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  • The Vertical and Horizontal Dimensions of the Word Race

    The Vertical and Horizontal Dimensions of the Word Race Ethnicities Volume 10, Number 1 (March 2010) pages 127-140 DOI: 10.1177/1468796809354529 Michael Banton, Emeritus Professor of Sociology Univeristy of Bristol The word race has been used both to classify humans and to account for differences between those assigned to the resulting classes or taxa. The two…

  • Cimmerii or Eurasians and Their Future

    A belief in Eugenics was widespread in the early half of the last centenary and amongst its prominent believers were George Bernard Shaw, Winston Churchill and Adolf Hitler. This iniquitous social philosophy supposed that Northern Europeans were superior in civilization to such races as Indians. Anglo Indians who were of mixed blood were considered, even…

  • Reconstructing Racial Identity and the African Past in the Dominican Republic

    Reconstructing Racial Identity and the African Past in the Dominican Republic University Press of Florida 2009-07-05 176 pages 6 x 9 Cloth: ISBN 13: 978-0-8130-3374-7, ISBN 10: 0-8130-3374-8 Paper: ISBN 13: 978-0-8130-3675-5, ISBN 10: 0-8130-3675-5 Kimberly Eison Simmons, Associate Professor Anthropology & African American Studies University of South Carolina In Latin America and the Caribbean,…

  • Navigating the Racial Terrain: Blackness and Mixedness in the United States and the Dominican Republic

    In this article, I draw on the experiences of students who participated in the Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE) Program in Spanish Language and Caribbean Studies, in Santiago, Dominican Republic, from 2000 to 2004, to situate the seemingly conflicting racial projects of the Dominican Republic and the United States.

  • The Sociological Implications of Demographic Diversity

    Any consideration of the relevance to the United Kingdom of Critical Race Theory should take account of the special factors in the USA that stimulated and shaped the character of the movement. It should also acknowledge the distinction between social theory and social practice. Social practice has usually to be considered within the frameworks of…

  • Ladies Remember Elizabeth Taylor, Weigh Modern Beauty Standards

    Ladies Remember Elizabeth Taylor, Weigh Modern Beauty Standards Tell Me More National Public Radio 2011-03-23, 14:00-15:00 EDT (WAMU, 88.5 FM, Washington, D.C.) For other broadcast times, click here. Farai Chideya, Guest Host Marcia Alesan Dawkins, Visiting Scholar Brown University Hollywood legend Elizabeth Taylor has died at the age of 79. The screen icon became a…

  • President Underscores Similarities With Brazilians, but Ignores One

    President Underscores Similarities With Brazilians, but Ignores One The New York Times 2011-03-20 Alexei Barrionuevo Jackie Calmes RIO de JANEIRO — From a visit to this city’s most infamous slum to a national address amid the gilded elegance of a celebrated theater, President Obama on Sunday sought to underscore the shared histories and futures of…

  • American Identity in the Age of Obama

    American Identity in the Age of Obama Northeastern University Amilcar Cabral Center in the John D. O’Bryant African American Institute Boston, Massachusetts Friday, 2011-03-25, 08:30-15:30 EDT (Local Time) The election of Barack Obama as the 44th president of the United States has opened a new chapter in the country’s long and often tortured history of…

  • Census serves up racial buffet in Silicon Valley

    Census serves up racial buffet in Silicon Valley Silicon Valley Mercury News 2011-03-20 Joe Rodriguez Who are you? What are you? Sara Phillips, a 20-year-old computer science student from Hawaii at Santa Clara University, just may have the new look of the 21st century. When her 2010 Census form arrived last year, she gazed at…

  • Identifying with Multiple Races: A Social Movement that Succeeded but Failed?

    Identifying with Multiple Races: A Social Movement that Succeeded but Failed? PSC Research Report (Report No. 01-491) The Population Studies Center (PSC) at the University of Michigan 2004 33 pages Reynolds Farley, Research Professor Emeritus University of Michigan Population Studies Center at the Institute for Social Research Prior to the 1960s, civil rights organizations sought…