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  • Passing up the race: Students share stories of racial “passing”

    “In sixth grade, a lot of people thought I was Hispanic or white because I have chocolate hair, like it’s not black hair. My eyes aren’t as prominent,” Ahlberg, now in eighth grade, said. “My mom is Taiwanese and my dad is half Swedish.”

  • “The Day Beyoncé Turned Black” – SNL

    “The Day Beyoncé Turned Black” – SNL Saturday Night Live (NBC) 2016-02-13

  • Dorothy Roberts: The problem with race-based medicine

    Social justice advocate and law scholar Dorothy Roberts has a precise and powerful message: Race-based medicine is bad medicine. Even today, many doctors still use race as a medical shortcut; they make important decisions about things like pain tolerance based on a patient’s skin color instead of medical observation and measurement. In this searing talk,…

  • Is Obama a black man?

    Is Obama a black man? The Independent: You Buy the Truth, We Pay the Price Kololo, Kampala, Uganda 2016-02-08 Andrew M. Mwenda, Founder and Owner How he has accepted the categorisation imposed upon him by a racial system that subjugated black people US President Barak Obama calls himself a black man. Indeed, America and the…

  • The Latino Flight to Whiteness

    Based upon trends in racial self-classification, one has to be skeptical about the emergence of “majority-minority” America.

  • I Heart Obama

    I Heart Obama University Press of New England 2016-02-09 256 pages 5 1/2 x 8 1/2″ Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-61168-536-7 Ebook IBSN: 978-1-61168-967-9 Erin Aubry Kaplan A personal and cultural exploration of Barack Obama as black president, black icon, and black folk hero In his nearly two terms as president, Barack Obama has solidified his status…

  • What Matters to Me & Why – Allyson Hobbs

    What Matters to Me & Why – Allyson Hobbs Stanford University Common Room Center for Inter-Religious Community Learning and Experiences (CIRCLE) at Old Union, 3rd Floor Stanford, California Wednesday, 2016-02-17, 12:00 PST (Local Time) Allyson Hobbs Sponsored by: Office for Religious Life The purpose of What Matters to Me and Why is to encourage reflection…

  • How “Mestizaje” in Puerto Rico Makes Room for Racism to Flourish

    “Somos de tres razas! La blanca, la india, y la negra!” is a cliched response you can almost always count on hearing anytime you bring up race or racism in Puerto Rico or Puerto Rican Diaspora communities. It’s cute, easy to remember, and also a lie.

  • On ‘Jackson Five Nostrils,’ Creole vs. ‘Negro’ and Beefing Over Beyoncé’s ‘Formation’

    On ‘Jackson Five Nostrils,’ Creole vs. ‘Negro’ and Beefing Over Beyoncé’s ‘Formation’ ColorLines 2016-02-08 Yaba Blay, Dan Blue Endowed Chair & Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina As you know, the video for Beyoncé Knowles’ “Formation” does the most, from invoking police violence, to flashing back to Hurricane…

  • Race, Interracial Families, and Political Advertising in the Obama Era: Experimental Evidence

    Race, Interracial Families, and Political Advertising in the Obama Era: Experimental Evidence Political Communication Published online: 2016-01-20 DOI: 10.1080/10584609.2015.1106625 Ethan Porter Department of Political Science University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois Thomas J. Wood, Assistant Professor of Political Science Ohio State University Across two studies of race and interracial families in political advertising, this article finds…