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  • Legal Transplants: Slavery and the Civil Law in Louisiana

    Legal Transplants: Slavery and the Civil Law in Louisiana University of Southern California Legal Studies Working Paper Series Working Paper 32 May 2009 37 pages Ariela J. Gross, Professor of Law and History University of Southern California Law School Can Louisiana tell us something about civil law vs. common law regimes of slavery? What can…

  • Grad student explores questions of race through digital technology

    Grad student explores questions of race through digital technology News & Events York Univeristy, Toronto, Ontario 2010-01-28 The technology to turn oneself into a mixed-race avatar might be confined to movies, but Brian Banton plays with racial manipulations of himself online, wrote the Toronto Star (online) Jan. 27 [2010] in a story that included five photos…

  • Students’ growing refusal to state a race on forms frustrates school officials

    Students’ growing refusal to state a race on forms frustrates school officials Sacramento Bee 2010-01-18 Stephen Magagnini Sacramento, California — About half of the 37 students in teacher Jeanne Kirchofer’s Laguna Creek High School classroom, who span nearly every combination of race and ethnicity, have joined the growing number of California students who decline to…

  • Hideously diverse Britain: the college where histories collide

    Hideously diverse Britain: the college where histories collide The Guardian 2010-01-10 Hugh Muir It was 1940 and the 200 students of South West Essex Technical College posed ramrod straight on the sharply inclined steps; ties stiff, uniforms crisp. They were RAF ­cadets learning science and ­engineering at the place that was dubbed the People’s University.…

  • College applications in a post-race world: Admissions process will soon need to address class concerns

    College applications in a post-race world: Admissions process will soon need to address class concerns GW Hatchet Independent Student Paper of George Washington University 2010-01-14 Evan Schwartz, Columnist In a recent editorial for The Boston Globe, columnist Neal Gabler railed against what he referred to as “the college admissions scam” and a perceived bias in…

  • Six degrees of Princeton’s African-American history: America writ small

    Six degrees of Princeton’s African-American history: America writ small Princeton Alumni Weekly Rally ‘Round the Cannon 2010-01-13 Gregg Lange, Class of 1970 The New York Times’ recent genealogy study of Michelle Obama ’85, noting for the first time her slave and mixed-race heritage, seemingly surprised a broad swath of the populace. This indicates that we…

  • Geek Out: Mixed Race in America

    Geek Out: Mixed Race in America University of Californa, Berkeley Lawrence Hall of Science 2010-02-10, 19:00 to 22:00 PST (Local Time) Geek Discourse Tour the “Race: Are We So Different?” exhibit and participate in a discussion facilitated by Dr. Victoria Robinson of the UC Berkeley Ethnic Studies and American Cultures programs on what it means…

  • ‘Multiracial Identity’ documentary film and discussion

    ‘Multiracial Identity’ documentary film and discussion Portland State University 228 Smith Union Wednesday, 2010-03-03, from 18:30-21:00 PST (Local Time) This new documentary explores the social and political impact of adding a Multiracial Category (the fastest growing demographic in America) as a stand-alone racial group on the US Census. Different racial and cultural groups see multiracialism…

  • The Cosmic Race by José Vasconcelos: “La Raza Cósmica” and Issues of Racial Diversity and Purity

    The Cosmic Race by José Vasconcelos: “La Raza Cósmica” and Issues of Racial Diversity and Purity suite101.com 2010-01-26 Melanie Zoltan, Adjunct Professor of History Bay Path College In “The Cosmic Race” (“La Raza Cósmica” in Spanish), José Vasconcelos argues that racial diversity and interbreeding will produce one superior race. Is it code for purity? While…

  • Prejudice inspires filmmaker to discover Afro-German roots

    Prejudice inspires filmmaker to discover Afro-German roots Indiana Daily Student Indiana University 2010-01-24 Abby Liebenthal, Staff Reporter “It all started with a public threat on my life.” Within the first few minutes of Mo Asumang’s documentary “Roots Germania,” students, faculty and Bloomington residents became part of a search for the director’s identity… …Asumang said the…