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Month: November 2012

  • racialization is allowed to proceed unchallenged despite its inherent contradictory claims that race is both biologically meaningful and meaningless.

    What is most disturbing about the paradoxical use of race is the effect it may have on the trajectory of ongoing human genetic variation research. By making the moral argument that race-based therapeutics address injustice in health care, and at the same time maintaining that genetics research will ultimately eliminate the need for racial categories,…

  • Strange Fruit: Dr. Yaba Blay’s (1)ne Drop Project; Director Kenny Leon

    Strange Fruit: Dr. Yaba Blay’s (1)ne Drop Project; Director Kenny Leon WFPL 89.3 FM Louisville, Kentucky 2012-11-03 Laura Ellis, Producer Who is black? That’s the question the (1)ne Drop Project seeks to answer. The project, created by Dr. Yaba Blay, features photographs of people who identify as black, African-American, biracial, and other identities—but whose physical…

  • Racializing Drug Design: Implications of Pharmacogenomics for Health Disparities

    Racializing Drug Design: Implications of Pharmacogenomics for Health Disparities American Journal of Public Health Volume 95, Number 12 (December 2005) pages 2133-2138 DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.068676 Sandra Soo-Jin Lee, Senior Research Scholar Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics Stanford University Current practices of using “race” in pharmacogenomics research demands consideration of the ethical and social implications for understandings…

  • Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference 2012 and Mixed Roots Midwest

    Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference 2012 and Mixed Roots Midwest 2012-11-13 Camilla Fojas, (CMRS 2012 organizer) Associate Professor and Chair Latin American and Latino Studies DePaul University Laura Kina, (Mixed Roots Midwest 2012 co-organizer) Associate Professor Art, Media and Design and Director Asian American Studies DePaul University Photo of Mixed Roots Midwest: Filmmakers Panel by…

  • News from the 2012 Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference Business Meeting

    News from the 2012 Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference Business Meeting 2012-11-13 Camilla Fojas, (CMRS 2012 organizer) Associate Professor and Chair Latin American and Latino Studies DePaul University Laura Kina, (Mixed Roots Midwest 2012 co-organizer) Associate Professor Art, Media and Design and Director Asian American Studies DePaul University Photo of Eric Hamako at CMRS 2012…

  • Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference 2012 Recap

    Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference 2012 Recap 2012-11-13 Camilla Fojas, (CMRS 2012 organizer) Associate Professor and Chair Latin American and Latino Studies DePaul University Laura Kina, (Mixed Roots Midwest 2012 co-organizer) Associate Professor Art, Media and Design and Director Asian American Studies DePaul University Despite being sandwiched between Halloween, Superstorm Sandy, and the presidential elections,…

  • “At This Defining Moment”: Barack Obama’s Presidential Candidacy and the New Politics of Race

    “At This Defining Moment”: Barack Obama’s Presidential Candidacy and the New Politics of Race New York University Press October 2011 229 pages Hardback ISBN: 9780814752975 Paperback ISBN: 9780814752982 Enid Lynette Logan, Associate Professor of Sociology University of Minnesota, Minneapolis In January 2009, Barack Obama became the 44th president of the United States.  In the weeks…

  • 10 Things I learned at CMRS

    10 Things I learned at CMRS Honeysmoke 2012-11-12 Monique Fields When it comes to conferences, sometimes you want to split yourself into four beings and attend every talk, roundtable, and workshop. It can’t be done. The best you can do is attend the workshops that interest you and hope for the best. I got all…

  • MSU scholar says medical recommendations should go beyond race

    MSU scholar says medical recommendations should go beyond race Michigan State University News 2012-10-23 Andy McGlashen, Media Communications Sean Valles, assistant professor in Lyman Briggs College and the Department of Philosophy, says race-based medical advice is often misleading and harmful. Photo by G.L. Kohuth. EAST LANSING, Mich. — Medical organizations that make race-based recommendations are…

  • Left of Black S3:E9 | Racial Passing and the Rise of Multiracialism

    For many African Americans, the practice of ‘Passing’—where light-skinned Blacks could pass for White—remains a thing connected to a difficult racial past. In her new book, Clearly Invisible: Racial Passing and the Color of Cultural Identity (Baylor University Press), Marcia Dawkins, a professor in the Annenberg School of Communications at the University of Southern California…