Category: Media Archive

  • Collective Identity, Oppression, and the Right to Self-Ascription Lexington Books May 2012 142 pages Size: 6 x 9 Hardback ISBN: 978-0-7391-7190-5 Paperback ISBN: 978-0-7391-9057-9 eBook ISBN: 978-0-7391-7191-2 Andrew J. Pierce, Lecturer Department of Philosophy Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, Connecticut Collective Identity, Oppression, and the Right to Self-Ascription argues that groups have an irreducibly collective right…

  • Brazil sees a rise in number of people who consider themselves black El País Madrid, Spain 2015-11-17 Marina Rossi São Paulo, Brazil English version by Martin Delfín. Participants in the “Curly Hair Pride March,” which was held in July in São Paulo. / CORDON PRESS Sociologists say changes in attitudes have made people more open…

  • First detailed study of “literary race” in eighteenth-century America

  • THINK TANK; Uncovering an Interracial Literature of Love . . . and Racism The New York Times 2004-04-17 Emily Eakin The word miscegenation entered America’s bitter racial politics and the national lexicon by way of an ambitious hoax. On Christmas Day in 1863, an anonymous 72-page pamphlet appeared on newsstands around New York City. Titled…

  • An African King in Bolivia The New York Times 2015-11-17 David Gonzalez, Side Street Columnist; Lens Blog Co-Editor King Don Julio Pinedo being helped by his son, Rolando Pinedo, the prince, into a royal cloak. Queen Angelica oversees the details of her husband’s royal dress. Don Julio is shy and does not feel comfortable dressing…

  • Mayor de Blasio Has Lost Support of White New Yorkers, Poll Finds The New York Times 2015-11-18 Michael M. Grynbaum, City Hall Bureau Chief Alexander Burns, Political Correspondent Dalia Sussman, Polling Editor Nearing the midpoint of his term, Mayor Bill de Blasio is confronting a city that is deeply divided about his ability to lead,…

  • Multiracial Girls Celebrate Their Hair as Heritage Women’s eNews 2015-11-12 Karly Smith, Teen Voices at Women’s eNews Washington, D.C. Specialty hair products that cater to girls with mixed-race hair are booming and YouTube videos offer lessons in cheap, DIY recipes. “I love my hair!” says one girl. “It adds its own personality because it can…

  • Interracial Intimacy: The Regulation of Race and Romance. By Rachel F. Moran [Bartholet Review] The Journal of Interdisciplinary History Volume 33, Number 2 (Autumn 2002) pages 320–322 DOI: 10.1162/00221950260209039 Elizabeth Bartholet, Morris Wasserstein Professor of Law Harvard Law School Interracial Intimacy: The Regulation of Race and Romance. By Rachel F. Moran (Chicago, University of Chicago…

  • Who Cares for Health Care? Breaking Through: TEDMED 2015 Palm Springs, California 2015-11-18 through 2015-11-20 Dorothy E. Roberts, George A. Weiss University Professor of Law and Sociology and the Raymond Pace and Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander Professor of Civil Rights University of Pennsylvania Physician, heal thyself … and while you’re at it, how about healing…

  • ‘Mejorar la Raza’: An Example of Racism in Latino Culture Latino Voices Huffington Post 2015-06-15 Maria Alejandra Casale-Hardin University of California, Hastings, Law Class of 2018 Samuel Lange Zambrano portraying a 9-year-old Venezuelan boy obsessed with straightening his hair in the 2013 film Pelo Malo. ‘Mejorar la raza’ is a common phrase used in Latin…