Category: Religion

  • Coloured Members of the Bahamian House of Assembly in the Nineteenth Century College of the Bahamas Research Journal Volume 10 (2001) Rosalyn Themistocleous This article focuses on some little known ‘coloured’ members of the House of Assembly of the nineteenth century. The position of the Bahamians of mixed race is discussed, particularly vis-à-vis the white…

  • Is race a ‘salient…’ or ‘dominant identity’ in the early 21st century: The evidence of UK survey data on respondents’ sense of who they are Social Science Research Available online 2012-11-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2012.10.007 Peter J. Aspinall, Emeritus Reader in Population Health Centre for Health Services Studies University of Kent Miri Song, Professor of Sociology University…

  • In Judaism, one’s mother must be Jewish in order to be ‘officially recognized’ as Jewish. Because it was my father who was Jewish, I didn’t count. And although I was born in Japan, I was not granted citizenship because only my mother was Japanese. From both sides, stranded. When I was 18, I decided to…

  • Being Anglo-Indian: Practices and Stories from Calcutta Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand 2005 263 pages Robyn Andrews, Lecturer, Social Anthropology Programme Massey University A thesis in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Social Anthropology at Massey University This thesis is an ethnography of Anglo-Indians in Calcutta. All…

  • Organizing 101: A Mixed-Race Feminist in Movements for Social Justice Chapter in: Colonize This!: Young Women of Color on Today’s Feminism Seal Press April 2002 432 pages ISBN-10: 1580050670 ISBN-13: 9781580050678 Edited by: Daisy Hernandez Bushara Rehman Foreword by: Cherríe Moraga Chapter Author: Lisa Weiner-Mahfuz pages 29-39 I have vivid memories of celebrating the holidays…

  • American Dilemma: The Negro problem and Modern Democracy Harper and Brothers Publishing 1944 822 pages Gunnar Myrdal (1898-1987) With the Assistance of Richard Sterner and Arnold Rose This landmark effort to understand African-American people in the New World provides deep insight into the contradictions of American democracy as well as a study of a people…

  • Race Treason: The Untold Story of America’s Ban on Polygamy Columbia Journal of Gender and Law Volume 19, Number 2 (2010) pages 287-366 Martha M. Ertman, Carole & Hanan Sibel Research Professor of Law University of Maryland Today’s ban on polygamy grew out of nineteenth century Americans’ view that Mormons committed two types of treason. First,…

  • Mixed-race Jewish children locate their communal comfort zone The Jewish Chronicle Online 2009-11-12 Sue Fishkoff Dafna Wu, a 48-year-old San Francisco nurse, was born to a Jewish mother and Chinese father. She was raised Jewish but looks Asian, as does her daughter, nine-year-old Amalia, whose father was also Chinese. The Hebrew School Amalia attends is…

  • Jewish multiracial families grow in numbers and commitment The Denver Post Denver, Colorado 2012-09-25 Electa Draper Three Denver mothers heading multiracial families are seeking to build on what it means to live in Jewish community. The community is changing. It’s perhaps a surprising slice of demography that shows that 16 percent of metro Denver Jewish…

  • Roots: Saint Lucia’s Hindu Legacy Hinduism Today October/November/December 2012 Gajanan Nataraj Saint Lucia I am a Saint Lucian citizen. I was born in the US Virgin Islands and lived briefly on the mainland (USA), but for the better part of 23 years I was raised on the Caribbean island of Saint Lucia. I am roughly two-quarters…