Category: United States

  • Mixed Race Issues to be Examined at DePaul University Forum DePaul University News Release 2012-10-29 As Americans of mixed racial ancestry continue to grow in number and diversity, the demographic, social, political and cultural implications for the country become more complex. These issues will be examined from a variety of perspectives at a groundbreaking conference…

  • Race in a Bottle Scientific American Volume 297 (January 1, 2007) pages 40-45 Jonathan D. Kahn, Professor of Law Hamline University, Saint Paul, Minnesota Drugmakers are eager to develop medicines targeted at ethnic groups, but so far they have made poor choices based on unsound science. This article focuses on the drug, BiDil – a drug…

  • Is Elizabeth Warren an Indian? The Aporetic 2012-09-27 Mike O’Malley The ques­tion posed above is extremely hard to answer. She doesn’t “look like an indian.” But what do Indians look like? Just to recap: Elizabeth Warren is run­ning for the Sen­ate in Massachusetts. She’s been widely mocked for claiming herself as “native Ameri­can” at var­i­ous…

  • Obama struggles to balance African Americans’ hopes with country’s as a whole The Washington Post 2012-10-28 Peter Wallsten Barack Obama stood at the lectern, trying to figure out what to say — or at least how to say it. He started speaking, then stopped, then started again, each time searching for the right tone, the…

  • “Incestuous Sheets” and “Adulterate Beasts”: Incest and Miscegenation in Early Modern Drama University of Michigan 2011 199 pages Kentston D. Bauman A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (English Language and Literature) This dissertation explores the centrality of incest and miscegenation in the early modern cultural…

  • Scholars fix gaze on changing racial landscape Chicago Tribune 2012-10-29 Dawn Turner Trice Laura Kina, 39, is half Asian-American and half white. Her husband is Jewish, and her stepdaughter is half Hispanic. Her family, including her fair-skinned, blue-eyed biological daughter, lives near Devon Avenue in the heart of Chicago’s Indian and Pakistani community. Kina, who’s…

  • The Price of a Black President The New York Times 2012-10-27 Frederick C. Harris, Professor of Political Science;  Director of the Institute for Research in African-American Studies; Director of the Center on African-American Politics and Society Columbia University WHEN African-Americans go to the polls next week, they are likely to support Barack Obama at a…

  • Anatole Broyard’s Kafka Was the Rage: A Greenwich Village Memoir Journal of American Ethnic History Volume 32, Number 1 (Fall 2012) pages 95-100 DOI: 10.5406/jamerethnhist.32.1.0095 Greg Carter, Associate Professor of History University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee I DESIGNED MY FIRST COURSE, Mixed Race Identity in American Culture, an elective surveying the history of racial mixing in…

  • Racial Commodification in the Era of Elective Race: Affirmative Action and the Lesson of Elizabeth Warren University of Southern California Legal Studies Working Paper Series Working Paper 92 31 pages 2012-08-20 Camille Gear Rich, Associate Professor of Law Gould School of Law University of Southern California This Essay uses the current controversy over the racial…

  • Multiracial Children – How Racial Identities Develop City Families: Helping New Yorkers Adopt New York’s Children The Vincent J. Fontanta Center 27 Christopher Street New York, New York 10011 2012-10-26, 18:00-20:00 EDT (Local Time)   Have you ever wondered about how children from multiracial backgrounds develop their racial identity?  Please join us in welcoming Dr. Ricia…