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Month: December 2012

  • Why isn’t ‘colorism’ gone?

    Why isn’t ‘colorism’ gone? Cable News Network (CNN) 2012-12-05 Has “colorism” disappeared? CNN’s Soledad O’Brien asks author and Activist Tim Wise.

  • A Hapa Family in Chekhov’s Three Sisters

    A Hapa Family in Chekhov’s Three Sisters Asian American Literature: Discourses & Pedagogies Volume 3 (2012), Special Issue: Mixed Heritage Asian American Literature pages 130-146 Elizabeth Liang, Actress, Writer, Producer and co-host of “Hapa Happy Hour” It is an act of courage or foolhardiness to produce theatre in the heart of the film world, depending…

  • Annette John-Hall: CNN series cuts to the core of black identity

    No surprise that “Black in America,” Soledad O’Brien’s documentary series on African American life and culture, was among CNN’s most-watched programs. No other show has offered a deeper look at what it means to be black, in all its complexities.

  • CNN Contributing Producer Probes Lingering Pain of the ‘One Drop’ Rule

    CNN Contributing Producer Probes Lingering Pain of the ‘One Drop’ Rule ColorLines: News for Action 2012-12-07 Akiba Solomon, Columnist, Gender Matters New York, New York Keep the concept of privilege-clinging in the back of your mind as you check out the work and words of Dr. Yaba Blay, the driving force behind “Who Is Black…

  • Soledad O’Brien: Who is black in America? I am

    Soledad O’Brien: Who is black in America? I am Cable News Network (CNN) 2012-12-07 Editor’s Note: In today’s United States, is being black determined by the color of your skin, by your family, by what society says, or something else? Soledad O’Brien reports “Who Is Black in America?” on CNN at 8 p.m. ET/PT this…

  • Dismantling the Race Myth

    Dismantling the Race Myth Kyoto International Conference Center Kyoto, Japan 2012-12-15 through 2012-12-16 Poster (PDF, Japanese) Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University presents International Symposium.   “Race” still has social reality even though it has no biological reality. This symposium aims to dismantle the race myth by bringing together scholars in a wide range…

  • Race in a Bottle: The Story of BiDil and Racialized Medicine in a Post-Genomic Age

    At a ceremony announcing the completion of the first draft of the human genome in 2000, President Bill Clinton declared, “I believe one of the great truths to emerge from this triumphant expedition inside the human genome is that in genetic terms, all human beings, regardless of race, are more than 99.9 percent the same.”…

  • Angry Black White Boy or The Miscegenation of Macon Detornay: A Novel

    From the acclaimed author of “Shackling Water” comes the first great race novel of the twenty-first century, an incendiary and ruthlessly funny satire about violence, pop culture, and American identity.

  • Whiteness and the city: Australians of Anglo-Indian heritage in suburban Melbourne

    Whiteness and the city: Australians of Anglo-Indian heritage in suburban Melbourne South Asian Diaspora Volume 4, Issue 2, May 2012 pages 123-137 DOI: 10.1080/19438192.2012.675721 Michele Lobo, Alfred Deakin Postdoctoral Research Fellow Arts and Education Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia Leslie Morgan School of Education Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia This paper uses an auto-ethnographic approach to map…

  • Did one-drop rules have a positive side?

    Did one-drop rules have a positive side? Cable News Network (CNN) Black in America: A Soledad O’Brien Report 2012-12-05 Soledad O’Brien, Host   Ethnographer and professor Dr. Yaba Blay explains why she thinks the one-drop rule has a positive side. [Transcription by Steven F. Riley] Soledad O’Brien: Why do so many black people—me included—embrace the “one-drop…