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  • Multiculturalism and Morphing in “I’m Not There” (Haynes, 2007)

    Multiculturalism and Morphing in “I’m Not There” (Haynes, 2007) Wide Screen Volume 2, Number 1, June 2010 15 pages ISSN: 1757-3920 Published by Subaltern Media Zélie Asava ‘Passing’ narratives question fixed social categorisations and prove the possibility of self-determination, which is why they are such a popular literary and cinematic trope. This article explores ‘passing’…

  • The Social Experience of Mixed Race [Book Review]

    The Social Experience of Mixed Race [Book Review] Jill Olumide. Raiding the Gene Pool: The Social Construction of Mixed Race. London: Pluto Press, 2002. xii + 212 pp., ISBN 978-0-7453-1764-9; ISBN 978-0-7453-1765-6. H-Net Online December 2002 Mohamed Adhikari, Lecturer of Historical Studies University of Cape Town, South Africa The author, a medical sociologist at the…

  • The Law: Anti-Miscegenation Statutes: Repugnant Indeed

    The Law: Anti-Miscegenation Statutes: Repugnant Indeed Time Magazine 1967-06-23 Judge Leon Bazile looked down at Richard Loving and Mildred Jeter Loving as they stood before him in 1959 in the Caroline County, Va. courtroom. “Almighty God,” he intoned, “created the races white, black, yellow, Malay and red, and he placed them on separate continents. The…

  • ART & DESIGN FACULTY – Shelleen Greene awarded IRE Faculty Diversity Research Award

    ART & DESIGN FACULTY – Shelleen Greene awarded IRE Faculty Diversity Research Award Peck School of The Arts News University of Wisconsin, Madison 2010-06-15 The award will allow Assistant Professor Shelleen Greene to complete her book project, Equivocal Subjects: Mixed-Race Identity in the Italian Cinema. The book examines the representation of mixed-race subjects of Italian…

  • Even discussing ‘angry black man’ stereotype provokes anger

    Even discussing ‘angry black man’ stereotype provokes anger CNN 2010-06-16 John Blake (CNN) — Here are some sound bites from the post-racial era: “The long legged Mac Daddy in the White House is angry this morning. Seems to me we should change the name to the Black House for the next few years. Your news…

  • U.S. far from an interracial melting pot

    U.S. far from an interracial melting pot CNN 2010-06-16 Daniel T. Lichter, Ferris family professor in the Department of Policy Analysis and Management, and Professor of Sociology Cornell University Ithaca, New York (CNN)—According to a recent report by the Pew Research Center, one of every seven new marriages in 2008 was interracial or interethnic—the highest…

  • “A Black Girl Should Not be With a White Man”: Sex, Race, and African Women’s Social and Legal Status in Colonial Gabon, c. 1900–1946

    “A Black Girl Should Not be With a White Man”: Sex, Race, and African Women’s Social and Legal Status in Colonial Gabon, c. 1900–1946 Journal of Women’s History Volume 22, Number 2, Summer 2010 E-ISSN: 1527-2036 Print ISSN: 1042-7961 DOI: 10.1353/jowh.0.0140 Rachel Jean-Baptiste, Associate Professor of African History University of California, Davis This article reviews…

  • Washington College students awarded summer fellowships

    Washington College students awarded summer fellowships The Star Democrat Easton, Maryland 2010-06-02 CHESTERTOWN, MARYLAND Six Washington College students were awarded Comegys Bight Summer Research Fellowships supported by the Comegys Bight Fellows Program, which invites scholars to design independent research projects and internships built around their particular interests. These projects include field research on the ghost…

  • What’s at stake in claims of “post-racial” media?

    What’s at stake in claims of “post-racial” media? FlowTV Department of Radio, Television, and Film at the University of Texas at Austin 2010-06-03 Mary C. Beltrán, Associate Professor of Media Studies University of Texas, Austin Tracy Morgan, comedic actor best known for his role as comedic performer Tracy Jordan on the NBC series 30 Rock…

  • What Does “White” Mean? Interpreting the Choice of “Race” by Mixed Race Young People in Britain

    What Does “White” Mean? Interpreting the Choice of “Race” by Mixed Race Young People in Britain Sociological Perspectives Volume 53, Number 2 (Summer 2010) Pages 287–292 DOI: 10.1525/sop.2010.53.2.287 Miri Song, Professor of Sociology University of Kent Ferhana Hashem, Research Fellow Centre for Health Services Studies University of Kent Despite the often cited idea that racial…