Category: Media Archive

  • Mapping Amerindian Captivity in Colonial Mosquitia Journal of Latin American Geography Volume 14, Number 3, October 2015 pages 35-65 Karl Offen, Associate Professor of Environmental Studies Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio In 1764, Spanish colonel Luis Diez Navarro mapped the racially diverse British settlement at Black River on what is today the coast of northeastern Honduras.…

  • The Cost of Color: Skin Color, Discrimination, and Health among African-Americans American Journal of Sociology Volume 121, Number 2 (September 2015) pages 396-444 DOI: 10.1086/682162 Ellis P. Monk Jr., Neubauer Family Assistant Professor of Sociology University of Chicago In this study, the author uses a nationally representative survey to examine the relationship(s) between skin tone,…

  • Light in the Shadows: Staying at the Table When the Conversation about Race Gets Hard World Trust Films 2010 DVD, 00:45:00 United States Shakti Butler, Director and Producer Light in the Shadows: Staying at the Table When the Conversation about Race Gets Hard records a frank dialogue among two white women and several women of…

  • The Persistent Problem of Colorism: Skin Tone, Status, and Inequality Sociology Compass Volume 1, Issue 1 (September 2007) pages 237-254 DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-9020.2007.00006.x Margaret Hunter, Mary S. Metz Professorship for Excellence and Creativity in Teaching Professor of Sociology Mills College, Oakland, California Colorism is a persistent problem for people of color in the USA. Colorism, or…

  • The Invisible Asian The New York Times 2015-10-07 George Yancy, Professor of Philosophy Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia David Haekwon Kim, Associate Professor of Philosophy University of San Francisco This is the latest in a series of interviews about philosophy of race that I am conducting for The Stone. This week’s conversation is with David Haekwon Kim, an…

  • DNA from 4,500-year-old Ethiopian reveals surprise about ancestry of Africans The Los Angeles Times 2015-10-08 Karen Kaplan, Science & Medicine Editor DNA from a man who lived in Ethiopia about 4,500 years ago is prompting scientists to rethink the history of human migration in Africa. Until now, the conventional wisdom had been that the first…

  • No, Native Americans aren’t genetically more susceptible to alcoholism The Verge 2015-10-02 Maia Szalavitz Time to retire the ‘firewater‘ fairytale When Jessica Elm, a citizen of the Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin, was studying for her master’s degree in social work, she frequently heard about how genes were responsible for the high risk of…

  • Grace Lee Boggs, Human Rights Advocate for 7 Decades, Dies at 100 The New York Times 2015-10-05 Robert D. McFadden Ms. Boggs and her husband, James. Credit LeeLee Films, Inc. Grace Lee Boggs, one of the nation’s oldest human rights activists, who waged a war of inspiration for civil rights, labor, feminism, the environment and…

  • Loren Miller: Civil Rights Attorney and Journalist University of Oklahoma Press September 2015 304 pages 6.125″ x 9.25″ Hardcover ISBN: 9780806149165 Amina Hassan, Consultant & Researcher The Azara Group, New York, New York Loren Miller was one of the nation’s most prominent civil rights attorneys from the 1940s through the early 1960s, particularly in the…

  • AfroLatin@s in Action: Making a Difference through Research, Education & the Arts Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute 20 Cooper Square, 4th Floor New York, New York 10012 Thursday, 2015-10-15, 18:30-20:30 EDT (Local Time) Join us for a discussion led by AfroCuban author, bibliographer, and activist Tomás Fernandez Robaína on the crucial role of books in…