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  • Black pols stymied in Obama era

    Black pols stymied in Obama era Politico 2013-04-29 Jonathan Martin, Senior Political Reporter More than five years after Barack Obama won the Iowa caucuses and demolished the notion that white voters wouldn’t support a black presidential candidate, progress for other African-American politicians remains elusive. Even as the country elected and reelected Obama, making it seem…

  • Zumbi dos Palmares College encourages Afro-Brazilians to study

    Zumbi dos Palmares College encourages Afro-Brazilians to study Infosurhoy.com 2012-04-27 InfoSurHoy.com is a one-stop source of news and information about, and for, Latin America and the Caribbean. It is sponsored by the United States Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM). Thiago Borges Opened in 2004 in São Paulo, the institution reserves 50% of its enrollment for people of…

  • Affirmative Action in Brazil: Slavery’s Legacy

    Affirmative Action in Brazil: Slavery’s Legacy The Economist Americas View: The Americas 2013-04-26 H.J. São Paulo TO SUM up recent research predicting a mixed-race future for humanity, biologist Stephen Stearns of Yale University turns to an already intermingled nation. In a few centuries, he says, we will all “look like Brazilians”. Brazil shares with the…

  • Race, Policy, and Culture: An Identity Crisis for Sickle Cell Disease in Brazil

    Race, Policy, and Culture: An Identity Crisis for Sickle Cell Disease in Brazil Melissa S. Creary, MPH, Doctoral Candidate Graduate Institute of Liberal Arts Emory University Professor Howard Kushner, Chair Professor Jeffrey Lesser, Co-Chair Abstract of Dissertation Prospectus In 2001, Cândida and Altair, a married couple, started a national organization to increase the rights of…

  • ‘Improving’ the Māori: Counting the Ideology of Intermarriage

    ‘Improving’ the Māori: Counting the Ideology of Intermarriage New Zealand Journal of History Volume 34, Number 1 (2000) pages 80-97 Kate Riddell Waitangi Tribunal, Wellington IN 1996 THE CENSUS gave a total of 3,681,546 New Zealanders, of whom 524,031 were self-described as Māori or of Māori descent — thus, around 14%. The 1896 census gave…

  • Issue Brief – Race and Ethnicity Matters: Concepts and Challenges of Racial and Ethnic Classifications in Public Health

    Race has become a prominent focus for human biotechnology. Despite often good intentions, genetic technologies are being applied in a manner that may provide new justification for thinking about racial difference and racial disparities in biological terms—as if social categories of race reflect natural or inherent group differences.

  • AfroAsian Encounters: Culture, History, Politics

    AfroAsian Encounters is the first anthology to look at the mutual influence of and relationships between members of the African and Asian diasporas.

  • The Possessive Investment in Whiteness: How White People Profit from Identity Politics (Revised and Expanded Edition)

    The Possessive Investment in Whiteness: How White People Profit from Identity Politics (Revised and Expanded Edition) Temple University Press March 2006 312 pages Paper ISBN: 978-1-59213-494-6 Cloth ISBN: 978-1-59213-493-9 Electronic Book ISBN:  978-1-59213-495-3 George Lipsitz, Professor of Black Studies and Sociology University of California, Santa Barbara Outstanding Books Award, Gustavus Myers Center for the Study…

  • Author takes on modern myths about race

    Author takes on modern myths about race Skokie Review Chicago, Illinois 2013-04-05 Mike Isaacs he 8-year-old girl who had difficulty breathing had been misdiagnosed for a long time, but then a technician looked at her X-ray and asked incredulously why she had not been treated for cystic fibrosis. The reason was because she was black,…

  • Racial Theories in Context (Second Edition)

    Racial Theories in Context (Second Edition) Cognella 2013 224 pages Paperback ISBN: 978-1-60927-056-8 Edited by: Jared Sexton, Associate Professor of African American Studies and Film & Media Studies University of California, Irvine This book presents a critical framework for understanding how and why race matters — past, present, and future. The readings trace the historical…