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Month: January 2013

  • “Chino-Chicano”: A Biblical Framework for Diversity (Part I)

    “Chino-Chicano”: A Biblical Framework for Diversity (Part I) Jesus for Revolutionaries: A Blog About Race, Social Justice, and Christianity 2013-01-03 Robert Chao Romero, Associate Professor of Chicana/o Studies and Asian American Studies University of California, Los Angeles I’m a “Chino-Chicano.” I was born in East Los Angeles and raised in the small town of Hacienda…

  • Don’t consign Mary Seacole to history, Michael Gove is urged

    Don’t consign Mary Seacole to history, Michael Gove is urged The Independent London, England 2013-01-04 Kevin Rawlinson Petition launched to prevent Crimean War nurse being written out of school textbooks Leading black Britons have united to urge the Education Secretary, Michael Gove, to abandons his plan to remove the country’s most celebrated black historical figure…

  • Catching Up With Black in America’s Soledad O’Brien

    Catching Up With Black in America’s Soledad O’Brien Clutch Magazine 2012-12-14 Zettler Clay A while ago, I took my little cousins to Toys “R” Us. Three of them. 8 years old, 6 years old, 4 years old. It was going smoothly enough until we came across a row of dolls. There were two on the…

  • 1.1 But Where are You Really From? Part IV: Oh, really? You were born in Guelph?

    Perhaps growing up in Vancouver has changed the way I approach the question, “But where are you really from?” There is no doubt that my geographical position in this country changes the climate in which that question is asked.

  • The Obama Era: A New Age in American Politics

    The Obama Era: A New Age in American Politics The Huffington Post 2012-12-05 Brandon Hill Stanford University Barack Obama’s elections—both 2008 and 2012—have inaugurated a new political reality in America. He has rewritten history in two consecutive elections, and his groundbreaking victories will forever change the game of politics in our country. Before 2008 the…

  • No longer your father’s electorate

    No longer your father’s electorate The Los Angeles Times 2012-11-08 Paul West, Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — Even more than the election that made Barack Obama the first black president, the one that returned him to office sent an unmistakable signal that the hegemony of the straight white male in America is over. The long drive…

  • 1.1 But Where are You Really From? Intro

    1.1 But Where are You Really From? Intro Schema Magazine Schema In-Depth 2009-05-05 Jen Sookfong Lee, Founding Senior Editor With no easy answer to this often complicated question, author of End of East, Jen Sookfong Lee, begins our inaugural special series, featuring no less than SIX highly unique “But where are you really from?” stories.…

  • Why Do Pacific People with Multiple Ethnic Affiliations Have Poorer Subjective Wellbeing? Negative Ingroup Affect Mediates the Identity Tension Effect

    Why Do Pacific People with Multiple Ethnic Affiliations Have Poorer Subjective Wellbeing? Negative Ingroup Affect Mediates the Identity Tension Effect Social Indicators Research Published online: December 2012 18 pages DOI: 10.1007/s11205-012-0220-8 Sam Manuela Department of Psychology University of Auckland Chris G. Sibley, Senior Lecturer in Psychology University of Auckland We argue that multi-ethnic affiliation as…

  • The Transpacific Shift in Mixed-Race Studies: Sawyer Seminar II

    The Transpacific Shift in Mixed-Race Studies: Sawyer Seminar II University of Southern California, Univeristy Park Campus Doheny Memorial Library (DML) East Asian Seminar Room (110C) Friday, 2013-02-08, 10:00-16:00 PST (Local Time) Presented by the Center for Japanese Religions and Culture’s “Critical Mixed-Race Studies: A Transpacific Approach” Andrew W. Mellon Foundation John E. Sawyer Seminars Series…

  • there does not exist today a descendant of Virginia ancestors claiming to be an Indian who is unmixed with negro blood.

    Public records in the office of the Bureau of Vital Statistics, and in the State Library, indicate that there does not exist today a descendant of Virginia ancestors claiming to be an Indian who is unmixed with negro blood. W. A. [Walter Ashby] Plecker, Circular Letter to “Local Registrars, Clerks, Legislators, and others responsible for,…