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  • Blood Is Thicker than Water: Policing Donor Insemination and the Reproduction of Whiteness

    Blood Is Thicker than Water: Policing Donor Insemination and the Reproduction of Whiteness Hypatia Volume 22, Issue 2 (May 2007): Special Issue: The Reproduction of Whiteness: Race and the Regulation of the Gendered Body pages 143–161 DOI: 10.1111/j.1527-2001.2007.tb00986.x Seline Szkupinski Quiroga, Faculty Associate College of Nutrition and Health Promotion Arizona State University On the most…

  • Rethinking Race History: The Role of the Albino in the Frence Enlightenment Life Sciences

    Rethinking Race History: The Role of the Albino in the Frence Enlightenment Life Sciences History and Theory Volume 48, Issue 3 (October 2009) pages 151–179 DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2303.2009.00502.x Andrew Curran, Professor of Romance Languages & Literatures Wesleyan University The scholarly quest to recover the construction of racial difference in the Enlightenment-era life sciences generally overlooks a…

  • Anthropology at the Washington Meeting for 1911

    Anthropology at the Washington Meeting for 1911 Science Magazine Volume 35, Number 904 (1912-04-26) pages 665-676 DOI: 10.1126/science.35.904.665 George Grant MacCurdy (1863-1947), Assistant Professor of Archæology Yale University The annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association was held in the United States National Museum, Washington, D. C., December 27-30, 1911, in affiliation with Section H of…

  • Johnny Otis, ‘Godfather of Rhythm and Blues,’ Dies at 90

    Johnny Otis, ‘Godfather of Rhythm and Blues,’ Dies at 90 New York Times 2012-01-19 Ihsan Taylor Johnny Otis, the musician, bandleader, songwriter, impresario, disc jockey and talent scout often called “the godfather of rhythm and blues,” died on Tuesday at his home in Altadena, Calif. He was 90. His death was confirmed by his manager,…

  • Science in the Service of the Far Right: Henry E. Garrett, the IAAEE, and the Liberty Lobby

    Science in the Service of the Far Right: Henry E. Garrett, the IAAEE, and the Liberty Lobby Journal of Social Issues Volume 54, Issue 1 (Spring 1998) pages 179–210 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-4560.1998.tb01212.x Andrew S. Winston, Professor of Psychology University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada Henry E. Garrett (1894–1973) was the President of the American Psychological Association in…

  • Racial Differences and Witch Hunting

    Racial Differences and Witch Hunting Science Magazine Volume 135, Number 3507 (1962-03-16) pages 982-984 DOI: 10.1126/science.135.3507.982-a Henry E. Garrett In a recent issue of Science (1), Santiago Genovés of the University of Mexico discourses at some length concerning a paper of mine published in the Mankind Quarterly last year (2). Genovés objects to my criticism…

  • Indigeneity, Settler Colonialism, White Supremacy

    Indigeneity, Settler Colonialism, White Supremacy Global Dialogue Volume 12, Number 2 (Summer/Autumn 2010)—Race and Racisms ISSN 1986-2601 Andrea Smith, Associate Professor of Media and Cultural Studies University of California, Riverside Many scholars in Native studies have argued that the field has been co-opted by broader discourses, such as ethnic studies or post-colonial studies. Their contention…

  • A Stronger Kinship: One Town’s Extraordinary Story of Hope and Faith

    A Stronger Kinship: One Town’s Extraordinary Story of Hope and Faith University of Nebraska Press 2007 296 pages 20 photos, 9 tables, appendix Paperback ISBN: 978-0-8032-6018-4 Anna-Lisa Cox In the heartland of the United States 150 years ago, where racism and hatred were common, a community decided there could be a different America. Here schools…

  • The Man Who Talks Not: John L. Clarke and the Politics of Mixed-Race Identity in Montana, 1900-1950

    The Man Who Talks Not: John L. Clarke and the Politics of Mixed-Race Identity in Montana, 1900-1950 United States History Colloquium 2011-2012 University of California, Los Angeles History Conference Room, 6275 Bunche Hall 2012-01-19, 16:00-18:00 PST (Local Time) Andrew Graybill, Associate Professor of History Southern Methodist University A Pre-circulated Paper and Discussion with Professor Andrew…

  • Jean Toomer’s Washington and the Politics of Class: From “Blue Veins” to Seventh-Street Rebels

    Jean Toomer’s Washington and the Politics of Class: From “Blue Veins” to Seventh-Street Rebels Modern Fiction Studies Volume 42, Number 2 (Summber 1996) pages 289-321 Barbara Foley, Professor of English Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey Familiarity, in most people, indicates not a sentiment of comradeship, an emotion of brotherhood, but simply a lack of respect…