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  • Emory and CNN Launch Public Dialogue Series

    Emory and CNN Launch Public Dialogue Series The Emory Wheel 2011-09-02 Amanda Serfozo Emory University hosted an inaugural event in partnership with CNN on Wednesday evening that aims to facilitate discourse related to the results of the 2010 Census and its reflection of new population trends in America.   CNN Dialogues—an ongoing colloquium with panels…

  • Pure mixed blood: The multiple identities of Amerasians in South Korea

    Pure mixed blood: The multiple identities of Amerasians in South Korea Indiana University February 2007 256 pages Publication Number: AAT 3253643 Sue-Je Lee Gage, Assistant Professor of Anthropology Ithaca University Submitted to the faculty of the University Graduate School in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of …

  • ‘Obama’s My Dad’: Mixed Race Suspects, Political Anxiety and the New Imperialism

    ‘Obama’s My Dad’: Mixed Race Suspects, Political Anxiety and the New Imperialism thirdspace: a journal of feminist theory & culture Volume 10, Number 1 (2011) Rachel Gorman, Lecturer Women and Gender Studies Institute University of Toronto In this article I will argue that the ideology of white supremacy is currently being reproduced as an ideology…

  • Race and Genomics. Old Wine in New Bottles? Documents from a Transdisciplinary Discussion

    Race and Genomics. Old Wine in New Bottles? Documents from a Transdisciplinary Discussion NTM Zeitschrift für Geschichte der Wissenschaften, Technik und Medizin Volume 16, Number 3 (August 2008) pages 363-386 DOI 10.1007/S00048-008-0301-6 Staffan Müller-Wille ESRC Centre for Genomics in Society University of Exeter Hans-Jörg Rheinberger Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte Berlin, Germany From July 25 to 29,…

  • Op-Ed: Moving Beyond Race-Based Health

    Op-Ed: Moving Beyond Race-Based Health The Herald-Sun Durham, North Carolina 2008-08-22 Susanne Haga, IGSP Scholar, Assistant Research Professor Duke Institute for Genome Science & Policy At a time when genetics research continues to reveal just how similar we all are, it’s frustrating to see the continued reliance on race as a basis to treat individuals…

  • The curious case of Barack Obama: A postracial black man in a racialized world

    The curious case of Barack Obama: A postracial black man in a racialized world University of Houston, Clear Lake July 2009 180 pages Publication Number: AAT 1471005 ISBN: 9781109355192 Joel G. Carter THESIS Presented to the Faculty of The University of Houston Clear Lake In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree MASTER OF…

  • The Past and the Present Condition, and the Destiny, of the Colored Race

    The Past and the Present Condition, and the Destiny, of the Colored Race Henry Highland Garnet Edited by Paul Royster University of Nebraska, Lincoln Steam press of J. C. Kneeland and Co. 1848 31 pages The text of this electronic edition is based on the original published at Troy, New York, in 1848. It was…

  • Identity and Public Policy: Redefining the Concept of Racial Democracy in Brazil

    Identity and Public Policy: Redefining the Concept of Racial Democracy in Brazil Harvard Journal of African American Policy 2011 Edition Krystle Norman Krystle Norman is a recent graduate of the University of Maryland, College Park, where she received her master’s degree in public policy. In 2008, she received her bachelor’s degree from the University of…

  • Race in Brazil: Out of Eden

    Race in Brazil: Out of Eden The Economist 2003-07-03 Brazil used to think it could be colour-blind. Alas, no longer JOANA, an actress and student, is white, or at least that is what her birth certificate says. She has a white father, a mixed-race mother and skin the colour of cappuccino. But she considers herself…

  • Obama’s Race: The 2008 Election and the Dream of a Post-Racial America

    Barack Obama’s presidential victory naturally led people to believe that the United States might finally be moving into a post-racial era. “Obama’s Race”—and its eye-opening account of the role played by race in the election—paints a dramatically different picture.