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  • The Graffitist Who Moved Indoors

    The Graffitist Who Moved Indoors The New York Times 2013-03-28 Carol Kino SAN FRANCISCO — “This is one of my favorite things to do,” Barry McGee said as he drove along the Bayshore Freeway on a glowering winter day, pointing out random patches of new graffiti. He was supposed to be talking about his traveling…

  • Race and Ethnicity in the formation of Panamanian National Identity: Panamanian Discrimination Against Chinese and West Indians in the Thirties

    Race and Ethnicity in the formation of Panamanian National Identity: Panamanian Discrimination Against Chinese and West Indians in the Thirties Revista Panameña de Política Number 4 (July-December 2007) pages 61-92 Marixa Lasso De Paulis, Associate Professor of History Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio The article examines the conditions governing the interrelationship between Chinese and…

  • Concepts and Terminology in Representations of the Atlantic Slave Trade

    Concepts and Terminology in Representations of the Atlantic Slave Trade Journal of Museum Ethnography No. 6, MEG Conference “Museum Ethnography and Communities” (October 1994) pages 7-21 Stephen Small, Associate Professor of African American and African Diaspora Studies University of California, Berkeley Introduction Many scholars concur on how Black people were differentiated from white people during…

  • The Elusive Variability of Race

    The question of race is, at its core, a questioning of humanity itself.  In various eras and locales, race has been marked by color of skin, texture of hair, dress, musical prowess, digital dexterity, rote memorization, mien, mannerisms, disease, athletic ability, capacity to write poetry, sense of rhythm, sobriety, childlike cheerfulness, animal anger, language, continent…

  • Mama’s Baby, Papa’s, Too

    …We’ve been here before, and that is the disappointment. Reminded in the course of Saulny’s treatment that terms like “mulatto,” “once tinged with shame…is enjoying a comeback in some young circles” (1), one wonders what all the brouhaha about “post-racial” identity actually means, unless the new racialist reflexes are intended to be taken as parodic…

  • A House Divided: The Invisibility of the Multiracial Family

    A House Divided: The Invisibility of the Multiracial Family Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review Volume 44, Number 1 2009 pages 231-253 University of Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 09-26 Angela Onwuachi-Willig, Professor of Law, Charles M. and Marion J. Kierscht Scholar University of Iowa College of Law Jacob Willig-Onwuachi, Assistant Professor of Physics…

  • “Look at Her Hair”: The Body Politics of Black Womanhood in Brazil

    This article examines Brazilian ideals of female beauty and explores their impact on Black women’s subjective experiences. The analysis focuses on hair as a key site for investigating how Black women’s bodies and identities are marked by Brazilian discourses on race and gender. Despite Brazil’s image as a “racial democracy,” derogatory images of Black women…

  • “You’re Irish?” Celebrating Hidden Identities

    “You’re Irish?” Celebrating Hidden Identities Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu 2012-03-31 Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu Stanford University “You’re Irish?” I introduced myself to the Irishman by my father’s family name Murphy and watched as he stared at me in seeming disbelief and confusion before uttering, “Well, it’s a good name anyway.” I recalled this incident recently as I celebrated St.…

  • It’s Not All Black and White: Multiracial Youth Speak Out

    It’s Not All Black and White: Multiracial Youth Speak Out Annick Press 2012 120 pages Softcover ISBN 13: 9781554513802 St. Stephen’s Community House Toronto, Ontario, Canada Through poems, interviews, and short essays, a group of young people tell what it’s like to be biracial, multiracial, or of mixed race. These poignant firsthand accounts reflect the…

  • Interview: Jackie Kay

    Interview: Jackie Kay The Journal Newcastle upon Tyne 2013-03-30 Jackie Kay is about to be read in places most writers never reach. David Whetstone spoke to her. YOU can imagine there are lots of things a writer dreams of – literary prizes, lucrative deals, maybe a film adaptation. But a different accolade has come the…