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  • Talkin’ Race with Laura and Wei Ming

    Talkin’ Race with Laura and Wei Ming The Magic Mulatto: Bringing the fine art of Race Talk straight to the people 2013-03-26 Brett Russell Coleman, Doctoral Student of Community & Prevention Research University of Illinois, Chicago “In 1969, we weren’t at war with China.” If that sentence leaves you perplexed in any way, you need…

  • Multiracial Identity: An International Perspective

    Multiracial Identity: An International Perspective Palgrave Macmillan September 2000 186 pages 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches ISBN: 978-0-312-23219-1 ISBN10: 0-312-23219-5 Mark Christian, Professor of African & African American Studies Lehman College, City University of New York Multiracial Identity provides an accessible account of the social construction of racialized groups. Using both primary (in-depth interviews)…

  • Race and the Census: The “Negro” Controversy

    Race and the Census: The “Negro” Controversy Pew Research: Social & Demographic Trends Pew Research Center 2010-01-21 D’Vera Cohn, Senior Writer The topic of racial identification on census forms has a long, fascinating history, which has generated fresh debate as the 2010 Census begins. Why, some ask, does the form include the word “Negro,” along…

  • Paralegal claims discrimination by law firm because of mixed-race heritage

    Paralegal claims discrimination by law firm because of mixed-race heritage The Southeast Texas Record: Southeast Texas’ Legal Journal Beaumont, Texas 2013-03-25 John Suayan, Galveston Bureau HOUSTON – Montgomery County resident Darren Chew claims he was subjected to racial discrimination while working for a collections law firm and has filed a lawsuit. Recent court papers filed…

  • Mixing it Up

    Mixing it Up Salon 2001-03-08 Suzy Hansen Alabama just legalized black-white marriage. An expert talks about why it took so long and the American obsession with racial purity. In November 2000, after a statewide vote in a special election, Alabama became the last state to overturn a law that was an ugly reminder of America’s…

  • AAS 550: Asian Americans of Mixed Heritages

    AAS 550: Asian Americans of Mixed Heritages San Francisco State University Spring 2012 Wei Ming Dariotis, Associate Professor of Asian American Studies This is an interactive, dynamic course taught in a seminar style with an expectation of active student participation. Group work and interaction are emphasized in order to provide students with real life problem…

  • Confounding Identity: Exploring the Life and Discourse of Lucy E. Parsons

    Confounding Identity: Exploring the Life and Discourse of Lucy E. Parsons Berks Conference for Women Historians 2011 29 pages Michelle Diane Wright, Assistant Professor of History Community College of Baltimore County Despite the vast research conducted on radical activist history of late nineteenth century Chicago, there is very little that examines political and social ideologies…

  • Who will benefit from AR-TPD “cost-savings”?

    Who will benefit from AR-TPD “cost-savings”? Two or More: Mixed thoughts about the Census NAC 2013-03-24 Eric Hamako Eric Hamako is one of 32 members of the Census Bureau’s National Advisory Committee (NAC) on Race, Ethnic, and Other Populations, 2012-2014. This blog is intended to 1) share updates and Eric’s perspectives on the NAC, 2)…

  • Race, Religion Collide in 2012 Campaign

    Race, Religion Collide in 2012 Campaign The Associated Press 2012-05-05 Jesse Washington, National Writer, Race and Ethnicity Rachel Zoll, National Religion Writer How unthinkable it was, not so long ago, that a presidential election would pit a candidate fathered by an African against another condemned as un-Christian. And yet, here it is: Barack Obama vs.…

  • CNN’s Soledad O’Brien on Her Entrepreneurial TV Future

    CNN’s Soledad O’Brien on Her Entrepreneurial TV Future Bloomberg Businessweek 2013-03-07 Soledad O’Brien as told to Diane Brady I never really hesitated about going to Starting Point [which premiered on Jan. 2, 2012]. I thought there was an opportunity to get beyond the platitudes of “Yes, Medicare! No, Medicare!” and actually look at the Congressional Budget…