Category: Media Archive

  • One Drop: Drexel professor’s new book explores what determines blackness The Philadelphia Inquirer 2013-11-26 UNLESS YOU want an earful, don’t get Drexel University professor Yaba Blay talking about colorism. She sees examples of discrimination based on skin color everywhere – from drug stores that stock skin-bleaching creams to the online chatter that erupts when photos…

  • “The Box Marked Black” is coming to Willamette University Oct. 24-25 Willamette University News Salem, Oregon 2014-10-02 What does it mean to be black? Is it the shade of your skin or the kink in your hair? Is it learned? These questions are explored in “The Box Marked Black: Tales from a Halfrican American growing…

  • Performance added for one-woman play at Willamette U. The Salem Statesman-Journal Salem, Oregon 2014-10-13 Tom Mayhall Rastrelli, Fine Arts & Culture Writer Damaris Webb will debut her one-woman play “The Box Marked Black: Tales from a Halfrican American growing up Mulatto. With sock puppets!” at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 24 and 25 at M. Lee Pelton Theatre,…

  • Revisiting Middlebury’s Racial History The Middlebury Campus Middlebury College Middlebury, Vermont 2014-03-19 Conor Grant, Managing Editor Alexander Twilight Hall, a building named in honor of Alexander Twilight of the class of 1823, is just one part of the complicated legacy of America’s first black college graduate. (Courtesy/Middlebury) Alexander Twilight Hall — the austere brick building…

  • Skin tone, biracial stratification and tri-racial stratification among sperm donors Ethnic and Racial Studies Volume 37,  Issue 3, 2014 (Special Issue: Race, Migration and Identity: Shifting Boundaries in the USA) pages 517-536 DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2012.696666 Carol S. Walther, Assistant Professor of Sociology Northern Illinois University Conception through donor insemination is an attractive option for many couples and…

  • Professor Harris examines how whiteness, initially constructed as a form of racial identity, evolved into a form of property, historically and presently acknowledged and protected in American law. Professor Harris traces the origins of whiteness as property in the parallel systems of domination of Black and Native American peoples out of which were created racially…

  • Appointment of new Chancellor University of Salford, Manchester News 2014-10-17 The distinguished award-winning writer of fiction, poetry and plays, Jackie Kay MBE, has been appointed as our new Chancellor. Jackie, who takes up the position immediately, takes over from the University’s previous Chancellor, Dr Irene Khan who stepped down earlier this year after her five-year…

  • Mixed Race Irish group seek redress amid claims of racist abuse in industrial schools The Irish Examiner Dublin, Ireland 2014-10-22 Noel Baker, Senior Reporter Mixed Race Irish group seek redress amid claims of racist abuse in industrial schools Mixed-race Irish who spent time in industrial schools will today claim they faced physical, emotional, and sexual…

  • Award-winning author and poet Jackie Kay appointed as University of Salford’s new chancellor Manchester Evening News Manchester, England 2014-10-19 Dean Kirby Jackie Kay MBE succeeds Dr Irene Khan at the University of Salford, who stepped down earlier this year after her five-year term came to an end An award-winning writer of fiction, poetry and plays…

  • Snap! Space presents Zun Lee Snap! Orlando 1013 E. Colonial Drive Orlando, Florida 32803 Saturday, October 25, 2014 14:00-16:00 EDT (Local Time) Join us for an afternoon artist talk and book signing with photographer Zun Lee. Zun will be joining us from Toronto and discuss his series ‘Father Figure’ and sign copies of his newly…