Category: Politics/Public Policy

  • Malia Bouattia’s tactics will define her leadership of NUS Wonkhe: Higher education: policy, people and politics. London, England, United Kingdom 2016-04-26 Debbie McVitty, Director of Policy University of Bedfordshire Last week’s election of Malia Bouattia as the next President of the National Union of Students (NUS) has split the commentariat, with some celebrating the fact…

  • Beyond Black and White: Biracial Attitudes in Contemporary U.S. Politics American Political Science Review Volume 110 / Issue 01 / February 2016 pages 52-67 DOI: 10.1017/S0003055415000556 Lauren D. Davenport, Assistant Professor of Political Science Stanford University The 2000 U.S. census was the first in which respondents were permitted to self-identify with more than one race.…

  • ‘Our schools are failing mixed raced children’ The Voice London, England, United Kingdom 2016-04-02 Dinah Moreley Stereotypical expectations that this group have ‘confused identities’ often mean they experience racism from teachers and fellow pupils A REPORT by People in Harmony, (PIH) the national charity for mixed race people and families has highlighted the experience of…

  • Will Jawando Doesn’t Have To Be The Next Obama MTV News 2016-04-18 Jamil Smith, Senior National Correspondent There are rules for knocking on someone’s door while campaigning. And Will Jawando, a few weeks back, broke a big one. “Rule 101 in canvassing,” he told MTV News, “is that you don’t go inside.” This makes sense.…

  • Boris Johnson’s Essay on Obama and Churchill Touches Nerve Online The New York Times 2016-04-22 Sewell Chan, International News Editor LONDON — Hours after President Obama landed in London to urge Britons to vote to remain in the European Union, Mayor Boris Johnson, arguably the most visible leader of the campaign for Britain to leave…

  • White America’s Obama-era freakout: What research can tell us about racial animus since 2008 Salon 2016-04-17 Sean McElwee The election of America’s first black president somehow led even more conservative whites to change parties Racism may be the single most important feature of contemporary American politics and the key to understanding the Obama Presidency. This…

  • About Latino Whiteness… The NiLP Report on Latino Politics & Policy The National Institute for Latino Policy 2016-04-10 CONTENTS “A Response to Linda Martín Alcoff’s ‘Latinos and the Category of Whiteness’” By Manuel Pastor (April 10, 2016) “Reply to Manuel Pastor” by Linda Martín Alcoff (April 10, 2016) Manuel Pastor, Professor of Sociology and American…

  • Mixed-race indigenous people should get benefits extended to those with Indian status, Canadian court rules The Los Angeles Times 2016-04-14 Christopher Guly For decades in Canada, people of mixed indigenous and European ancestry didn’t qualify for “Indian” status and were denied a host of benefits granted to other First Nations people, including government funding, free…

  • #BlackLivesMatter in Latin America: Race, Space and Consciousness New York University Department of Social & Cultural Analysis 20 Cooper Square New York, New York 10003 Monday, 2016-04-18 18:30-20:00 EDT (Local Time) The hashtag turned social movement, #blacklivesmatter, has thrust police brutality and institutionalized racism into the American consciousness. African descendants in Latin America are concurrently…

  • The PBS NewsHour Launches Year Long Conversation on Race, Diversity and Intolerance PBS NewsHour 2015-08-31 Media Relations Contacts: Nick Massella, Director of Audience Engagement and Communications James Blue, Senior Content and Special Projects Producer WASHINGTON, DC (August 31, 2015) – Michael Brown. Freddie Gray. Eric Garner. These are just three names that have dominated news…