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  • Am I supposed to be more Brazilian than black?

    Am I supposed to be more Brazilian than black? Africa is a Country 2013-12-20 Daniel Barbosa We’re always told (by our media, politicians, commentators, etcetera) that Brazil is the most multicultural and multiracial country in the world. That Brazilian miscegenation gave birth to a unique kind of beauty and that the Brazilian mixture of races…

  • Jolene Ivey on The Rock Newman Show

    Jolene Ivey on The Rock Newman Show The Rock Newman Show Busboys and Poets Washington, D.C. 2013-10-19 Rock Newman, Host Jolene Ivey, Representative, 47th District, Maryland House of Delegates Also candidate for Maryland Lieutenant Governor Maryland’s House of Delegates member and 2014 Maryland gubernatorial Running Mate, Jolene Ivey visits The Rock Newman Show. Delegate Jolene…

  • Is Race a Fiction?

    Is Race a Fiction? Ideas with Paul Kennedy CBC Radio-Canada 2013-12-04 Paul Kennedy, Host Blood ties you to family, country and race. Should it? Watch a live panel discussion with Lawrence Hill, Priscila Uppal, Hayden King and Karina Vernon moderated by Ideas host Paul Kennedy. What happens to personal identity when race is removed as…

  • Dr. Yaba Blay to Appear Tonight on “Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell”

    Dr. Yaba Blay to Appear Tonight on “Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell” Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell FXX Wednesday, 2013-11-13, 23:00 EST (2013-11-14, 04:00Z) W. Kamau Bell, Executive Producer and Host Tonight on Totally Biased, we proudly welcome Dr. Yaba Blay!  Dr. Yaba Blay is a professor, producer, and publisher. As a researcher…

  • Soledad O’Brien Explores Racial and Ethnic Identity in Provocative Black in America

    Soledad O’Brien Explores Racial and Ethnic Identity in Provocative Black in America CNN Press Room Cable News Network (CNN) 2012-12-04 Who is Black in America? Debuts Sunday, Dec. 9 at 8:00 p.m. & 11:00p.m. ET & PT U.S. Encore: Sunday, January 27, 2013,  20:00 p.m. ET, 23:00 p.m ET, and Monday, 02:00 ET International Debut on CNN International:…

  • Brazil in Black and White

    Brazil in Black and White Wide Angle Public Broadcasting Service 2007-09-04 About the Issue As one of the most racially diverse nations in the world, Brazil has long considered itself a colorblind “racial democracy.” But deep disparities in income, education and employment between lighter and darker-skinned Brazilians have prompted a civil rights movement advocating equal…

  • Racial Democracy: The Sociological History of a Concept

    Racial Democracy: The Sociological History of a Concept Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies Lemann Institute for Brazilian Studies University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 2013-02-15 Antonio Sergio Guimarães, Professor of Sociology Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil I will examine the coining, the uses, and meanings of the expression “racial democracy” from the 1930’s onwards including…

  • TEDxHampshireCollege–Jay Smooth: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Discussing Race

    TEDxHampshireCollege–Jay Smooth: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Discussing Race TEDx Hampshire College, Amherst, Massachusetts 2011-11-15 Jay Smooth is host of New York’s longest running hip-hop radio show, the Underground Railroad on WBAI 99.5 FM in NY, and is an acclaimed commentator on politics and culture. In this talk, he discusses the sometimes…

  • Growing Up Black in American Apartheid – Ford Pt1

    Growing Up Black in American Apartheid – Ford Pt1 Reality Asserts Itself The Real News Network 2013-10-23 Paul Jay, Host Glen Ford, Executive Editor Black Agenda Report On Reality Asserts Itself with Paul Jay: Glen Ford, Executive Editor of Black Agenda Report, tells his story as a red-diaper baby, growing up facing racism in the…

  • Pelo Malo (Bad Hair)

    Pelo Malo (Bad Hair) Sudaca Films 2013 Venezuela 93 minutes color Written and Directed by Mariana Rondón Produced by Marité Ugás Starring Samuel Lange as Junior Samantha Castillo as Marta Junior is nine years old and has “bad hair.” He wants to have it straightened for his yearbook picture, like a fashionable pop singer. This…