Day: November 9, 2012

  • Alien Citizen: An Earth Odyssey [solo show] USA Projects 2012 Elizabeth Liang Los Angeles Over the last two years, I’ve developed Alien Citizen (originally titled Unpacked) at the David Henry Hwang Writers Institute, Terrie Silverman’s “Start to Finish Solo-Show” Master Class, and on my own.  I performed segments of it at the “5,000 Women” Festival…

  • Heredity in Color Hawke’s Bay Herald New Zealand Volume XXIII, Issue 7956 1888-01-21 Page 2 Source: Papers Past, National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa If a white man marries a negro, their children, boys and girls alike, are all mulattos. Lot us make to ourselves no allusions or mistakes upon this…

  • Sambo is a term for a person with African heritage and, in some countries, also mixed with Native American heritage (see zambo)…. Source: Wikipedia.

  • Obama’s second victory is more low key, but in some ways more impressive The Guardian London, England 2012-11-07 Gary Younge, Feature Writer and Columnist The euphoria of 2008 has gone, but the US president’s second win is remarkable precisely because it is not as symbolic Harold Davies didn’t cry this time. Four years ago when…

  • No longer your father’s electorate Los Angeles Times 2012-11-08 Paul West, Washington Bureau Obama’s reelection marks a turning point in American politics: With the growing power of minorities, women and gays, it’s the end of the world as straight white males know it. WASHINGTON — Even more than the election that made Barack Obama the…

  • For many blacks, Obama’s reelection cements his legacy The Washington Post 2012-11-07 Wil Haygood and DeNeen Brown President Obama’s reelection — in a ferocious campaign dotted by charges of racial anger and minority-voter suppression — has provided what many blacks say will surely deepen his legacy: irrefutable evidence that his presidency is hardly a historical…