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  • Norbert Rillieux and a Revolution in Sugar Processing

    Norbert Rillieux and a Revolution in Sugar Processing American Chemical Society National Historic Chemical Landmarks: Norbert Rillieux and a Revolution in Sugar Processing 2002 Judah Ginsberg Portrait of Norbert Rillieux (undated). Dedicated April 18, 2002 at Dillard University in New Orleans, Louisiana Norbert Rillieux: Chemist and Engineer The birth record on file in New Orleans…

  • Beyoncé, beauty and the all mighty dollar

    Beyoncé, beauty and the all mighty dollar Insight News Minneapolis, Minnesota 2012-03-09 Irma McClaurin, Ph.D., Culture and Education Editor Just for the record, we are not in, nor has there ever been, a post-racial moment in America.  And so, we must dive deep into historical memory of this country to understand why all the fuss…

  • More children identify as ‘biracial’: just a choice or a good thing?

    More children identify as ‘biracial’: just a choice or a good thing? The Washington Post 2012-04-26 Mary C. Curtis It’s been happening for a while — census data show it. The number of mixed-race babies has quickly grown in the last decade, a trend that’s no surprise in an increasingly diverse country. Men and women…

  • Ownership, Entrepreneurship, and Identity: The Gens de Couleur Libres and the Architecture of Antebellum New Orleans, 1830-1850

    Ownership, Entrepreneurship, and Identity: The Gens de Couleur Libres and the Architecture of Antebellum New Orleans, 1830-1850 Graham Foundation Chicago, Illinois 2011 The recipient of the 2011 Carter Manny Award for doctoral dissertation writing is Tara Dudley, The University of Texas at Austin, School of Architecture   This dissertation examines the architectural activities of New…

  • Number of biracial babies soars over past decade

    Number of biracial babies soars over past decade The Washington Post 2012-04-26 Carol Morello, Demographics Reporter The number of mixed-race babies has soared over the past decade, new census data show, a result of more interracial couples and a cultural shift in how many parents identify their children in a multiracial society. More than 7…

  • As Racist as We Wish to Be: Project RACE, “The Talk”, Obama and the Fear of Blackness

    As Racist as We Wish to Be: Project RACE, “The Talk”, Obama and the Fear of Blackness MixedRaceStudies.org 2012-04-10 Steven F. Riley Late last year, I opined about the inability of some activists in the multiracial identity movement to combat racism.  It is difficult to combat racism if you are not anti-racist and quite impossible…

  • Dorothy Roberts Debunks Race as Biological in “Fatal Invention”

    Dorothy Roberts Debunks Race as Biological in “Fatal Invention” Institute for Ethics & Emerging Technologies 2012-01-15 Ytasha L. Womack, Contributor Dorothy Roberts is author of the book Fatal Invention: How Science, Politics, and Big Business Re-create Race in the Twenty-First Century (New Press, 2011). She is also the Kirkland & Ellis Professor at Northwestern University…

  • Children of the Vietnam War

    Children of the Vietnam War Smithsonian Magazine June 2009 David Lamb Born overseas to Vietnamese mothers and U.S. servicemen, Amerasians brought hard-won resilience to their lives in America They grew up as the leftovers of an unpopular war, straddling two worlds but belonging to neither. Most never knew their fathers. Many were abandoned by their…

  • Multicultural children’s baseball team founded

    Multicultural children’s baseball team founded The Korea Times 2012-04-20 Kim Bo-eun Former baseball player Heo Koo-youn, 61, will found a baseball team for children of interracial families in Korea, Monday. The team will be called Heo Koo-youn Rainbow Little. The initiation ceremony will be held at the National Baseball Center in Goyang, north of Seoul.…

  • Dispensing of Heart Drug Not ‘Black and White’

    Dispensing of Heart Drug Not ‘Black and White’ University of Alabama Research Magazine 2005-10-10 Chris Bryant Think we’ve advanced too far in Civil Rights issues and medical care to resort to making health judgments based on skin color? Don’t be so sure, says Dr. Gregory Dorr, an assistant professor of history at The University of…