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  • Biological Conceptions of Race and the Motivation to Cross Racial Boundaries

    Biological Conceptions of Race and the Motivation to Cross Racial Boundaries Journal of Personality and Social Psychology Volume 94, Number 6 (June 2008) pages 1033–1047 DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.94.6.1033 Melissa J. Williams, Assistant Professor in Organization & Management Goizueta Business School Emory University Jennifer L. Eberhardt, Associate Professor of Psychology Stanford University The present studies demonstrate that…

  • Profile: Sheena Gardner

    Profile: Sheena Gardner Our People Mississippi State University 2012-01-02 With a Japanese mother and an African-American father, Gardner has lived in Japan and Mississippi, experiencing a world of two cultures. Her dark skin complemented by her long, thick and curly hair distinguishes her from most other people almost everywhere she goes. Her background of growing…

  • Foucault, Bakhtin, Ethnomethodology: Accounting for Hybridity in Talk-in-Interaction

    Foucault, Bakhtin, Ethnomethodology: Accounting for Hybridity in Talk-in-Interaction Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research Volume 8, Number 2, Article 10 May 2007 18 pages Shirley Anne Tate, Senior Lecturer and Director of Studies Centre for Interdisciplinary Gender Studies University of Leeds Theorising hybridity within Postcolonial Studies is often done at a level which…

  • Racism and skin colour: the many shades of prejudice

    Racism and skin colour: the many shades of prejudice The Guardian 2011-10-04 Bim Adewunmi Deeply entrenched attitudes towards colour, and the increasing promotion of skin-lightening products, are placing a ‘horrible burden’ on dark-skinned women Next week, at the international black film festival in Nashville, Bill Duke and D Channsin Berry will premiere their new documentary,…

  • Were the riots about race?

    Were the riots about race? The Guardian 2011-12-08 Reading the Riots: Investigating England’s summer of disorder In partnership with the London School of Economics Supported by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and the Open Society Foundations Hugh Muir, Diary Editor Yemisi Adegoke, Freelance Journalist Some commentators were quick to call them ‘race riots’, but the true…

  • Racial Politics in Contemporary Brazil

    Racial Politics in Contemporary Brazil Duke University Press 1999 232 pages 9 tables Paperback ISBN: 978-0-8223-2272-6 Cloth ISBN: 978-0-8223-2252-8 Edited by Michael Hanchard, Professor of Political Science and African American Studies Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland Bringing together U.S. and Brazilian scholars, as well as Afro-Brazilian political activists, Racial Politics in Contemporary Brazil represents a…

  • Race, Ethnicity and Football: Persisting Debates and Emergent Issues

    Race, Ethnicity and Football: Persisting Debates and Emergent Issues Routledge 2011-03-29 288 pages Hardback ISBN: 978-0-415-88205-7 Edited by: Daniel Burdsey, Senior Lecturer of Sociology Chelsea School of Sport University of Brighton As the first edited collection dedicated specifically to race, ethnicity and British football, this book brings together a range of academics, comprising both established…

  • Hypodescent: A history of the crystallization of the one-drop rule in the United States, 1880-1940

    Hypodescent: A history of the crystallization of the one-drop rule in the United States, 1880-1940 Princeton University September 2011 383 pages Publication Number: AAT 3480237 ISBN: 9781124939179 Scott Leon Washington A DISSERTATION PRESENTED TO THE FACULTY OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY IN CANDIDACY FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY RECOMMENDED FOR ACCEPTANCE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF…

  • Psychology Major Publishes Analysis of Racial Dynamics in the Wizarding World

    Psychology Major Publishes Analysis of Racial Dynamics in the Wizarding World James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia Department of Psychology 2011-10-20 Jordan Pye When a fan asked her about the political allegories in her book series, Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling said, “I wanted Harry to leave our world and find exactly the same problems in…

  • African American Community Building in Atlanta: A Guide to the Study of Race in America

    African American Community Building in Atlanta: A Guide to the Study of Race in America Southern Spaces An interdisciplinary journal about regions, places, and cultures of the U.S. South and their global connections 2004-03-17 Carole Merritt, Director The Herndon Home, Atlanta, Georgia The development of the African American community in Atlanta is a fruitful subject…