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  • Race, Class, and Gender in the United States: An Integrated Study

    Race, Class, and Gender in the United States: An Integrated Study Macmillan Ninth Edition 2014 732 pages Paper Text ISBN-10: 1-4292-4217-5; ISBN-13: 978-1-4292-4217-2 Paula S. Rothenberg, Senior Fellow; The Murphy Institute, City University of New York Professor Emerita; William Patterson University of New Jersey Like no other text, this best-selling anthology effectively introduces students to…

  • Human Variation: A Genetic Perspective on Diversity, Race, and Medicine

    Human Variation: A Genetic Perspective on Diversity, Race, and Medicine Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press 2014 131 pages (21 4C, 5B&W), index Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-621820-90-1 Paperback ISBN: 978-1-936113-25-5 Edited by: Aravinda Chakravarti, Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics, Molecular Biology & Genetics, and, Biostatistics Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Institute of Genetic Medicine Since the appearance…

  • Race as Biology Is Fiction, Racism as a Social Problem Is Real: Anthropological and Historical Perspectives on the Social Construction of Race

    Race as Biology Is Fiction, Racism as a Social Problem Is Real: Anthropological and Historical Perspectives on the Social Construction of Race American Psychologist Volume 60, Number 1, January 2005 pages 16–26 DOI: 10.1037/0003-066X.60.1.16 Audrey Smedley Virginia Commonwealth University Institute of Medicine Brian D. Smedley Virginia Commonwealth University Institute of Medicine Racialized science seeks to…

  • Why Today’s GOP Crackup Is the Final Unraveling of Nixon’s ‘Southern Strategy’

    Why Today’s GOP Crackup Is the Final Unraveling of Nixon’s ‘Southern Strategy’ The Nation 2015-10-12 William Greider Tea Party rebels are exposing the deep rifts between country-club elites and social-issue hard-liners. Fresh chatter among Washington insiders is not about whether the Republican Party will win in 2016 but whether it will survive. Donald Trump —…

  • Art for Obama: Designing Manifest Hope And The Campaign For Change

    Art for Obama: Designing Manifest Hope And The Campaign For Change Abrams 2009-10-01 184 pages 150 full-color illustrations Trim Size: 9 x 11 Paperback ISBN: 0-8109-8498-9 Edited by: Shepard Fairey Jennifer Gross Few events in recent memory have captivated the world’s attention like that of Barack Obama’s historic presidential campaign. Not only did it stir…

  • The Paradox of the First Black President

    As the historic administration nears its final year, African-American leaders debate: Did Barack Obama do enough for his own community?

  • Rupert Murdoch implies Obama is not ‘real black president’ in tweet praising Ben Carson

    Rupert Murdoch implies Obama is not ‘real black president’ in tweet praising Ben Carson The Guardian 2015-10-07 Ben Jacobs, Political Reporter Media mogul says Republican contender could ‘properly address the racial divide’ in tweets criticising Obama’s record in office Media mogul Rupert Murdoch has suggested that Barack Obama was not a “real black” president in…

  • Obama has vastly changed the face of the federal bureaucracy

    Obama has vastly changed the face of the federal bureaucracy The Washington Post 2015-09-20 Juliet Eilperin, White House Bureau Chief Friday afternoon announcements in Washington are usually aimed at attracting as little attention as possible, but last Friday was different. President Obama’s decision to nominate Eric Fanning — an openly gay man — to head…

  • Whither ‘non-racialism’: the ‘new’ South Africa turns twenty-one

    Whither ‘non-racialism’: the ‘new’ South Africa turns twenty-one Ethnic and Racial Studies Volume 38, Issue 13, 2015 pages 2167-2174 DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2015.1058511 Deborah Posel, Professor of Sociology Institute for Humanities in Africa (HUMA) University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa This brief essay reflects on the meaning and significance of ‘non-racialism’ in South Africa’s recent…

  • Bill de Blasio, Chirlane McCray are now empty nesters as daughter goes to college

    Bill de Blasio, Chirlane McCray are now empty nesters as daughter goes to college The New York Daily News 2015-09-17 Jennifer Fermino, City Hall Bureau Chief Chiara de Blasio, seen here with her mom, First Lady Chirlane McCray, left for college on Thursday. David Wexler/New York Daily News The city’s First Family is officially empty…