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  • Germany elects its first two black MPs in breakthrough hailed as ‘historic’

    Germany elects its first two black MPs in breakthrough hailed as ‘historic’ The Telegraph 2013-09-23 Damien McElroy, Foreign Affairs Correspondent Berlin—Karamba Diaby and Charles Huber were elected for rival Left and Right political factions in Sunday’s general election to Germany’s parliament, the Bundestag. Both have Senegalese backgrounds but followed very different paths into politics… …Mr…

  • Colour Coded Health Care: The Impact of Race and Racism on Canadians’ Health

    Colour Coded Health Care: The Impact of Race and Racism on Canadians’ Health Wellesly Institute: advancing urban health Toronto, Ontario, Canada January 2012 30 pages Sheryl Nestel, Ph.D. Scope and Purpose of the Review Canada is home to a much-admired system of universal health care, understood as a central pillar of this nation’s overall commitment…

  • Vietnam Legacy: Finding G.I. Fathers, and Children Left Behind

    Vietnam Legacy: Finding G.I. Fathers, and Children Left Behind The New York Times 2013-09-16 James Dao, Military and Veterans Affairs Reporter SALTILLO, Miss. — Soon after he departed Vietnam in 1970, Specialist James Copeland received a letter from his Vietnamese girlfriend. She was pregnant, she wrote, and he was the father. He re-enlisted, hoping to…

  • Identity Politics, in a Brand-New Form

    Identity Politics, in a Brand-New Form The New York Times 2013-09-14 Sam Roberts, Urban Affairs Correspondent ARGUABLY, New York’s identity politics peaked in 1945. That year, William O’Dwyer, the Democratic Party machine’s mayoral favorite, was Irish and from Brooklyn. Lazarus Joseph, the candidate for comptroller, was Jewish and from the Bronx. Party leaders balanced their…

  • Las Tejanas: 300 Years of History

    This groundbreaking book is at once a general history and a celebration of Tejanas’ contributions to Texas over three centuries

  • Race and Justice in Transnational Perspective: “Colorblind?: The Contradictions of Racial Classification”

    Race and Justice in Transnational Perspective: “Colorblind?: The Contradictions of Racial Classification” Seminar Series: Race and Justice in Transnational Perspective University of California, Merced California Room 5200 North Lake Rd. Merced, California 95343 2013-09-19, 10:30 PDT (Local Time) Michael Omi, Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies University of California, Berkeley The dominant racial ideology of colorblindness…

  • Black and white in America: The culture and politics of racial classification

    Black and white in America: The culture and politics of racial classification International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society Volume 7, Issue 2 (Winter 1993) pages 229-258 DOI: 10.1007/BF02283196 Ernest Evans Kilker The sociological imagination enables its possessor to understand the larger historical scene in terms of its meaning for the inner life and external…

  • Luck and a Shrewd Strategy Fueled de Blasio’s Ascension

    Luck and a Shrewd Strategy Fueled de Blasio’s Ascension The New York Times 2013-09-11 Michael Barbaro, Political Writer The commercial that changed the course of the mayor’s race almost never happened. Bill de Blasio’s campaign team had mused about building an ad around his wife, Chirlane McCray, a telegenic African-American poet, then abandoned the concept.…

  • De Blasio First in Mayoral Primary; Unclear if He Avoids a Runoff

    De Blasio First in Mayoral Primary; Unclear if He Avoids a Runoff The New York Times 2013-09-10 David M. Halbfinger, Reporter David W. Chen, City Hall Bureau Chief Bill de Blasio, whose campaign for mayor of New York tapped into a city’s deepening unease with income inequality and aggressive police practices, captured far more votes…

  • N.Y. mayor’s race front-runner cast as a ‘socialist redistributionist’

    N.Y. mayor’s race front-runner cast as a ‘socialist redistributionist’ The Christian Science Monitor 2013-09-04 Harry Bruinius, Staff writer Democrat Bill de Blasio, the most liberal major candidate in the New York City mayor’s race, is leading polls ahead of the Sept. 10 primary. Republicans sense an opportunity. The surprising ascendancy of New York City Public…