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  • Who and What the Hell Is a White Hispanic?

    Who and What the Hell Is a White Hispanic? Latino Rebels 2014-09-25 Christina Saenz-Alcántara Since The New York Times’ ridiculous piece in May claiming that more Latinos are identifying as “white” between the 2000 and 2010 Census, Latino and non-Latino commentators alike have been weighing in on the many shades of color within the Latino…

  • Preview: Fanshen Cox DiGiovanni questions race and identity in “One Drop of Love”

    Preview: Fanshen Cox DiGiovanni questions race and identity in “One Drop of Love” ArtsATL: Atlanta’s source for arts news and reviews 2014-09-21 Kelundra Smith Fanshen Cox DiGiovanni As an MFA candidate in the Television, Film and Theatre program at California State University, Los Angeles, Fanshen Cox DiGiovanni originally set out to make a documentary about…

  • Defining racism in S. Korea

    Defining racism in S. Korea AsiaOne 2014-09-05 The Korea Herald/Asia News Network “We apologise, but due to Ebola virus we are not accepting Africans at the moment.” This is what a bar in Itaewon, a popular area for expats and tourists in Seoul, publicly posted in front of its property last month. The statement triggered…

  • Sociology of Race and Ethnicity will publish its first issue in January 2015!

    Sociology of Race and Ethnicity will publish its first issue in January 2015! Editors: David L. Brunsma, Professor of Sociology Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University David G. Embrick, Associate Professor of Sociology Loyola University, Chicago The Section on Racial and Ethnic Minorities, the American Sociological Association (ASA), along with Sage, will open the submission…

  • Advanced Topics in Asian American Studies; The Multiracial Experience in the US (AAST498Y)

    Advanced Topics in Asian American Studies; The Multiracial Experience in the US (AAST498Y) University of Maryland Fall 2014 Lawrence Davis Course will focus on multiracial (“mixed race”) identity and how the experiences of multiracial people contribute to our broader understanding of racial identity and formation. Course draws on literature and research produced by and about…

  • The Privilege of White Hispanic: Leaving Out the Rest

    The Privilege of White Hispanic: Leaving Out the Rest Latino Voices The Huffington Post 2014-09-09 César Vargas, Writer, director, activist People talk so much about Latinos denying their Blackness, but bring up the term “white Latino” and you will see an extreme reaction, visceral attack from white Latinos themselves. Tactics such as (and I’m pretty…

  • GUEST COLUMN: Brazil’s solution on race relations differs from U.S.

    GUEST COLUMN: Brazil’s solution on race relations differs from U.S. The Tuscaloosa News Tuscaloosa, Alabama 2014-09-13 Larry Clayton, Professor of History Emeritus University of Alabama I had a friend from the Dominican Republic who came to the University of Alabama and Stillman College on a joint Fulbright appointment years ago. He was a well-known and…

  • Monica Pearson Show with Fanshen Cox

    Monica Pearson Show with Fanshen Cox Monica Pearson Show KISS 104FM, Atlanta Atlanta, Georgia 2014-09-14 Monica Pearson, Host Fanshen Cox DiGiovanni, Award-Winning Actress, Producer and Educator “One Drop of Love” Listen Fanshen Cox DiGiovanni’s radio interview with Emmy Winner Monica Pearson on KISS 104 FM in Atlanta here (00:34:47). Download the interview here.

  • One-Woman Multimedia Show ONE DROP OF LOVE Comes to The Fox Theatre, 9/21

    One-Woman Multimedia Show ONE DROP OF LOVE Comes to The Fox Theatre, 9/21 BroadwayWorld.com Atlanta 2014-07-10 The Fox Theatre is presenting One Drop of Love on Sunday, September 21 at 3 PM and 7 PM in the Fox Theatre’s Egyptian Ballroom. The show is a multimedia solo performance exploring family, race, love, pain and a…

  • Join the Greatest Minds Society of GSU for a Discussion on Racial Identity with Playwright Fanshen Cox DiGiovanni

    Join the Greatest Minds Society of Georgia State University for a Discussion on Racial Identity with Playwright Fanshen Cox DiGiovanni of “One Drop of Love“ Georgia State University Speaker’s Auditorium 44 Courtland Street, SE Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Thursday, 2014-09-18, 13:30-15:30 EDT (Local Time) Who are you? What’s your identity? Where do you come from? What’s…