Day: August 30, 2012

  • Purdu­e Hapa Stude­nt Assoc­iatio­n Callo­ut Sept. 17, 2012 Purdue University West Lafayette, Indiana Class of 1950, Room 121 2012-09-17, 18:00-20:00 CDT (Local Time) The term “Hapa” refers to a biracial/multiracial person with Asian and/or Pacific Islander roots. As a club, we promote both diversity and unity, and we strive to raise awareness of identity crisis…

  • As the child of a native Japanese woman and an Irish American father, a salient feature of my life has been this ethnic heritage and the circumstances into which I was born in post—World War II Tokyo. My life, between Japan and the United States, has been marked heavily by my connections to these diverse…

  • The Species Problem: Nineteenth-Century Concepts of Racial Inferiority in the Origin of Man Controversy American Anthropologist Volume 72, Issue 6 (December 1970) pages 1319–1329 DOI: 10.1525/aa.1970.72.6.02a00060 John S. Haller, Jr., Emeritus Professor of History Southern Illinois University, Carbondale The species problem and its implications in the origin of man controversy had grown in importance in…

  • Reconstructing Molly Welsh: Race, Memory and the Story of Benjamin Banneker’s Grandmother University of Massachusetts, Amherst September 2008 194 pages Sandra W. Perot Submitted to the Graduate School of the University of Massachusetts Amherst in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF ARTS Department of History Molly Welsh, oral tradition captured…