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  • Left By the Ship

    Left By the Ship Independent Lens Public Broadcasting Service 2010 Filmmakers: Emma Rossi-Landi Alberto Vendemmiati  In the 1970s and 1980s, the world was touched by the stories of Amerasian children, the offspring of U.S. military personnel stationed in Asia and the Pacific in the aftermath of World War II, and during the Korean and Vietnam…

  • The Myth of Majority-Minority America

    The Myth of Majority-Minority America Slate 2012-05-22 Matthew Yglesias, Business and Economics Correspondent It’s rare that a Census Bureau press release dominates the front pages, but last week’s headline “Most Children Younger Than 1 Are Minorities, Census Reports” was the thrilling exception. The shortage of white Anglo babies, the press was eager to tell us,…

  • Beyond Fixed or Fluid: Degrees of Fluidity in Racial Identification in Latin America

    Beyond Fixed or Fluid: Degrees of Fluidity in Racial Identification in Latin America The Project on Ethnicity and Race in Latin America Princeton University 2012-05-23 60 pages Edward E. Telles, Professor of Sociology Princeton University Tianna S. Paschel, Post Doctoral Fellow (Neubauer Family Assistant Professor of Political Science as of July 2012) Department of Political…

  • Kept in, kept out: the Formation of Racial Identity in Brazil, 1930-1937

    Kept in, kept out: the Formation of Racial Identity in Brazil, 1930-1937 Simon Fraser University November 1996 95 pages Veronica Armstrong Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in the Latin American Studies Program This thesis examines the roles of historian Gilberto Freyre and the Sao Paulo…

  • The Well-Being of Children Living With Interethnic Parents: Are They at a Disadvantage?

    The Well-Being of Children Living With Interethnic Parents: Are They at a Disadvantage? Journal of Family Issues Volume 33, Number 7 (July 2012) pages 898-919 DOI: 10.1177/0192513X11420938 Jennifer Pearce-Morris Department of Sociology Pennsylvania State University Valarie King, Professor of Sociology, Demography, and Human Development & Family Studies Director Pennsylvania State University An increasing number of…

  • The Hypocrisy of the “Pigmentocracy”

    The Hypocrisy of the “Pigmentocracy” Trotter Review Volume 7, Issue 2 (1993) A Special Issue on the Political and Social Relations Between Communities of Color Article 9 4 pages Lucas Rivera The City Sun The following article is excerpted and reprinted with permission of the author and was originally published in two parts in the…

  • “Racially-Tailored” Medicine Unraveled

    “Racially-Tailored” Medicine Unraveled American University Law Review Volume 55, Number 2 (December 2005) pages 395-452 Sharona Hoffman, Professor of Law, Professor of Bioethics, and Associate Director of the Law-Medicine Center Case Western Reserve University School of Law Table of Contents Introduction I. “Race-Based” Research and Therapeutic Practices A. The Story of BiDil B. “Race-Based” Research…

  • Is the American Negro Becoming Lighter? An Analysis of the Sociological and Biological Trends

    Is the American Negro Becoming Lighter? An Analysis of the Sociological and Biological Trends American Sociological Review Volume 13, Number 4 (August, 1948) pages 437-443 William M. Kephart, Professor of Sociology University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia There is a belief in some quarters that there is a biological solution to the Negro problem; that is, in…

  • The “Passing” Question

    The “Passing” Question Phylon (1940-1956) Volume 9, Number 4 (4th Quarter 1948) pages 336-340 Wm. M. Kephart, Professor of Sociology University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia How many Negroes are ‘passing‘ every year in the United  States?” “What percentage of the White population possesses some Negro blood?” “In time, will all the Negroes ‘pass’?” “What proportion of…

  • Modern Love: Navigating New Trenches After a Breakup

    Modern Love: Navigating New Trenches After a Breakup The New York Times 2012-05-18 Kate McGovern Cambridge, Massachusetts Some years ago, when I was living in Britain, I received an e-mail from a college friend who had recently announced her first pregnancy. “We have become good friends with a black/white couple,” she wrote. “They have a…