Category: Media Archive

  • “Global Mixed Race,” the 3rd biennial Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference, will be held at DePaul University in Chicago November 13-15, 2014. Critical Mixed Race Studies 2013-09-16 Conference Description: Global Mixed Race, the third biennial Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference, will be hosted at DePaul University in Chicago, November 13th-15th, 2014. It will bring together…

  • Whiter Shades of Pale: “Coloring In” Machado de Assis and Race in Contemporary Brazil Latin American Research Review Volume 48, Number 3 (2013) pages 3-24 DOI: 10.1353/lar.2013.0046 Alex Flynn, Lecturer in Anthropology Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom Elena Calvo-González, Professor of Anthropology Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil Marcelo Mendes de Souza Department of Comparative Literature…

  • De Blasio Sworn In as New York Mayor The New York Times 2014-01-01 Michael M. Grynbaum Bill de Blasio was sworn in as the 109th mayor of New York City early Wednesday, at two minutes past the stroke of midnight. The oath of office was administered by Eric T. Schneiderman, the attorney general of New…

  • Racial Democracy and Nationalism in Panama Ethnology Volume 45, Number 3 (Summer, 2006) pages 209-228 DOI: 10.2307/20456595 Carla Guerrón-Montero, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Latin American Studies, Black American Studies, and Women’s Studies University of Delaware In spite of having more fluid and flexible racial boundaries than other regions of the world, Latin America continues to…

  • Am I supposed to be more Brazilian than black? Africa is a Country 2013-12-20 Daniel Barbosa We’re always told (by our media, politicians, commentators, etcetera) that Brazil is the most multicultural and multiracial country in the world. That Brazilian miscegenation gave birth to a unique kind of beauty and that the Brazilian mixture of races…

  • Jolene Ivey on The Rock Newman Show The Rock Newman Show Busboys and Poets Washington, D.C. 2013-10-19 Rock Newman, Host Jolene Ivey, Representative, 47th District, Maryland House of Delegates Also candidate for Maryland Lieutenant Governor Maryland’s House of Delegates member and 2014 Maryland gubernatorial Running Mate, Jolene Ivey visits The Rock Newman Show. Delegate Jolene…

  • Fathers, Farmers, Fighters Leaders: The Robbins Family at War (Civil War Roundtable of the Rock Creek Nature Center) U.S. Park Service Rock Creek Nature Center 5200 Glover Road, NW Washington, D.C. 2014-01-04, 09:30 EST (Local Time) Marvin Jones, Executive Director Chowan Discovery Group The Robbinses lived across racial lines and along the borders of slavery.…

  • Racial identity development of mixed race college students Clemson University 2012 216 pages Helen Diamond Steele The purpose of this study was to identify the factors that influence mixed race college students’ choice of racial identity. This study also explored whether or not there are any differences among each of the racial identity groups’ perceptions…

  • Drawing from exhaustive research in the Netherlands, Europe and the Americas, Altena offers illuminating new insights into mixed-marriage families as they were depicted in the arts and in news media; and how the families themselves in turn reacted to, and influenced those images. The author focuses on well-documented individuals and shows how they gained a…

  • Marylander of the Year: Benjamin Todd Jealous [Editorial] The Baltimore Sun 2013-12-28 Our view: Jealous leaves the NAACP a revitalized and relevant institution that is at the forefront of the social justice struggles of our time In the spring of 2008, as the prospect that America would elect its first black president became more and…