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  • Michael Jeffries on the Cultural Significance of President Obama

    Michael Jeffries on the Cultural Significance of President Obama Wellesley College News Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts 2013-01-18 New Book by Wellesley American Studies Professor Tackles Race in America Michael Jeffries, Knafel Assistant Professor of Social Sciences and Assistant Professor of American Studies, studies race, gender, politics, identity, and popular culture. His new book, Paint the…

  • Paint the White House Black: Barack Obama and the Meaning of Race in America

    Paint the White House Black: Barack Obama and the Meaning of Race in America Stanford University Press 2013 224 pages 2 tables Cloth ISBN: 9780804780957 Paper ISBN: 9780804780964 E-book ISBN: 9780804785570 Michael P. Jeffries, Sidney R. Knafel Assistant Professor of American Studies Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts Barack Obama’s election as the first black president in…

  • What should Multiracial people learn? Learning goals for anti-(mono)racist education

    What should Multiracial people learn? Learning goals for anti-(mono)racist education Paper presented at the Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois 2012-11-01 6 pages Eric Hamako University of Massachusetts, Amherst Political education has played important roles in many social movements. Philosopher Ronald Sundstrom has argued that Multiracial activists and community organizers have a…

  • “I Got Indian in my Family”~A Discussion on Indian Identity

    “I Got Indian in my Family”~A Discussion on Indian Identity Mixed Race Radio 2013-01-23, 17:00Z (12:00 EST) Tiffany Rae Reid, Host Dwanna L. Robertson University of Massachusetts, Amherst On today’s episode of Mixed Race Radio we will speak with Dwanna L. Robertson and discuss issues of Identity: What does it mean to be Indian in…

  • I’m Not Black, I’m Hispanic!

    I’m Not Black, I’m Hispanic! Born Bicultural USA 2009-12-29 Alberto Padron The first time I heard that statement coming out of a family member’s mouth, I was confused. In my mind, a violation of logic had occurred. After all, the person making this statement was blacker than the black hair on their head. I mean,…

  • Black in America: It’s not just about the color of your skin

    Black in America: It’s not just about the color of your skin In America: You define America. What defines you? Cable News Network 2012-12-15 Moni Basu (CNN) – What is black? Race. Culture. Consciousness. History. Heritage.   A shade darker than brown? The opposite of white?   Who is black? In America, being black has…

  • Searching for Zion: The Quest for Home in the African Diaspora

    A decade in the making, Emily Raboteau’s “Searching for Zion” takes readers around the world on an unexpected adventure of faith. Both one woman’s quest for a place to call “home” and an investigation into a people’s search for the Promised Land, this landmark work of creative nonfiction is a trenchant inquiry into contemporary and…

  • Racial Subordination in Latin America: The Role of the State, Customary Law, and the New Civil Rights Response

    Hernández is the first author to thoroughly consider the role of customary law in erecting and sustaining racial hierarchies

  • Love Against the Law: The autobiographies of Tex and Nelly Camfoo

    Love Against the Law: The autobiographies of Tex and Nelly Camfoo Aboriginal Studies Press 2000 120 pages 240×170 mm ISBN 9780855753481 Tex Camfoo Nelly Camfoo Edited by: Gillian Cowlishaw During his life, Tex Camfoo has been classified as Aboriginal, half-caste and European. As a half-caste he could not legally associate with or marry an Aboriginal…