Category: Media Archive

  • At last, a home for black history The Guardian 2014-07-23 Paul Reid, Director Black Cultural Archives The launch of the Black Cultural Archives will show that our presence in the UK is measured in millennia, not decades I remember the time I got caned at school. It was the 1970s, and during a history lesson…

  • Study: Interracial marriages involving Asian-Americans still can leave racial barriers University of Kansas News Lawrence, Kansas 2014-07-15 George Diepenbrock, Contact KU News Service LAWRENCE — A University of Kansas researcher says the high rate of interracial marriages among Asian-Americans should not simply be interpreted as a litmus test of assimilation for the minority group. Second-generation…

  • Race and the Obama Phenomenon: The Vision of a More Perfect Multiracial Union University Press of Mississippi 2014-07-17 432 pages 6 X 9 inches 3 B&W photographs Hardcover ISBN: 9781628460216 Edited by: G. Reginald Daniel, Professor of Sociology University of California, Santa Barbara Hettie V. Williams, Lecturer of African American History Monmouth University, West Long…

  • Little White Lie [Philadelphia Premiere] Blackstar Film Festival Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2014-31-07 through 2014-08-03 International House Philadelphia 3701 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Telephone: 215-387-5125 2014-08-02, 15:10 EDT (Local Time) Lacey Schwartz, Producer/Director Mehret Mandefro, Producer Followed by Q&A with Lacey Schwartz and Mehret Mandefro moderated by: Yaba Blay, Assistant Teaching Professor of Africana Studies Drexel University,…

  • Positioning of the Mixed Race Author and Mixed Race Protagonist in British Children’s Literature Critical Pedagogies: Equality and Diversity in a Changing Institution 2014-07-23 Ludovic Foster, Ph.D. Candidate Department Gender Studies University of Sussex, United Kingdom I would like to examine a few of the issues around the positioning of the mixed race child, and…

  • The sweetness of forbidden fruit: Interracial daters are more attractive than intraracial daters Journal of Social and Personal Relationships Published online: 2014-07-09 DOI: 10.1177/0265407514541074 Karen Wu Department of Psychology and Social Behavior University of California, Irvine Chuansheng Chen, Professor of Psychology & Social Behavior and Education University of California, Irvine Ellen Greenberger, Research Professor and…

  • Attorney General Holder is right: Racial animus plays role in Obama opposition Southern Poverty Law Center 2014-07-16 Morris Dees, Founder, Chief Trial Attorney Right-wing pundits are jumping all over Attorney General Eric Holder for daring to suggest on Sunday that “racial animus” plays a role in the “level of vehemence” that’s been directed at President…

  • CA+T Interview with Laura Kina Center for Art and Thought 2014-09-07 Rachel Ishikawa, CA+T Interviewer Laura Kina, Vincent de Paul Professor Art, Media, & Design DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois Rachel Ishikawa: When did art begin for you? Laura Kina: My mom. She had been a double major in art and sociology in undergrad and worked…

  • Little White Lie OTB Productions LLC 2013 66 minutes Lacey Schwartz, Producer/Director Mehret Mandefro, Producer James Adolphus, Co-Director What defines our identity, our family of origin or the family that raises us? How do we come to terms with the sins and mistakes of our parents? Lacey discovers that answering those questions means understanding her…