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Month: September 2011

  • Obama’s Presidential (Mixed) Race: Framing and Ideological Analysis of Blogs and News

    Obama’s Presidential (Mixed) Race: Framing and Ideological Analysis of Blogs and News University of New Mexico, Albuquerque July 2011 217 pages Iliana P. Rucker DISSERTATION Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Communication The election of Barack Obama as President of the United States brought a heightened awareness…

  • The colour line and the colour scale in the twentieth century

    The colour line and the colour scale in the twentieth century Ethnic and Racial Studies Volume 35, Issue 7, 2012 pages 1109-1131 DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2011.605902 Michael Banton, Emeritus Professor of Sociology University of Bristol Some more recent evidence supports Du Bois’ prediction that the twentieth century would prove the century of the colour line. It indicates…

  • Black and white twins

    Black and white twins The Guardian 2011-09-23 Joanna Moorhead James and Daniel are twins. What sets them apart is that one is white and one is black—and the differences don’t end there, as Joanna Moorhead discovers The two teenage boys sitting on the sofa opposite are different in almost every way. On the left is…

  • Germany’s ‘Brown Babies’: The Difficult Identities of Post-War Black Children of GIs

    For many of the now-adult children of white German women and African-American GIs, adopted by families in the United States after World War II, the search for the truth has been difficult. Online communities are helping.

  • The Cosmic Race in Texas: Racial Fusion, White Supremacy, and Civil Rights Politics

    The Cosmic Race in Texas: Racial Fusion, White Supremacy, and Civil Rights Politics The Journal of American History Volume 98, Issue 2 (September 2011) pages 404-419 DOI: 10.1093/jahist/jar338 Benjamin H. Johnson, Associate Professor of Global Studies and History University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee In the early twentieth century, a number of Latin American intellectuals embraced racial fusion…

  • The “Common Sense” of Race

    The “Common Sense” of Race Southern California Law Review Volume 83, Number 3 (March 2010) pages 441-452 Neil Gotanda, Professor of Law Western State University College of Law, Fullerton California In What Blood Won’t Tell: A History of Race on Trial in America, Ariela J. Gross provides a compelling and nuanced account of race in…

  • Mixed Indians, Caboclos and Curibocas: Historical Analysis of a Process of Miscegenation; Rio Negro (Brazil), 18th and 19th Centuries

    Mixed Indians, Caboclos and Curibocas: Historical Analysis of a Process of Miscegenation; Rio Negro (Brazil), 18th and 19th Centuries Chapter in: Amazon Peasant Societies in a Changing Environment (2009) Springer Part I pages 55-68 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9283-1_4 Décio de Alencar Guzmán The author analyses the process of mixing (mestiçagem) in the Rio Negro region during the…

  • Race in North America: Origin and Evolution of a Worldview (Fourth Edition)

    Race in North America: Origin and Evolution of a Worldview (Fourth Edition) Westview Press July 2011 400 pages Trade paperback ISBN: 9780813345543 Audrey Smedley, Professor Emerita of Anthropology and African American Studies Virginia Commonwealth University Brian D. Smedley, Vice President and Director Health Policy Institute Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies In a sweeping…

  • The Economics of Identity and the Endogeneity of Race

    The Economics of Identity and the Endogeneity of Race National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper 9962 September 2003 Howard Bodenhorn, Professor of Economics Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina Christopher S. Ruebeck, Associate Professor of Economics Lafayette University, Easton, Pennsylvania Economic and social theorists have modeled race and ethnicity as a form of personal identity…

  • Colourism and African-American Wealth: Evidence from the Nineteenth-Century South

    Colourism and African-American Wealth: Evidence from the Nineteenth-Century South Journal of Population Economics Volume 20, Number 3 (July 2007) pages 599-620 DOI: 10.1007/s00148-006-0111-x Howard Bodenhorn, Professor of Economics Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina Christopher S. Ruebeck, Associate Professor of Economics Lafayette University, Easton, Pennsylvania Black is not always black. Subtle distinctions in skin tone translate…