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  • Movie “Little White Lie” Creator Lacey Schwartz Talks Not Knowing She Was Black [VIDEO]

    Could you imagine living your entire life not knowing your true ethnic background? Movie director Lacey Schwartz can. Watch her talk about her new film “Little White Lie” and more:

  • What is Dion Boucicault’s THE OCTOROON?

    What is Dion Boucicault’s THE OCTOROON? The Soho Repository New York, New York 2014-03-17 James Leverett, Professor (Adjunct) of Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism Yale School of Drama Professor of Dramatic Criticism James Leverett from The Yale School of Drama joins us in this video to give context and background to Dion Boucicault’s 1859 melodrama The…

  • A Post-Genomic Surprise: the molecular reinscription of race in science, law and medicine

    A Post-Genomic Surprise: the molecular reinscription of race in science, law and medicine The London School of Economics and Political Science Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building London, United Kingdom 2014-11-06 Speaker: Troy Duster, Chancellor’s Professor of Sociology Warren Institute on Law and Social Policy University of California, Berkeley Chair: Nigel Dodd, Professor of Sociology…

  • Little White Lie at DOC NYC

    Little White Lie at DOC NYC DOC NYC 2014-11-13 through 2014-11-20 New York, New York Showtimes IFC Center 323 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York 10014 (212) 924-7771 Sunday, 2014-11-16, 19:00 EST (Local Time) Wednesday, 2014-11-19, 10:45 EST (Local Time) Official Site: http://www.littlewhiteliethefilm.com Producer: Lacey Schwartz, Mehret Mandefro Cinematographer: James Adolphus Editor: Toby…

  • ‘Fourteen Frames’ aims to create discussions on race, identity

    ‘Fourteen Frames’ aims to create discussions on race, identity The Daily Northwestern Evanston, Illinois 2014-11-11 Shane McKeon, Reporter A group within Global Engagement Summit launched a Tumblr page and physical gallery profiling 14 Northwestern students and their experiences with race and identity. “Fourteen Frames” opened at Norris University Center on Nov. 5, the same day…

  • ONExSAMENESS: Dr Anita Heiss at TEDxBrisbane

    ONExSAMENESS: Dr Anita Heiss at TEDxBrisbane TEDx Talks 2013-10-25 Anita Heiss “It’s and I-dentity, not a YOU-dentity, stop telling me who I am!” Anita is a contemporary Australian author. She is a Wiradjuri woman. She is an Indigenous Literacy Day Ambassador and an Adjunct Professor with Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning, UTS amongst many other…

  • Episode Six: A More Perfect Union

    Episode Six: A More Perfect Union The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross (with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.) Public Broadcasting Service Tuesdays, 2013-10-22 through 2013-11-26, 20:00-21:00 ET From Black Power to Black President By 1968, the Civil Rights movement had achieved stunning victories, in the courts and in the Congress. But would African Americans finally…

  • ‘The abuse we suffered due to our skin colour is being airbrushed from Irish history’

    ‘The abuse we suffered due to our skin colour is being airbrushed from Irish history’ TheJournal.ie Dublin, Ireland 2014-10-22 Nicky Ryan, Staff Reporter Members of Mixed Race Irish before the committee today. Source: Oireachtas.ie Mixed Race Irish is asking for the Government to recognise the abuse they suffered in State-run institutions. IN A EMOTIONAL appearance…

  • The End of Race As We Know It?

    The End of Race As We Know It? Stanford+Connects Stanford University 2014-10-09 Michele Elam, Professor of English Stanford University Sharing demographic shifts and a personal story about the use of her photograph in various advertisements, Professor Michele Elam traces multiracial identities from the 1940s to present day. In this talk, she explores how society understands…

  • Who Do You Think You Are? [with Reggie Yates]

    Who Do You Think You Are? Reggie Yates [with Reggie Yates] Who Do You Think You Are? BBC One Series 11: Episode 8 of 10 Running Time: 00:59:09 First Aired: 2014-09-25 Presenter and DJ Reggie Yates grew up knowing very little about his father’s side of the family. Reggie sets out on the trail of…