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  • Census Bureau Establishes National Advisory Committee on Racial, Ethnic and Other Populations

    Census Bureau Establishes National Advisory Committee on Racial, Ethnic and Other Populations United States Census Bureau News Release CB12-195 2012-10-12 The U.S. Census Bureau announced today the establishment of the National Advisory Committee on Racial, Ethnic and Other Populations. The Census Bureau has also named the committee’s members and leadership. The National Advisory Committee will…

  • Under the skin

    Under the skin Havard University Gazette 2012-10-12 Aaron Lester, Harvard Correspondent Deep experience informs panelists’ views on mixed-race life in U.S. When Carmen Fields’ future husband asked her to meet his mother, Fields refused. “No way. I didn’t want to be the reason she opened up the front door and dropped the Easter ham,” she…

  • Student-Organized Conference To Focus on ‘Mixed-Race Experience’

    Student-Organized Conference To Focus on ‘Mixed-Race Experience’ Havard University Gazette 2000-04-13 Ken Gewertz, Gazette Staff For many of us, food can be a powerful reminder of who we are and where we come from. But the foods that Rebecca Weisinger ’02 remembers from her family dinner table were a little different from most. “Sometimes my…

  • Black Pride, Democratic Politics: Can They Be Separated in Blacks’ Support of Obama?

    Black Pride, Democratic Politics: Can They Be Separated in Blacks’ Support of Obama? The Associated Press 2012-10-13 Jesse Washington, National Writer, Race and Ethnicity Surviving slavery, segregation and discrimination has forged a special pride in African-Americans. Now some are saying this hard-earned pride has become prejudice in the form of blind loyalty to President Barack…

  • My Day at the 5th Annual Mixed Roots Film and Literary Festival

    My Day at the 5th Annual Mixed Roots Film and Literary Festival Gino Michael Pellegrini: Education, Amalgamation, Race, Class & Solidarity 2012-10-14 Gino Pellegrini, Adjunct Assistant Professor of English Pierce College, Woodland Hills, California Saturday morning, June 16, 2012: I take the Metro from North Hollywood to the Tokyo Arts District in Downtown Los Angeles.…

  • Postdoctoral Scholar Fellowship Trainee [Critical Mixed-Race Studies]

    Postdoctoral Scholar Fellowship Trainee [Critical Mixed-Race Studies] University of Southern California USC Laboratory and Research Jobs 2012-10-10 The University of Southern California (USC), founded in 1880, is located in the heart of downtown L.A. and is the largest private employer in the City of Los Angeles. As an employee of USC, you will be a…

  • Revealing the African Presence in Renaissance Europe

    Revealing the African Presence in Renaissance Europe Walters Art Museum 600 N. Charles Street Baltimore, Maryland 2012-10-14 through 2013-01-21 Open Wednesday-Sunday, 10:00-17:00 ET (Local Time) Telephone: 410-547-9000 Revealing the African Presence in Renaissance Europe, an unprecedented exhibition, explores the world of Renaissance art in Europe to bring to life the hidden African presence in its…

  • Scot Nakagawa: Dismantling the Fulcrum of White Supremacy

    Scot Nakagawa: Dismantling the Fulcrum of White Supremacy GRITtv 2012-08-24 Laura Flanders, Host Scot Nakagawa, Senior Parner ChangeLab Race, according to activist and writer Scot Nakagawa, was an idea created originally to justify the enslavement of a people, and has displayed pernicious staying power in the centuries since. That’s why, as Nakagawa explains in this…

  • ITYC Audio Journal #2: What Are You?-Crossing Borders, Bridging Generations

    ITYC Audio Journal #2: What Are You?-Crossing Borders, Bridging Generations Is That Your Child? Thought in Full Color 2012-10-07 Michelle McCrary, Host Last Thursday, I attended an event at the Brooklyn Historical Society for their “Crossing Borders, Bridging Generations” series called What Are You? The panel tackled the this perpetual question often aimed at people…

  • A Vanishing Race

    A Vanishing Race Chronicles of Oklahoma Volume 4, Number 1 (June, 1926) pages 100-115 G. A. Crossett, Editor Caddo Herald One of the largest and most intelligent tribes of original American Indians in the United States today is the Choctaws, who inhabit the southeastern portion of Oklahoma. The Choctaws formerly occupied the central and northern…