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  • Colonial Proximities: Crossracial Encounters and Juridical Truths in British Columbia, 1871–1921 (review)

    Colonial Proximities: Crossracial Encounters and Juridical Truths in British Columbia, 1871–1921 (review) Canadian Journal of Law and Society Volume 25, Number 1, 2010 E-ISSN: 1911-0227 Print ISSN: 0829-3201 DOI: 10.1353/jls.0.0104 Eve Darian-Smith, Professor of Law and Society University of California, Santa Barbara Colonial Proximities is a scholarly, innovative, and illuminating exploration of law, race, and…

  • Second Biennial: Interdisciplinary Conference on Race – Examining Race in the 21st Century

    Second Biennial: Interdisciplinary Conference on Race – Examining Race in the 21st Century 2010-11-11 through 2010-11-13 Monmouth University, West Long Branch, New Jersey The idea of race continues to be controversial. In spite of different historical developments in various parts of the world, the meaning of race and its significance remains an open issue. Some…

  • Telling “Forgotten” Métis Histories through Family, Community, and Individuals

    Telling “Forgotten” Métis Histories through Family, Community, and Individuals [Book Review] H-Net Reviews October 2009 Camie Augustus University of Saskatchewan David McNab, Ute Lischke, eds. The Long Journey of a Forgotten People: Métis Identities and Family Histories. Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2007. viii + 386 pp. (paper), ISBN 978-0-88920-523-9. “We are still here.” This opening…

  • Ethics of Racial Identity

    Ethics of Racial Identity Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association 108th Annual Conference 2010-11-13 through 2010-11-14 Chaminade University, Honolulu, Hawaii Presiding Officer: Adebe DeRango-Adem, York University Barack Obama benefited from the spirit of tolerance that defined Hawaii’s racial climate. This special session envisions a mixed-race literature in the age of Obama that forwards not solely…

  • ‘Celtic Samurai’ Tells Story of Hapa Family Life

    ‘Celtic Samurai’ Tells Story of Hapa Family Life Hokubei.com – North America’s Japanese Newsource 2010-06-18 “Celtic Samurai,” a storytelling program by Dr. Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu on the family life of a Japanese mother and American-born Irish father, will be presented by the Japanese American National Library and the Nichi Bei Weekly on Saturday, June 19, [2010]…

  • Developing a positive racial identity–challenges for psychotherapists working with black and mixed race adopted adults

    Developing a positive racial identity–challenges for psychotherapists working with black and mixed race adopted adults The Psychotherapist Spring 2010 pages 10-12 Esther Ina-Egbe, Psychotherapist, Counsellor and Trainer In this article, Esther Ina-Egbe argues that psychotherapists need to explore the repetitions and lack of mirroring that may be present in the therapeutic relationship There is a…

  • 2010 Hurst Prize Winner: Peggy Pascoe, What Comes Naturally

    2010 Hurst Prize Winner: Peggy Pascoe, What Comes Naturally Legal History Blog 2010-06-03 Mary L. Dudziak, Judge Edward J. and Ruey L. Guirado Professor of Law, History and Political Science University of Southern California Peggy Pascoe, University of Oregon, Department of History, has won the Willard Hurst Prize for 2010 from the Law and Society…

  • The Transformation of U.S. Racial and Ethnic Identities in Global Media

    The Transformation of U.S. Racial and Ethnic Identities in Global Media Contact Spaces of American Culture: LOCALIZING GLOBAL PHENOMENA 36th International Conference of the Austrian Association for American Studies (AAAS) Department of American Studies, University of Graz 2009-10-22 through 2009-10-25 Shelleen Greene, Assistant Professor of Digital Studio Practice and Theory University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Through…

  • Even discussing ‘angry black man’ stereotype provokes anger

    Even discussing ‘angry black man’ stereotype provokes anger CNN 2010-06-16 John Blake (CNN) — Here are some sound bites from the post-racial era: “The long legged Mac Daddy in the White House is angry this morning. Seems to me we should change the name to the Black House for the next few years. Your news…

  • U.S. far from an interracial melting pot

    U.S. far from an interracial melting pot CNN 2010-06-16 Daniel T. Lichter, Ferris family professor in the Department of Policy Analysis and Management, and Professor of Sociology Cornell University Ithaca, New York (CNN)—According to a recent report by the Pew Research Center, one of every seven new marriages in 2008 was interracial or interethnic—the highest…