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  • Agriculture Linked to DNA Changes in Ancient Europe

    Agriculture Linked to DNA Changes in Ancient Europe The New York Times 2015-11-23 Carl Zimmer The agricultural revolution was one of the most profound events in human history, leading to the rise of modern civilization. Now, in the first study of its kind, an international team of scientists has found that after agriculture arrived in…

  • Maybe you don’t say you’re black if you’re biracial. But it’s how you’re seen

    Maybe you don’t say you’re black if you’re biracial. But it’s how you’re seen The Guardian 2015-11-22 Zach Stafford, Contributing Writer Chicago, Illinois No matter how I identify or how I feel, it’s my skin color that determines how I’ll be treated Like every young black man I know, I remember the moment when my…

  • Raising my biracial Jewish child

    Raising my biracial Jewish child Ethical Jam The Times of Israel Jerusalem, Israel 2015-11-12 Ethical Jam presents contemporary ethical dilemmas and the responses of Jewish thinkers from across the world Jewish community. Ethical Jam is a project of the Center for Global Judaism (CGJ) at Hebrew College in Newton Centre, Massachusetts and of the Times…

  • DNA study finds London was ethnically diverse from start

    DNA study finds London was ethnically diverse from start BBC News 2015-11-23 Pallab Ghosh, Science Correspondent A DNA study has confirmed that London was an ethnically diverse city from its very beginnings, BBC News has learned. The analysis reveals what some of the very first Londoners looked like and where they came from. The first…

  • First Look at Ruth Negga and Joel Edgerton in ‘The Loving Story’ (Based on Anti-Miscegenation Case)

    First Look at Ruth Negga and Joel Edgerton in ‘The Loving Story’ (Based on Anti-Miscegenation Case) Shadow and Act: On Cinema Of The African Diaspora 2015-11-20 Tambay A. Obenson Ruth Negga and Joel Edgerton as Mildred and Richard Loving, on the set of the movie “Loving,” being shot in Richmond, Va. (Ben Rothstein/Big Beach Films…

  • Editorial: Biracial in the Time of Black Lives Matter

    Editorial: Biracial in the Time of Black Lives Matter NBC News 2015-11-22 Amity Paye I’ll never forget the first Black Lives Matter protest I attended in New York. After years of rallying against police violence in New York, this was the first night where race was the central message. As a Black woman it spoke…

  • Census Bureau Statement on Classifying Filipinos

    Census Bureau Statement on Classifying Filipinos United States Census Bureau 2015-11-09 Release Number: CB15-RTQ.26 Public Information Office: 301-763-3030 NOV. 9, 2015 — The Census Bureau has no current plans to classify Filipinos outside of the Asian race category. Filipinos are classified as Asian on Census Bureau forms based on the Office of Management and Budget’s…

  • Census change may result in fewer ‘white’ Americans

    The Census Bureau is considering changes to its race and ethnicity questions that would reclassify some minorities who were considered “white” in the past, a move that may speed up the date when America’s white population falls below 50%.

  • Q&A with Miriam Jiménez Román

    In February, Latina magazine listed “6 Afro-Latinas Who Are Changing the World.” Naturally, Miriam Jiménez Román was second on the list.

  • African American Exceptionalism and the Truth Behind the Rage over Zoe Saldaña Playing Nina Simone

    African American Exceptionalism and the Truth Behind the Rage over Zoe Saldaña Playing Nina Simone Upliftt: Latinos in Film, TV and Theater 2015-11-09 William Garcia In a recent article from the Huffington Post, Zoe Saldaña talks about the Nina Simone biopic that has been controversial all over the Black blogospheres. Saldaña said: “the people behind…