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  • Brazil’s affirmative action law offers a huge hand up

    Brazil’s affirmative action law offers a huge hand up The Christian Science Monitor 2013-02-12 Sara Miller Llana, Latin America Bureau Chief and Staff Writer Public universities in Brazil will reserve half their seats to provide racial, income, and ethnic diversity – a law that goes the furthest in the Americas in attempting race-based equality. It…

  • Challenges to Affirmative Action: An Analysis of Skin Color and Verification at the Universidade Federal do Paraná in Brazil

    Challenges to Affirmative Action: An Analysis of Skin Color and Verification at the Universidade Federal do Paraná in Brazil Journal of Undergraduate Research University of Florida Volume 14, Issue 1 (Fall 2012) 8 pages Laura Hundersmarck College of Liberal Arts and Sciences University of Florida Historically, Brazilian racial identity has been constructed from a color…

  • The Myth of Post-Racialism: Hegemonic and Counterhegemonic Stories About Race and Racism in the United States

    The Myth of Post-Racialism: Hegemonic and Counterhegemonic Stories About Race and Racism in the United States Critical Race and Whiteness Studies Australian Critical Race and Whiteness Studies Association Volume 7, Issue 1 (2011) (Special Issue: Post-Racial States) pages 2-25 Babacar M’Baye, Associate Professor of Pan-African Literature and Culture Kent State University In the United States,…

  • Obama and the Biracial Factor: The Battle for a New American Majority [Andrews Review]

    Obama and the Biracial Factor: The Battle for a New American Majority [Andrews Review] Ethnic and Racial Studies Volume 36, Issue 5 (May 2013) pages 918-919 DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2012.758864 Matthew T. M. Andrews Department of Sociology University of Michigan Andrew J. Jolivétte (ed), Obama and the Biracial Factor: The Battle for a New American Majority, Bristol: Policy…

  • “Multiracial” Discourse: Racial Classifications in an Era of Color-blind Jurisprudence

    “Multiracial” Discourse: Racial Classifications in an Era of Color-blind Jurisprudence Maryland Law Review Volume 57, Issue 1 (1998) pages 97-173 Tanya Katerí Hernández, Professor of Law Fordham University INTRODUCTION I. THE BACKGROUND AND MOTIVATION OF THE MULTIRACIAL CATEGORY MOVEMENT II. THE ADVERSE CONSEQUENCES OF MULTIRACIAL DISCOURSE A. The Reaffirmation of the Value of Whiteness in…

  • UWI lecturer on 2011 census: Mixed-race figures can change voting pattern in T&T

    UWI lecturer on 2011 census: Mixed-race figures can change voting pattern in T&T Guardian Media Trinidad & Tobago Guardian Online 2013-02-22 Raphael John-Lall The view that there is race-based voting in T&T is a mere “illusion,” says Dr Fuad Khan, Minister of Health and UNC MP for the Barataria/San Juan constituency. “We do not have…

  • Crossed Paths: Chicago’s Jacksons and Obamas

    Crossed Paths: Chicago’s Jacksons and Obamas The New York Times 2013-02-24 Jodi Kantor and Monica Davey When Barack and Michelle Obama were married in Chicago two decades ago, Santita Jackson, a daughter of the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, sang at their wedding. When Mr. Obama ran for his first national office, he made sure he was…

  • John C. Minkins on Race Purity

    A large and representative audience was present at the recent meeting of the Boston Literary and Historical association to hear an address by John C. Minkins, editor of the Providence (R. I.) Evening News, on miscegenation and the fight for race purity.

  • Five times more ‘G.I. babies’ than previously thought

    Five times more ‘G.I. babies’ than previously thought The Phillipine Star Manila, Philippines 2012-12-17 Jarius Bondoc There are five times more American “G.I. babies” in the Philippines than previously thought — and they continue to multiply. This is according to a recent study by a visiting American social researcher and professor in Angeles City, Pampanga.…

  • Bulletproof Diva: Tales of Race, Sex, and Hair

    Bulletproof Diva: Tales of Race, Sex, and Hair Anchor an imprint of Random House 1997-02-19 320 pages Paperback ISBN: 978-0-385-47123-7 Lisa Jones In Bulletproof Diva, Lisa  Jones brings the wit and candor of her infamous Village Voice column, “Skin Trade,”  to a much larger audience. Chock full of the “fierce black girl humor” that has made…