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  • Penn Lightbulb Café Presents ‘Fatal Invention: Re-creating Race in Genomic Era’

    Penn Lightbulb Café Presents ‘Fatal Invention: Re-creating Race in Genomic Era’ World Cafe Live Upstairs 3025 Walnut Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Tuesday, September 15, 18:00-19:00 EDT (Local Time) Dorothy Roberts, Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor; George A. Weiss University Professor of Law and Sociology, Raymond Pace and Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander Professor of Civil Rights, Professor of…

  • Color-Blindness Is Counterproductive

    Color-Blindness Is Counterproductive The Atlantic 2015-09-13 Adia Harvey Wingfield, Professor of Sociology Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri Many sociologists argue that ideologies claiming not to see race risk ignoring discrimination. How many times have you heard someone say that they “don’t see color,” “are colorblind,” or “don’t have a racist bone in their body?” Maybe…

  • In its focus on genetics and race, global newspaper coverage of athletics is far from “post-racial”

    In its focus on genetics and race, global newspaper coverage of athletics is far from “post-racial” The LSE’s daily blog on American Politics and Policy The London School of Economics and Political Science London, United Kingdom 2015-09-10 Matthew W. Hughey, Associate Professor of Sociology University of Connecticut Devon R. Goss, Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology University…

  • Being ‘hafu’ in Japan: Mixed-race people face ridicule, rejection

    Being ‘hafu’ in Japan: Mixed-race people face ridicule, rejection Al Jazeera America 2015-09-09 Roxana Saberi Among Japanese, the perception of pure ethnic background is a big part of belonging to the culture TOKYO — Ariana Miyamoto was born and raised in Japan and speaks fluent Japanese. But she said most people in her homeland see…

  • Race in the United States – Mississippi and Hawaii at Two Ends of the Spectrum

    Race in the United States – Mississippi and Hawaii at Two Ends of the Spectrum UCR Today University of California, Riverdale 2015-09-04 Mojgan Sherkat (mojgan.sherkat@ucr.edu) RIVERSIDE, Calif. (www.ucr.edu) – There’s a lot to learn about race in the United States through statistical figures alone, especially when comparisons are made between Hawaii and Mississippi, according to…

  • Understanding Race on Black London history walk

    Understanding Race on Black London history walk Sociology in the City: blogging from Sociology at the University of Westminster University of Westminster London, United Kingdom 2015-02-20 Students of the first year module Understanding Race went on a walking tour this morning, led by the writer and historian Steve Martin. Challenging the popular idea that race…

  • The “Coming White Minority”: Brazilianization or South-Africanization of U.S.?

    The “Coming White Minority”: Brazilianization or South-Africanization of U.S.? Racism Review: scholarship and activism towards racial justice 2015-08-31 Joe Feagin, Ella C. McFadden and Distinguished Professor of Sociology Texas A&M University To understand the so-called “browning of America” and “coming white minority,” we should accent the larger societal context, the big-picture context including systemic racism.…

  • The post-racial illusion: racial politics and inequality in the age of Obama

    The post-racial illusion: racial politics and inequality in the age of Obama Revue de Recherche en Civilisation Américaine Number 3 (March 2012): Post-racial America? Olivier Richomme l’université de Lyon II-Lumière Contents 1. The 2008 election as an exception a-The circumstances b-A post-racial election? 2. The state of the racial divide a-Economic well-being b-Health c-Housing d-Education…

  • Redefining Racial Categories: The Dynamics of Identity Among Brazilian-Americans

    Redefining Racial Categories: The Dynamics of Identity Among Brazilian-Americans Immigrants & Minorities: Historical Studies in Ethnicity, Migration and Diaspora Volume 33, Issue 1, 2015 pages 45-65 DOI: 10.1080/02619288.2014.909732 Catarina Fritz Department of Sociology and Corrections Minnesota State University, Mankato Research based on a sample of Brazilian youth living in Massachusetts reveals a variety of responses…

  • “Beyond the Binary: Obama’s Hybridity and Post-Racialization.”

    “Beyond the Binary: Obama’s Hybridity and Post-Racialization.” Revue de Recherche en Civilisation Américaine Number 3 (March 2012): Post-racial America? Kirin Wachter-Grene, Acting Instructor of Literature New York University According to many in the American and international press, the 2008 presidential election of Barack Obama has heralded a possible era of “postracialism” in the United States.…