Category: United States

  • New Projections Point to a Majority Minority Nation in 2044 Brookings Instituion Washington, D.C. 2014-12-12 William H. Frey, Senior Fellow Metropolitan Policy Program New population projections released this week by the Census Bureau indicate that the U.S. population will become “majority minority” in 2044. At that time, whites will make up 49.7 percent of the…

  • On Being Non-White, But Passing Terribly Well Everyday Feminism 2014-05-08 Patricia Gutierrez Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania “Psst… Hey, Patty! You speak Spanish? Ignoring me? Hey! You speak Spanish?” P.E., third period, seventh grade. Every time Ricardo saw me, he would ask me the same question. At first, I would answer yes, but he would always…

  • Caught in the Middle: Defensive Responses to IAT Feedback Among Whites, Blacks, and Biracial Black/Whites Social Psychological and Personality Science Published online before print: 2014-12-15 DOI: 10.1177/1948550614561127 Jennifer L. Howell Department of Psychology University of Florida Sarah E. Gaither, Provost’s Career Enhancement Postdoctoral Scholar Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture University of…

  • We Named Our Son Lincoln: A Testimony Against Racial Injustice ChicagoNow: The Family Table Chicago, Illinois 2014-12-08 Amy Negussie Lincoln Park, Chicago I have been debating writing about race & Ferguson the few weeks since the announcement was made that Darren Wilson was not indicted. Then came the further blow of the Eric Gardner case.…

  • ‘Half Asian’? ‘Half White’? No — ‘Hapa’ National Public Radio Code Switch: Frontiers of Race, Culture and Ethnicity 2014-12-15 Alex Laughlin, Social Media Journalist National Journal She was tall and freckled, with long, dark hair — and we stood out in the same way. As I leaned in to say hi, she yelled over the…

  • Impolite Conversations is a fascinating collection of essay that captures a set of exchanges between journalist Cora Daniels and cultural anthropologist John L. Jackson, Jr.

  • In Memoriam: María Elena Martínez-López, 47 University of Southern California News 2014-11-20 Susan Bell, Senior Writer (213) 740-7894 María Elena Martínez-López, associate professor of history and American studies and ethnicity at USC Dornsife and a leading scholar of colonial Latin America has died. She was 47. Martínez-López died at home in Los Angeles, surrounded by…

  • The Talk: After Ferguson, a Shaded Conversation About Race The New York Times 2014-12-13 Dana Canedy, Senior Editor LIKE so many African-American parents, I had rehearsed “the talk,” that nausea-inducing discussion I needed to have with my son about how to conduct himself in the presence of the police. I was prepared for his questions,…

  • Mr. Obama Considers the Nationwide Protests From Three Points of View The New York Times 2014-12-12 Brent Staples, Editorial Writer Barack Obama understood when he sought the presidency that a black candidate who spoke candidly about racism would never attract enough white support to win. He avoided using race as a platform for grievance, kept…

  • The incontrovertible truths of this book and its sincere warnings are respectfully inscribed to every white man and woman, regardless of nationality, who is a bona fide citizen of the United States of America.