Category: Media Archive

  • From Legend to History to Film: “The Free State of Jones” Renegade South: Histories of Unconventional Southerners 2015-11-17 Vikki Bynum, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History Texas State University, San Marcos The Free State of Jones, the movie Between November 19–22, 2015, the Smithsonian Institute and National Endowment of the Humanities will host a history film…

  • Amber Guild of Collins: Call Out the Elephant in the Room The New York Times 2015-11-14 Adam Bryant, Corner Office Columnist and Deputy Science Editor This interview with Amber Guild, president of Collins, a brand consultancy, was conducted and condensed by Adam Bryant. Q. What were some early influences for you? A. I grew up…

  • Measuring Manhood: Race and the Science of Masculinity, 1830–1934 University of Minnesota Press September 2015 368 pages 32 b&w photos 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 Paper ISBN 978-0-8166-7303-2 Cloth ISBN 978-0-8166-7302-5 Melissa N. Stein, Assistant Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies University of Kentucky From the “gay gene” to the “female brain” and African American…

  • European Others: Queering Ethnicity in Postnational Europe University of Minnesota Press 2011 304 pages 6 b&w photos 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 Paper ISBN 978-0-8166-7016-1 Cloth ISBN 978-0-8166-7015-4 Fatima El-Tayeb, Professor of African-American Literature and Culture University of California, San Diego European Others offers an interrogation into the position of racialized communities in the European…

  • My Face is a Face of Asian America Hapa Mama: Asian Fusion Family and Food 2015-11-14 Candace Kita “Blending in” has never been my strong suit. As a generally shy and rather bookish individual, I have always wished that I could more naturally fit seamlessly into my surroundings. However, my inability to blend into established…

  • The Mixed-Race in-betweeners The Columbia Spectator New York, New York 2015-11-12 Keenan Smith I am Mixed-Race. I am both Black and white. I am also American and have therefore been raised in a culture that seems to be constantly divided along racial boundaries, whether they are in campus diversity and inclusion programs or identity-based organizations,…

  • What Happened in Missouri Puts the Nation on Notice Time 2015-11-10 Eddie S. Glaude, Jr., William S. Tod Professor of Religion and African-American Studies Princeton University Imagine what could happen at Ohio State or UCLA or any other major university. The activists already have. What happened at the University of Missouri has sent shockwaves throughout…

  • I’m white in Barcelona but in Los Angeles I’m Hispanic? Public Radio International 2015-10-27 Jaime Gonzalez, BBC World Service Journalist Los Angeles, California “You’re not white, where are you from?” This is how I was greeted a few months ago by a young Black man I interviewed in Los Angeles for a story I was…

  • Taye Diggs wants son to embrace being mixed, not choose black or white The Grio 2015-11-13 Chris Witherspoon, Entertainment Editor Last month, Taye Diggs released his second children’s book, Mixed Me, inspired by his biracial 6-year-old son, Walker. His mother is actress and singer Indina Menzel. In a society in which it is sometimes hard…

  • UPDATE: Mike Middleton is named interim UM System president The Columbia Missourian Columiba, Missouri 2015-11-12 Emma VanDelinder and Alexa Ahern Interim UM System President Michael Middleton speaks at his introductory news conference Thursday at University Hall. Middleton was the first black professor in the MU School of Law. More recently, he served as deputy chancellor…