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Month: January 2012

  • Role of Identity Integration On the Relationship Between Perceived Racial Discrimination and Psychological Adjustment of Multiracial People

    Role of Identity Integration On the Relationship Between Perceived Racial Discrimination and Psychological Adjustment of Multiracial People Society for Social Work and Research Sixteenth Annual Conference “Research That Makes A Difference: Advancing Practice and Shaping Public Policy” 2012-01-11 through 2012-01-15 Grand Hyatt Washington, Washington, DC Saturday, 2012-01-14, 14:30-16:15 EST (Local Time) Kelly F. Jackson, Assistant…

  • For Many Latinos, Racial Identity Is More Culture Than Color

    For Many Latinos, Racial Identity Is More Culture Than Color The New York Times 2012-01-13 Mireya Navarro Every decade, the Census Bureau spends billions of dollars and deploys hundreds of thousands of workers to get an accurate portrait of the American population. Among the questions on the census form is one about race, with 15…

  • Jean Toomer: Fugitive

    Jean Toomer: Fugitive American Literature Volume 47, Number 1 (March, 1975) page 84-96 Charles Scruggs, Professor of English University of Arizona As a young boy, Jean Toomer attended a dinner party during which someone asked his famous grandfather, P. B. S. Pinchback, if he indeed had “colored” blood. The light-skinned former lieutenant governor of Louisiana…

  • Jean Toomer and American Racial Discourse

    Jean Toomer and American Racial Discourse Texas Studies in Literature and Language Volume 35, Number 2, Anxieties of Identity in American Writing (Summer 1993) pages 226-250 George Hutchinson, Booth Tarkington Professor of Literary Studies; Adjunct Professor of African American and African Diaspora Studies; Adjunct Professor of American Studies Indiana University, Bloomington The culture which will…

  • However, “self-identified race” is a subjective term, influenced by cultural factors, and not even grounded in the ancestral genomics of, for example, the International HapMap Project.

    While many commentators who supported the approval of BiDil for black patients state that “race” is not a scientifically precise term for identifying relevant genomic or physiological characteristics that differentiate population groups, nevertheless, they argue that “self-identified race” is a useful proxy for those characteristics. However, what is the evidence that the proxy “self-identified race”…

  • Author, Yaba Blay, to appear on CNN Newsroom with Don Lemon

    Author, Yaba Blay, to appear on CNN Newsroom with Don Lemon CNN NewsRoom: Weekend Primetime 2012-01-14, 19:00-20:00 EST Don Lemon, Host Yaba Blay, Assistant Professor of Africana Studies Lafayette College (1)ne Drop author, Yaba Blay, will appear on the weekend edition of CNN Newsroom with Don Lemon on Sunday, January 15, 2012 during the 7:00…

  • “Multiracial” Genes?

    Barack Obama can call himself black, white magenta, green, or whatever he wants, it really does not matter socially. However, genes are genes and his genes are multiracial. Barack Obama has a white mother and a black father, and to categorize him as only one race medically is just wrong, inaccurate, and likely to cost…

  • The Harlem Renaissance in Black and White

    The Harlem Renaissance in Black and White Harvard University Press January 1996 560 pages 6-3/8 x 9-1/4 inches Hardcover ISBN: 9780674372627 George Hutchinson, Booth Tarkington Professor of Literary Studies; Adjunct Professor of African American and African Diaspora Studies;  Adjunct Professor of American Studies Indiana University, Bloomington It wasn’t all black or white. It wasn’t a…

  • An Overview of the Event: Jean Toomer and Politics at the 2012 MLA

    An Overview of the Event: Jean Toomer and Politics at the 2012 MLA Gino Michael Pellegrini: Education, Amalgamation, Race, Class & Solidarity 2012-01-12 Gino Pellegrini, Adjunct Assistant Professor of English Pierce College, Woodland Hills, California This is my general overview of the “Jean Toomer and Politics” special session roundtable at the 2012 MLA Annual Convention.…

  • Exploring the lived experience of biracial identity development in males of late adolescence and emerging adulthood

    Exploring the lived experience of biracial identity development in males of late adolescence and emerging adulthood Northern Illinois University 2010 239 pages Publication Number: AAT 3404842 ISBN: 9781124023625 Amy Kane-Williamson A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE GRADUATE SCHOOL IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE DOCTOR OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF COUNSELING, ADULT AND HIGHER…