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  • Transcending Blackness: From the New Millennium Mulatta to the Exceptional Multiracial

    Representations of multiracial Americans, especially those with one black and one white parent, appear everywhere in contemporary culture, from reality shows to presidential politics. Some depict multiracial individuals as being mired in painful confusion; others equate them with progress, as the embodiment of a postracial utopia. In “Transcending Blackness,” Ralina L. Joseph critiques both depictions…

  • The Chowan Discovery Group: Documenting the Mixed-Race History of North Carolina’s “Winton Triangle”

    The Chowan Discovery Group: Documenting the Mixed-Race History of North Carolina’s “Winton Triangle” Renegade South: Histories of Unconventional Southerners 2013-03-20 Vikki Bynum, Distinguished Emeritus Professor of History Texas State University, San Marcos Here’s another region of the South with a fascinating history of mixed-race ancestry. I discovered the Chowan Discovery Group after Steven Riley, creator…

  • BlackAtlas and Laura Izibor in Dublin, Ireland

    Singer/Songwriter Laura Izibor explores multicultural Dublin, Ireland through her eyes. Featured are Temple Bar area, the pubs, the Guinness factory, the Grand Canal, the Royal Canal and a statue of Phil Lynott (the only African-Irish statue in Ireland).

  • Danzy Senna

    Danzy Senna The Southeast Review 2010-05-01 The Southeast Review is published by Florida State University’s Creative Writing Program. Interviewed by Janeen Price Danzy Senna is the author of two novels, a memoir, numerous essays and works of short fiction. Her debut novel, Caucasia, a coming-of-age story, was named the Los Angeles Times Best Book of…

  • How the Africans Became Black

    How the Africans Became Black The Atlantic 2012-12-13 Wayétu Moore A Liberian-American reflects on the experiences of Africans who have moved to the United States, a growing community that accounts for 3 percent of the U.S.’s foreign-born population. After leaving my nine-to-five job, I was led to a New York Immigration Coalition job posting. While…

  • Creating a “Latino” Race

    Creating a “Latino” Race The Society Pages: Social Science That Matters 2013-03-13 Wendy D. Roth, Associate Professor of Sociology University of British Columbia (Author of Race Migrations: Latinos and the Cultural Transformation of Race) Editors’ Note: The author prefers to capitalize Black and White along with other socially constructed racial categories. For much of American…

  • Young Afro Latinos straddle both cultures

    Young Afro Latinos straddle both cultures Our Weekly: Our Truth, Our Voice Los Angeles, California 2010-09-23 Manny Otiko Hispanic heritage month celebrated Sept. 15-Oct. 15 When 2nd Lt. Emily Perez was killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq, she became the first female African American officer to die in combat. Perez, an outstanding West Point…

  • Statehood Issue Stirs Passions About Puerto Rican Identity

    Statehood Issue Stirs Passions About Puerto Rican Identity Puerto Rico: Unsettled Territory Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication Arizona State University 2012-10-29 Kailey Latham Cronkite Borderlands Initiative SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — What does it mean to be Puerto Rican? For over 500 years, the people of this island have struggled with the…

  • The Slum [O Cortiço]

    The Slum [O Cortiço] Oxford University Press March 2000 (First published in 1890) 240 pages Paperback ISBN 13: 9780195121872; ISBN 10: 0195121872 Aluísio Azevedo Edited and Translated by David H. Rosenthal Features an informative introduction by translator David H. Rosenthal First published in 1890, and undoubtedly Azevedo’s masterpiece, The Slum is one of the most…

  • (Miscege)nación en O Cortiço

    (Miscege)nación en O Cortiço Trans: Revue de Littérature Générale et Comparée Issue 5 (2008) 10 pages (24 paragraphs) Brian L. Price, Assistant Professor of Spanish Wake Forest University Written a year after the proclamation of Brazilian independence, O Cortiço by Aluisio Azevedo depicts the demographic composition of the country with a naturalistic sense of detail…