Sign

    Of all the imaginable racialized backlash, real or representational, to Barack Obama’s candidacy for and inauguration as President of the United States, probably no one would have predicted the relatively widespread depiction of him as Adolf Hitler. Even a cursory knowledge of Hitler’s ‘policies’ as leader of the Third Reich and his eugenicist crimes against…

  • History Counts: A Comparative Analysis of Racial/Color Categorization in US and Brazilian Censuses

    The author presents a comparative analysis of the histories of racial/color categorization in American and Brazilian censuses and shows that racial (and color) categories have appeared in these censuses because of shifting ideas about race and the enduring power of these ideas as organizers of political, economic, and social life in both countries.

  • Measures of “Race” and the Analysis of Racial Inequality in Brazil

    Measures of “Race” and the Analysis of Racial Inequality in Brazil Social Science Research Available online 2012-07-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2012.06.006 Stanley R. Bailey, Associate Professor of Sociology University of California, Irvine Mara Loveman, Associate Professor of Sociology University of Wisconsin, Madison Jeronimo O. Muniz, Assistant Professor of Sociology Federal University of Minas Gerais Quantitative analyses of…

  • The Presumption of Indigeneity: Colonial Administration, the ‘Community of Race’ and the Category of Indigène in New Caledonia, 1887–1946

    The Presumption of Indigeneity: Colonial Administration, the ‘Community of Race’ and the Category of Indigène in New Caledonia, 1887–1946 The Journal of Pacific History Published online: 2012-06-29 pages 1-20 DOI: 10.1080/00223344.2012.688183 Adrian Muckle, Lecturer in History Victoria University of Wellington From 1887 to 1946, the administrative apparatus known as the indigénat provided French administrators in…

  • Critical ‘Mixed Race’?

    Critical ‘Mixed Race’? Social Identities: Journal for the Study of Race, Nation and Culture Volume 1, Issue 2, 1995 pages 381-395 DOI: 1080/13504630.1995.9959443 Lewis R. Gordon, Laura H. Carnell Professor of Philosophy, Director of the Institute for the Study of Race and Social Thought and Director of the Center for Afro-Jewish Studies Temple University An…

  • Morgan Freeman: No Black President For U.S. Yet

    Morgan Freeman: No Black President For U.S. Yet Tell Me More National Public Radio 2012-07-06 Michel Martin, Host Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman joined Tell Me More host Michel Martin to discuss his new movie, The Magic of Belle Isle. But the prolific actor, famous for his roles in films such as The Shawshank Redemption, Million…

  • Interview with Brazilian Journalist and Activist Daniela Gomes

    Interview with Brazilian Journalist and Activist Daniela Gomes The Husslington Post 2011-12-04 Amil Cook, Correspondent In this interview, Husslington Post correspondent, Amil Cook, goes in depth with journal/scholar/activist Daniela Gomes about her fight against racism in Brazil. This is the first installment in what we hope will become a series of interviews by Amil. How…