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  • The C.O.W.S. w/ Minkah Makalani – Jul 15, 2010

    The C.O.W.S. [Context of White Supremacy] w/ Minkah Makalani – Jul 15, 2010 The C.O.W.S Radio Show BlogTalkRadio 2010-07-15 Gus T. Renegade, Host Minkah Makalani, Assistant Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies University of Texas, Austin Rutgers’ Minkah Makalani will share his views on the System of White Supremacy. Minkah Makalani is an assistant…

  • A Biracial Identity or a New Race? The Historical Limitations and Political Implications of a Biracial Identity

    A Biracial Identity or a New Race? The Historical Limitations and Political Implications of a Biracial Identity Souls: A Critical Journal of Black Politics, Culture and Society Volume 3, Number 4 (Fall 2001) pages 83-112 Minkah Makalani, Assistant Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies University of Texas, Austin Over the past fifteen years in the…

  • More Than Black? Multiracial Identity and the New Racial Order [Book Review: Christian]

    More Than Black? Multiracial Identity and the New Racial Order [Book Review: Christian] The Western Journal of Black Studies Volume 27, Number 4 (2003) pages 279-280 Mark Christian, Professor & Chair of African & African American Studies Lehman College, City University of New York This book comes out the school of thought that advocates for…

  • Race and Multiraciality in Brazil and the United States: Converging Paths? By G. Reginald Daniel. [Book Review]

    Race and Multiraciality in Brazil and the United States: Converging Paths? By G. Reginald Daniel. [Book Review] Ethnic and Racial Studies Volume 30, Number 6 (November 2007) pages 1167-1181 Antonio Sérgio Alfredo Guimarães Department of Sociology, University of Sao Paulo In his recent comparative study G. Reginald Daniel looks at the convergence in race relations…

  • Black, White and Other… Worldwide

    Black, White and Other… Worldwide The Huffington Post 2010-07-27 Marcia Alesan Dawkins, Visiting Scholar Brown University Even though the 21st century is seeing an exponential increase in reports of multiracial ancestry worldwide, exactly what makes a person multiracial remains a puzzling concept. According to the Association of Multiethnic Americans and Project RACE, the definition of…

  • Black and White, or Shades of Gray? Racial Labeling of Barack Obama Predicts Implicit Race Perception

    Black and White, or Shades of Gray? Racial Labeling of Barack Obama Predicts Implicit Race Perception Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy Volume 10, Issue 1 (December 2010) pages 207–222 DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-2415.2010.01213.x Lori Wu Malahy University of Washington Mara Sedlins University of Washington Jason Plaks, Associate Professor of Psychology University of Toronto Yuichi Shoda,…

  • Endogenous Race in Brazil: Affirmative Action and the Construction of Racial Identity among Young Adults

    Endogenous Race in Brazil: Affirmative Action and the Construction of Racial Identity among Young Adults Working Paper 2010-01-10 Andrew M. Francis, Professor of Economics Emory University Maria Tannuri-Pianto, Professor of Economics University of Brasilia Brazil is not only characterized by racial diversity but also by socioeconomic inequality. This complexity, plus the recent adoption of racial…

  • Racial Self-Categorization in Adolescence: Multiracial Development and Social Pathways

    Racial Self-Categorization in Adolescence: Multiracial Development and Social Pathways Child Development Volume 77, Number 5, September/October 2006 Pages 1298–1308 DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2006.00935.x Steven Hitlin, Assistant Professor of Sociology University of Iowa J. Scott Brown, Associate Professor of Gerontology, Scripps Research Fellow Miami University, Oxford, Ohio Glen H. Elder, Jr. Carolina Population Center University of North Carolina…

  • Ancestry Testing and DNA: Uses, Limits – and Caveat Emptor

    What can DNA tell us about our genetic lineage, and where does it fall short? What explains Vy Higgensen’s multiple results from different testing sites? Flawed methodology? Partial truths hyped as definitive findings? Did the testing companies use different methods or deploy different reference populations – or both?