Category: Media Archive

  • Trend 6: Who Am I? The Rise of Multiple Identities Profiles in Diversity Journal 2013-02-08 Mary-Frances Winters, CEO The Winters Group, Inc. “I am Latina, Muslim, millennial, mother and I want you to understand all of me.” The check the one box identity answer is a thing of the past. Diversity and inclusion practitioners will…

  • François Hollande’s misguided move: taking ‘race’ out of the constitution The Guardian 2013-02-12 Alana Lentin, Senior Lecturer in Cultural and Social Analysis University of Western Sydney Valérie Amiraux, Professor of Sociology University of Montreal Not talking about races does not lead naturally to the demise of ‘race thinking’ – it just obscures the persistent inequalities…

  • ITYC Interview: Multicultural Psychologist and Author Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu Is That Your Child? Thought in Full Color 2013-02-11 Michelle Clark-McCrary, Host Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu Stanford University ITYC had the great pleasure of talking with multicultural psychologist and author Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu about his latest book When Half is Whole: Multiethnic Asian Identities. Through deeply personal, raw storytelling, When…

  • Toni Morrison and the Evolution of American Biracial Identity Occidental College Oxy Scholar: ECLS Student Scholarship Submisions for 2009 2008-12-10 17 pages Emily Isenberg She enchanted the entire school. When teachers called on her, they smiled encouragingly. Black boys didn’t trip her in the halls; white boys didn’t stone her, white girls didn’t suck their…

  • The Presumption of Passing Among Multiracial Persons: Perceived Benefits and Associated Resentments University of California, Santa Barbara Race Matters Series MultiCultural Center Lounge 2013-02-11, 18:30 PST (Local Time) Ingrid Dineen-Wimberly, Professor of History In her forthcoming book, By the Least Bit of Blood: The Allure of Blackness among Mixed-Race Americans of African Descent, 1862-1935, Ingrid…

  • Dismembering the Master Narrative: Michelle Cliff’s Attempt to Rewrite Jamaican History in Abeng St. John Fisher College, Rochester, New York English Senior Seminar Papers 2012-11-27 27 pages Marissa Petta St. John Fisher College Abeng by Michelle Cliff is a coming-of-age novel set in colonial Jamaica. The heroine, Clare, struggles with defining herself across the lines…

  • “African Americans and the Presidency” explores the long history of African American candidates for President and Vice President, examining the impact of each candidate on the American public, as well as the contribution they all made toward advancing racial equality in America.

  • Nella Larsen’s “Passing” introduces two African American women on a quest for an integrated identity. Irene and Clare are two pale-skinned, childhood friends who are light enough to pass for white. Passing is a work concerned with the representation and construction of race.

  • Could Harlem Désir, France’s First Black Socialist Party Chief, Become The Next Obama? International Business Times 2012-10-26 Jacey Fortin, World Politics Reporter For the first time ever, a black politician will take the reins of a major political party in France. If all goes well for him, 2022 in France could look a lot like…

  • France: The Socialists’ New Head, Harlem Désir The Daily Beast (In Newsweek Magazine) 2012-10-29 Tracy McNicoll, Paris correspondent The faded star of a French anti-racist icon. In a country that went tipsy with Obamania four years ago, Harlem Désir’s election to lead France’s ruling Socialist Party might seem an occasion for bubbly. Désir—whose gifts include…