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  • Annette John-Hall: CNN series cuts to the core of black identity

    No surprise that “Black in America,” Soledad O’Brien’s documentary series on African American life and culture, was among CNN’s most-watched programs. No other show has offered a deeper look at what it means to be black, in all its complexities.

  • CNN Contributing Producer Probes Lingering Pain of the ‘One Drop’ Rule

    CNN Contributing Producer Probes Lingering Pain of the ‘One Drop’ Rule ColorLines: News for Action 2012-12-07 Akiba Solomon, Columnist, Gender Matters New York, New York Keep the concept of privilege-clinging in the back of your mind as you check out the work and words of Dr. Yaba Blay, the driving force behind “Who Is Black…

  • Soledad O’Brien: Who is black in America? I am

    Soledad O’Brien: Who is black in America? I am Cable News Network (CNN) 2012-12-07 Editor’s Note: In today’s United States, is being black determined by the color of your skin, by your family, by what society says, or something else? Soledad O’Brien reports “Who Is Black in America?” on CNN at 8 p.m. ET/PT this…

  • Did one-drop rules have a positive side?

    Did one-drop rules have a positive side? Cable News Network (CNN) Black in America: A Soledad O’Brien Report 2012-12-05 Soledad O’Brien, Host   Ethnographer and professor Dr. Yaba Blay explains why she thinks the one-drop rule has a positive side. [Transcription by Steven F. Riley] Soledad O’Brien: Why do so many black people—me included—embrace the “one-drop…

  • Demographic Shifts Redefine What It Means to Be Korean

    Demographic Shifts Redefine What It Means to Be Korean The New York Times 2012-11-29 Choe Sang-Hun SEOUL, South Korea — Jasmine Lee realizes just how Korean she’s become when she breaks out in the language, forgetting that her Filipino mother on the other end of the phone can’t understand her. But she is reminded of…

  • How the United States Racializes Latinos: White Hegemony and Its Consequences

    Mexican and Central American undocumented immigrants, as well as U.S. citizens such as Puerto Ricans and Mexican Americans, have become a significant portion of the U.S. population. Yet the U.S. government, mainstream society, and radical activists characterize this rich diversity of peoples and cultures as one group alternatively called “Hispanics,” “Latinos,” or even the pejorative…

  • Othering Obama: How Whiteness is Used to Undermine Authority

    Othering Obama: How Whiteness is Used to Undermine Authority Altre Modernità/Other Modernities ISSN 2035-7680 Number 3 (2010) pages 112-119 DOI: 10.6092/2035-7680/517 David S. Owen, Associate Professor of Philosophy; Director of Diversity Programs, College of Arts and Sciences University of Louisville In this paper, I argue that the sociocultural structuring property of whiteness has been utilized…

  • Race Card Project Creates New Type of Conversation

    Race Card Project Creates New Type of Conversation The Associated Press 2012-11-30 Jesse Washington, National Writer on Race and Ethnicity She asked for just six words. Michele Norris, the National Public Radio host, was starting a book tour for her memoir, which explored racial secrets. Sensing a change in the atmosphere after the election of…

  • Race, Skin Color, and Economic Outcomes in Early Twentieth-Century America

    Race, Skin Color, and Economic Outcomes in Early Twentieth-Century America Stanford University Job Market Paper 2012-11-28 53 pages Roy Mill Department of Economics Stanford University Luke C.D. Stein Department of Economics Stanford University We study the effect of race on economic outcomes using unique data from the first half of the twentieth century, a period…

  • How “Commonsense” Notions of Race, Class and Gender Infiltrate Families Formed across the Color Line

    How “Commonsense” Notions of Race, Class and Gender Infiltrate Families Formed across the Color Line Sociology Mind Volume 2, Number 1 (January 2012) pages 75-69 ISSN Print: 2160-083X ISSN Online: 2160-0848 DOI: 10.4236/sm.2012.21010 Eileen T. Walsh, Assistant Professor of Sociology California State University, Fullerton This research presents data from in-depth interviews of sixty adults in…