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  • Cultural Imperialism and the Transformation of Race Relations in Brazil

    Cultural Imperialism and the Transformation of Race Relations in Brazil Latin American Perspectives Issue 178, Volume 38, Number 3 (May 2011) pages 194-208 DOI: 10.1177/0094582X10390624 Bernadete Ramos Beserra, Professor Federal University of Ceará Edward E. Telles, Race in Another America: The Significance of Skin Color in Brazil. Princeton, NJ, and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2006.…

  • Vision Turns to Division

    The election of Barack Obama has had surprisingly little impact on a nation fixated on race

  • A new mixed-raced generation is transforming the city: Will Toronto be the world’s first post-racial metropolis?

    A new mixed-raced generation is transforming the city: Will Toronto be the world’s first post-racial metropolis? Toronto Life 2013-02-12 Nicholas Hune-Brown, Author Kourosh Keshiri, Photography Interviews by Jasmine Budak I used to be the only biracial kid in the room. Now, my exponentially expanding cohort promises a future where everyone is mixed. Last fall, I…

  • François Hollande’s misguided move: taking ‘race’ out of the constitution

    François Hollande’s misguided move: taking ‘race’ out of the constitution The Guardian 2013-02-12 Alana Lentin, Senior Lecturer in Cultural and Social Analysis University of Western Sydney Valérie Amiraux, Professor of Sociology University of Montreal Not talking about races does not lead naturally to the demise of ‘race thinking’ – it just obscures the persistent inequalities…

  • The Presumption of Passing Among Multiracial Persons: Perceived Benefits and Associated Resentments

    The Presumption of Passing Among Multiracial Persons: Perceived Benefits and Associated Resentments University of California, Santa Barbara Race Matters Series MultiCultural Center Lounge 2013-02-11, 18:30 PST (Local Time) Ingrid Dineen-Wimberly, Professor of History In her forthcoming book, By the Least Bit of Blood: The Allure of Blackness among Mixed-Race Americans of African Descent, 1862-1935, Ingrid…

  • Critical Mixed Race Studies: Research and Teaching on the Margins in the Mainstream

    Critical Mixed Race Studies: Research and Teaching on the Margins in the Mainstream University of California, Los Angeles Haines Hall 279 Friday, 2013-02-15, 12:00-13:30 PST (Local Time) G. Reginald Daniel, Professor of Sociology University of California, Santa Barbara In the early 1980s, there emerged several important unpublished doctoral dissertations on multiraciality and the mixed race…

  • Betwixt & Between~Multiracial Identity=A Denial of Blackness

    Betwixt & Between~Multiracial Identity=A Denial of Blackness Mixed Race Radio 2013-02-06, 17:00Z (12:00 EST) Tiffany Rae Reid, Host G. Reginald Daniel, Professor of Sociology University of California, Santa Barbara G. Reginald Daniel, Professor of Sociology, teaches courses exploring comparative race and ethnic relations. Since 1989, he has taught “Betwixt and Between,” which is one of…

  • The Race Conflict in Southern States: An Ethnological Study of the Original Types and the Effects of Hybridity

    Far back in the dim vista of ages, anterior to the current ideas of Noah or Adam, Egyptian records show that there were four great race types, or groups; and clear and distinct as they were orginally portrayed, so have they come down to this our day. Not one has ever been merged into another.

  • The Race Talk: Multiracialism, White Hegemony, and Identity Politics

    The Race Talk: Multiracialism, White Hegemony, and Identity Politics Information Age Publishing 2012-10-25 144 pages Paperback ISBN: 978-1-61735-912-5 Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-61735-913-2 eBook ISBN: 978-1-61735-914-9 Pierre W. Orelus, Assistant Professor of Education New Mexico State University Drawing on critical race theory, this book critically examines race through a mosaic lens pointing out various issues directly connected…

  • Land of the Cosmic Race: Race Mixture, Racism, and Blackness in Mexico

    “Land of the Cosmic Race” is a richly-detailed ethnographic account of the powerful role that race and color play in organizing the lives and thoughts of ordinary Mexicans. It presents a previously untold story of how individuals in contemporary urban Mexico construct their identities, attitudes, and practices in the context of a dominant national belief…