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  • Schooling, Blackness and national identity in Esmeraldas, Ecuador

    Schooling, Blackness and national identity in Esmeraldas, Ecuador Race Ethnicity and Education Volume 10, Issue 1, (March 2007) pages 47-70 DOI: 10.1080/13613320601100377 Ethan Allen Johnson, Assistant Professor of Black Studies Portland State University, Portland, Oregon In Esmeraldas, Ecuador, students of African descent make sense of racial identity and discrimination in multiple and contradictory ways as…

  • Student and teacher negotiations of racial identity in an Afro-Ecuadorian region

    Student and teacher negotiations of racial identity in an Afro-Ecuadorian region International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education Volume 22, Issue 5 (September-October 2009) pages 563-584 DOI: 10.1080/09518390902915439 Ethan Allen Johnson, Assistant Professor of Black Studies Portland State University, Portland, Oregon In this article, using data collected primarily through interviews and observations the researcher explores…

  • “I now harbor more pride in my race”: The Educational Benefits of Inter- and Intraracial Dialogues on the Experiences of Students of Color and Multiracial Students

    “I now harbor more pride in my race”: The Educational Benefits of Inter- and Intraracial Dialogues on the Experiences of Students of Color and Multiracial Students Equity & Excellence in Education Volume 45, Issue 1 (2012) pages 14-35 DOI: 10.1080/10665684.2012.643180 Kristie A. Ford, Assistant Professor of Sociology Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York Victoria K.…

  • The color of Black: Professor explores racial identity in college students

    The color of Black: Professor explores racial identity in college students Scope: Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education Stanford University 2011-10-10 Barbara McKenna There are lots of different ways to be Black and to have a strong Black identity,” says Camille Charles. But, she adds, research and social definitions of Black identity don’t generally…

  • Has ‘whiteness studies’ run its course at colleges?

    Has ‘whiteness studies’ run its course at colleges? Cable News Network (CNN) In America: You define America. What defines you? 2012-01-30 Alex P. Kellogg, Special to CNN Among university departments that study African-American history, Latin American or Chicano cultures and all varieties of ethnicities and nationalities, there’s a relatively obscure field of academic inquiry: whiteness…

  • The Invisibility of Multiracial Students: An Emerging Majority by 2050

    The Invisibility of Multiracial Students: An Emerging Majority by 2050 University of California, San Diego January 2009 252 pages Gina Acosta Potter A dissertation submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership By the nature of their existence, multiracial people call to question deeply held notions of…

  • Episode 13: An ‘All-American’ Student Leader’s Search for Identity

    Episode 13: An ‘All-American’ Student Leader’s Search for Identity Say Something: College Life. One Student at a Time. The Chronicle of Higher Education 2011-03-25 Robin Wilson “One assumes it’s very hard to be religious and still be gay.”   Ari Shroyer Roosevelt University, Chicago, Illinois In this episode, we hear from Ari Shroyer, a sophomore…

  • 50 African Americans Who Forever Changed Academia

    50 African Americans Who Forever Changed Academia Online College 2012-01-24 Black History Month is celebrated every February as a time to recognize and honor African-Americans who made great contributions to some aspect of life in this country. Major figures like Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks are often honored, but many lesser-known men and…

  • Conversation Of The Week XXII: Mixed-Race Students and The College Experience

    Conversation Of The Week XXII: Mixed-Race Students and The College Experience USARiseUp 2011-04-18 Amy O’Loughlin In January, The New York Times published “Black? White? Asian? More Young Americans Choose All of the Above,” a provocative and widely circulated article about college students of mixed racial and ethnic backgrounds, as well as the rise in population…

  • Marley class inspires UM students

    Marley class inspires UM students South Florida Times 2009-09-08 Juliana Accioly CORAL GABLES — On a recent weekday, students at the University of Miami watched a screen in front of a blackboard ignite with lively performances of music legend Bob Marley. Then, suddenly, those images were juxtaposed with graphic footage of segregation and violence. When…