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  • Pigmentocracies: Ethnicity, Race, and Color in Latin America [Brunsma Review]

    Pigmentocracies: Ethnicity, Race, and Color in Latin America [Brunsma Review] Ethnic and Racial Studies Volume 39, Issue 3, 2016 pages 492-494 DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2015.1095308 David L. Brunsma, Professor of Sociology Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia Pigmentocracies: Ethnicity, Race, and Color in Latin America, by Edward Telles and the Project on Ethnicity and Race…

  • Call For Papers: Encyclopedia of Racism in American Cinema

    Call For Papers: Encyclopedia of Racism in American Cinema Salvador Jimenez Murguia, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Sociology Akita International University, Akita City, Akita Prefecture, Japan 2016-01-11 The volume Encyclopedia of Racism in American Cinema, takes up the topic of racism in American Cinema from its early days of film production to the present. Covering over…

  • The Case for Scholarly Reparations

    The Case for Scholarly Reparations Berkeley Journal of Sociology 2016-01-11 Julian Go, Professor of Sociology Boston University Race, the history of sociology, and the marginalized man – lessons from Aldon Morris’ book “The Scholar Denied” If Aldon Morris in The Scholar Denied is right, then everything I learned as a sociology PhD student at the…

  • The Likely Persistence of a White Majority

    The Likely Persistence of a White Majority The American Prospect Winter 2016, Volume 27, Number 1 (2016-01-11) Richard Alba, Distinguished Professor of Sociology Graduate Center, City University of New York Has the notion of demography as destiny ever enjoyed so much credence? The disappearance of a white majority in the United States by the middle…

  • A note on race and racism

    A note on race and racism Medium 2016-01-08 T.O. Molefe This week in South Africa has made it clear there are many people who have a limited understanding of race and racism — two very different things. Either that or they are working with different definitions (and moral theories) and don’t know it, or lack the diligence…

  • Multiracial in a Monoracial World: Interaciality Informing Academic Work

    Multiracial in a Monoracial World: Interaciality Informing Academic Work University of Michigan Hatcher Graduate Library Gallery (Room 100) 913 S University Ave Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 2015-10-26 Martha Jones, Prof. of History and Afroamerican & African Studies, co-director of the Michigan Law Program in Race, Law & History. Dr. Jones’ scholarly interests include the history…

  • The Social Life of DNA: Race, Reparations, and Reconciliation After the Genome

    The Social Life of DNA: Race, Reparations, and Reconciliation After the Genome Beacon Press 2016-01-12 216pages 6 x 9 Inches Cloth ISBN: 978-080703301-2 Alondra Nelson, Dean of Social Science; Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies Columbia University, New York, New York The unexpected story of how genetic testing is affecting race in America We know…

  • Race, Power, and the Obama Legacy

    This book critically examines Obama’s presidency and legacy, especially in regard to race, inequality, education, and political power.

  • Racial Realities and Post-Racial Dreams: The Age of Obama and Beyond

    “Racial Realities and Post-Racial Dreams” is a moral call, a harkening and quickening of the spirit, a demand for recognition for those whose voices are whispered. Julius Bailey straddles the fence of social-science research and philosophy, using empirical data and current affairs to direct his empathy-laced discourse. He turns his eye to President Obama and…

  • Arguing That Black Is White: Racial Categorization of Mixed-Race Faces

    Arguing That Black Is White: Racial Categorization of Mixed-Race Faces Perception Published online before print: 2015-12-29 DOI: 10.1177/0301006615624321 Michael B. Lewis, Reader in Psychology Cardiff University, Wales, United Kingdom Previous research has demonstrated that racially ambiguous faces (blended from Black and White parent faces) are categorized as being Black more often than White. This has…