Day: February 10, 2010

  • African Americans and National Identities in Central America Rina Cáceres, Professor of Diaspora Studies Program at the Centro de Investigationes Historicas de America Central Universidad de Costa Rica Lowell Gudmundson, Professor of Latin American Studies and History Mount Holyoke University Mauricio Meléndez An interdisciplinary, multinational research program to reconceptualize and document, both visually and textually,…

  • Students’ growing refusal to state a race on forms frustrates school officials Sacramento Bee 2010-01-18 Stephen Magagnini Sacramento, California — About half of the 37 students in teacher Jeanne Kirchofer’s Laguna Creek High School classroom, who span nearly every combination of race and ethnicity, have joined the growing number of California students who decline to…

  • Hideously diverse Britain: the college where histories collide The Guardian 2010-01-10 Hugh Muir It was 1940 and the 200 students of South West Essex Technical College posed ramrod straight on the sharply inclined steps; ties stiff, uniforms crisp. They were RAF ­cadets learning science and ­engineering at the place that was dubbed the People’s University.…

  • College applications in a post-race world: Admissions process will soon need to address class concerns GW Hatchet Independent Student Paper of George Washington University 2010-01-14 Evan Schwartz, Columnist In a recent editorial for The Boston Globe, columnist Neal Gabler railed against what he referred to as “the college admissions scam” and a perceived bias in…

  • Six degrees of Princeton’s African-American history: America writ small Princeton Alumni Weekly Rally ‘Round the Cannon 2010-01-13 Gregg Lange, Class of 1970 The New York Times’ recent genealogy study of Michelle Obama ’85, noting for the first time her slave and mixed-race heritage, seemingly surprised a broad swath of the populace. This indicates that we…

  • Geek Out: Mixed Race in America University of Californa, Berkeley Lawrence Hall of Science 2010-02-10, 19:00 to 22:00 PST (Local Time) Geek Discourse Tour the “Race: Are We So Different?” exhibit and participate in a discussion facilitated by Dr. Victoria Robinson of the UC Berkeley Ethnic Studies and American Cultures programs on what it means…

  • Racial Boundary Formation at the Dawn of Jim Crow: The Determinants and Effects of Black/Mulatto Occupational Differences in the United States, 1880 (Working Paper) 33 pages Updated 2008-07-03 Aaron Gullickson, Assistant Professor of Sociology University of Oregon Much of the literature within sociology regarding mixed-race populations focuses on contemporary issues and dynamics, often overlooking a…