Day: December 29, 2012

  • On This Day: Rhinelander v. Rhinelander Publishing the Long Civil Rights Movement University of North Carolina 2012-12-05 Alison Shay On December 5, 1925—87 years ago today—the jury in the annulment trial Rhinelander v. Rhinelander found in favor of a mixed-race woman sued for marriage annulment by her white husband. Leonard Kip Rhinelander, a wealthy white…

  • Is There Colorism on the Campaign Trail? The Root 2012-12-13 Keli Goff, Political Correspondent Experts weighed in on when skin tone matters in politics and society. (The Root) — The latest installment of CNN’s docuseries Black in America asked the question “Who Is Black in America?” and examined the issue of colorism: bias based not…

  • Olsen: A multiracial, multiethnic future Salt Lake Tribune Salt Lake City, Utah 2012-12-28 Erica Olsen Recent political analysis has focused on the decline of the white vote, and a corresponding rise in the number of minority voters. According to exit polls in November, President Barack Obama won the votes of about 93 percent of African…

  • Census Bureau Rethinks The Best Way To Measure Race National Public Radio 2012-12-27 Corey Dade, National Correspondent, Digital News Possible revisions to how the decennial census asks questions about race and ethnicity have raised concerns among some groups that any changes could reduce their population count and thus weaken their electoral clout. The Census Bureau…