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  • Are there ‘Mestizos’ in the Arab World? A Comparative Survey of Classification Categories and Kinship Systems

    Are there ‘Mestizos’ in the Arab World? A Comparative Survey of Classification Categories and Kinship Systems Middle Eastern Studies Volume 48, Issue 1 (January 2012) pages 125-138 DOI: 10.1080/00263206.2011.643301 Josep Lluís Mateo Dieste, Professor of Social Anthropology Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Terminology devoted to miscegenation and inter-ethnic relationships is extremely problematic, and this article shows…

  • African and American

    African and American Science Magazine Volume 17, Number 418 (1891-02-06) page 78 DOI: 10.1126/science.ns-17.418.78 At a meeting of the Canadian Institute, Toronto, Jan. 24, Mr. D. R. Keys, M.A., read on behalf of Mr. A. F. Chamberlain, M.A., fellow in Clark University, Worcester, Mass., a valuable and interesting paper entitled “African and American: the Contact…

  • Legislation eradicates Dominican “Indians”

    Legislation eradicates Dominican “Indians” Dominican Today 2011-11-11 Santo Domingo.—Mulatto, black and white will be the only colors among Dominicans and will be stated thus in the citizens ID cards (cedula), effectively eradicating the nation’s “Indians.” The bill “Dominican Republic Electoral Law Reform” states that in the master file of cedulas the color of Dominicans will…

  • Lecture Series. Multiculturalism and Miscegenation in the Construction of Latin America’s Cultural Identity

    Lecture Series. Multiculturalism and Miscegenation in the Construction of Latin America’s Cultural Identity   Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 101 International Studies Building 910 S. Fifth Street, Champaign, Illinois 2012-02-23, 12:00 CST (Local Time) Eduardo Coutihno, Distinguished Lemann Visiting Professor of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign…

  • Gene Flow from White into Negro Populations in Brazil

    Gene Flow from White into Negro Populations in Brazil American Journal of Human Genetics Volume 9, Number 4 (December 1957) pages 299–309 P. H. Saldanha Department of General Biology University of Sao Paulo, Brazil GLASS AND Li (1953) have introduced a statistical model that allows calculations to be made, not only of the intermixture between…

  • Creoles of Color of the Gulf South

    Creoles of Color of the Gulf South University of Tennessee Press 1996 208 pages Paper ISBN: 0-87049-917-3 Edited by: James H. Dormon, Alumni Distinguished Professor of history and American Studies University of Southwestern Louisiana Consisting of eight original essays by noted scholars, this volume examines the history and culture of a unique population—those peoples in…

  • Why Race Isn’t as ‘Black’ and ‘White’ as We Think

    Why Race Isn’t as ‘Black’ and ‘White’ as We Think The New York Times 2005-10-31 Brent Staples People have occasionally asked me how a black person came by a “white” name like Brent Staples. One letter writer ridiculed it as “an anchorman’s name” and accused me of making it up. For the record, it’s a…

  • Race and Humanity

    Race and Humanity Science Volume 113, Number 2932 (1951-03-09) pages 264-266 DOI: 10.1126/science.113.2932.264 Th. Dobzhansky (1900-1975) Probably no other scientific concept  has been so notorious for vagueness and ambiguity as that of race. Certainly none has been more unceremoniously exploited as a cloak for prejudice and malevolence. And this despite the fact that anthropologists and…

  • Study provides first genetic evidence of long-lived African presence within Britain

    Study provides first genetic evidence of long-lived African presence within Britain University of Leicester Press Release 2007-01-24 Research reveals African origins in the UK and US New research has identified the first genetic evidence of Africans having lived amongst “indigenous” British people for centuries. Their descendants, living across the UK today, were unaware of their…

  • African and American: The Contact of Negro and Indian

    African and American: The Contact of Negro and Indian Science Magazine Volume 17, Number 419 (1891-02-13) pages 85-90 DOI: 10.1126/science.ns-17.419.85 The history of the negro on the continent of America has been studied from various points of view, but id every instance with regard alone to his contact with the white race. It must be,…