Day: October 6, 2012

  • Travels of self-discovery: African heritage in Mexico American Observer: American University’s Graduate Journalism Magazine American University, Washington, D.C. 2009-11-12 Carmen Castro Cesareo Moreno clearly remembers his family visit to Guanajuato, Mexico, in 2004. He was on a mission to learn more about his Mexican heritage. Moreno told his uncle he wanted to learn more about…

  • Children of the Occupation: Japan’s Untold Story NewSouth Books (American Edition coming soon from Rutgers University Press) July 2012 352 pages 234 x 153mm Paperback ISBN: 9781742233314 Walter Hamilton, Journalist and Author This is a beautifully written, deeply moving and well-researched account of the lives of mixed-race children of occupied Japan. The author artfully blends…

  • Race has become a prominent focus for human biotechnology. Despite often good intentions, genetic technologies are being applied in a manner that may provide new justification for thinking about racial difference and racial disparities in biological terms—as if social categories of race reflect natural or inherent group differences.