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  • The One Drop Rule: How Black Are You?

    The One Drop Rule: How Black Are You? Crème Magazine 2012-02-29 Jessica Thorpe “Say it loud, I’m Black and I’m proud!”  The James Brown classic shed light on the revolution of how descendants of the African Diaspora would begin to self-identify.  Replacing racial identification terms such as “negro” and “colored,” the use of the word…

  • Interracial marriages deserve equal respect

    Interracial marriages deserve equal respect The Daily Gamecock University of South Carolina 2012-02-29 Lauren Stefan Intolerance within certain racial groups inhibits progress, increases divorce rates Figures released in February reveal that the number of interracial marriages in America has increased in recent years. The new percentage is just over 8 percent, a large jump from…

  • Berlin marks Black History Month but the struggle goes on

    Berlin marks Black History Month but the struggle goes on Deutsche Welle 2012-02-16 Anne Thomas Berlin has become more diverse and the situation for Afro-Germans has improved, but it’s still hard to get a job or an apartment. Black History Month highlights the challenges faced by over 2 percent of the population. A black Portuguese…

  • TIME to Think in Full Color About Race & Ethnicity

    TIME to Think in Full Color About Race & Ethnicity Marcia Alesan Dawkins, Ph.D. 2012-02-25 Marcia Alesan Dawkins, Visiting Scholar Brown University TIME Magazine’s latest cover story (Feb. 2/24) is called “Yo Decido. Why Latinos will pick the next President.” It reports that about 9% of all voters in 2012 will be Latino, up 26%…

  • ‘Race’ as a scientific and organizational construct: a critique

    ‘Race’ as a scientific and organizational construct: a critique GeoJournal Volume 41, Number 3 (March 1997) pages 233-243 DOI: 10.1023/A:1006881215239 Georges G. Cravins, Professor of Geography University of Wisconsin, La Crosse “Race” for many years has been a major construct of science and society. While its importance as such has not historically been particularly pronounced…

  • To tackle racism, we must tackle ignorance

    To tackle racism, we must tackle ignorance The Times of London 2012-02-14 John Barnes It’s not about football, it’s about destroying modern myths of colour, race and superiority   In 1987 a black friend of mine went into a shop to buy a coat. He asked the assistant if they had it in black and…

  • Is racial mismatch a problem for young ‘mixed race’ people in Britain? The findings of qualitative research

    Is racial mismatch a problem for young ‘mixed race’ people in Britain? The findings of qualitative research Ethnicities Volume 12, Number 6 (December 2012) pages 730-753 DOI: 10.1177/1468796811434912 Miri Song, Professor of Sociology University of Kent, UK Peter Aspinall, Reader in Population Health at the Centre for Health Services Studies University of Kent, UK Recent…

  • Interracial Love Is No Societal Cure-All

    Interracial Love Is No Societal Cure-All truthdig 2012-02-17 Marcia Alesan Dawkins, Visiting Scholar Brown University A recently released report by the Pew Center is a belated Valentine’s Day gift to interracial families. The report indicates that intermarriage across racial and ethnic lines continues to be on the rise in the U.S. and the change is…

  • The Rise of Intermarriage: Rates, Characteristics Vary by Race and Gender

     The Rise of Intermarriage: Rates, Characteristics Vary by Race and Gender Pew Social and Demographic Trends Pew Research Center Washington, DC 2012-02-16 56 pages Wendy Wang, Research Associate Note from Steven F. Riley: The Pew Social and Demographic Trends data is report from 2010-06-04 for the year 2008, titled “Marrying Out: One-in-Seven New U.S. Marriages is…

  • Intermarriage rates soar as stereotypes fall

    Intermarriage rates soar as stereotypes fall The Washington Post 2012-02-16 Carol Morello Virginia leads the nation in the percentage of marriages between blacks and whites, a new study by the Pew Research Center shows, barely four decades after state laws criminalizing interracial marriage were struck down by the Supreme Court. And one in five new…