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  • Exhibition brings black Germans’ stories to light

    Exhibition brings black Germans’ stories to light DW 2012-11-09 Helen Whittle An exhibit gives voice to the histories of Africans, African-Americans and Afro-Germans from the past 300 years of German history. It presents a differentiated perspective on the lives and histories of blacks in Germany. Asked what comes to mind when they think about Germany,…

  • Is race a ‘salient…’ or ‘dominant identity’ in the early 21st century: The evidence of UK survey data on respondents’ sense of who they are

    Is race a ‘salient…’ or ‘dominant identity’ in the early 21st century: The evidence of UK survey data on respondents’ sense of who they are Social Science Research Available online 2012-11-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2012.10.007 Peter J. Aspinall, Emeritus Reader in Population Health Centre for Health Services Studies University of Kent Miri Song, Professor of Sociology University…

  • Social workers ‘at rock bottom’ over issue of race and adoption

    Social workers ‘at rock bottom’ over issue of race and adoption The Guardian 2012-11-06 Hugh Muir, Diary Editor Professional body to tell Lords committee that political stereotyping has hampered efforts to rehome vulnerable children Morale among social workers has been driven to rock bottom by cuts, targets and ministers making the issue of race and…

  • Racial Framing and Superstorm Sandy: A Black Mother Begs for Help While Her Children Drown

    Racial Framing and Superstorm Sandy: A Black Mother Begs for Help While Her Children Drown We Are Respectable Negroes 2012-11-04 Chauncey DeVega Superstorm Sandy has made the divisions of class in the New York City area very clear. The “haves” are able to muster the resources to somehow survive. The “have nots” are left to…

  • Being Amerasian in South Korea: Purebloodness, Multiculturalism, and Living Alongside the U.S. Military Empire

    Being Amerasian in South Korea: Purebloodness, Multiculturalism, and Living Alongside the U.S. Military Empire The Ohio State University June 2012 96 pages Yuri W. Doolan Honors Research Thesis Presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for graduation with Honors Research Distinction in History in the undergraduate colleges of The Ohio State University This thesis focuses…

  • What Can We Learn about White Privilege and Racism from the Experiences of White Mothers Parenting Biracial Children?

    What Can We Learn about White Privilege and Racism from the Experiences of White Mothers Parenting Biracial Children? Wilfrid Laurier University 2008 175 pages Shannon Cushing A THESIS Submitted to the Department of Psychology in partial fulfillment of the requirements for Master of Arts Degree in Community Psychology Despite progress in the movement toward anti-racism,…

  • Scholars fix gaze on changing racial landscape

    Scholars fix gaze on changing racial landscape Chicago Tribune 2012-10-29 Dawn Turner Trice Laura Kina, 39, is half Asian-American and half white. Her husband is Jewish, and her stepdaughter is half Hispanic. Her family, including her fair-skinned, blue-eyed biological daughter, lives near Devon Avenue in the heart of Chicago’s Indian and Pakistani community. Kina, who’s…

  • The Price of a Black President

    The Price of a Black President The New York Times 2012-10-27 Frederick C. Harris, Professor of Political Science;  Director of the Institute for Research in African-American Studies; Director of the Center on African-American Politics and Society Columbia University WHEN African-Americans go to the polls next week, they are likely to support Barack Obama at a…

  • Beyond Confronting the Myth of Racial Democracy: The Role of Afro-Brazilian Women Scholars and Activists

    Beyond Confronting the Myth of Racial Democracy: The Role of Afro-Brazilian Women Scholars and Activists Gettysburg College Faculty Publications Paper 1 (November 2007) 55 pages Nathalie Lebon, Assistant Professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania This paper offers a synopsis of the current scholarship mapping the social and economic exclusion of…

  • Race, Nation, And Cultural Identity In Brazil (AN200)

    Race, Nation, And Cultural Identity In Brazil (AN200) IES Abroad Chicago, Illinois Program(s): Rio de Janeiro – Study Brazil Terms offered: Fall, Spring Enrique Larreta, Director of the Institute of Cultural Pluralism Candido Mendes University The main focus of the course is the construction of national identity in modern Brazil, exploring the different processes that…