Month: April 2013

  • Performing ‘Race’ and Challenging Racism One Drop of Love: A Daughter’s Search for her Father’s Racial Approval Blog Updates 2013-04-08 Fanshen Cox DiGiovanni, Playwright, Producer, Actress, Educator It is an exciting time to be an actor, when the notion of ‘performance’ is taking on new meanings and has the potential to change the way we…

  • Blue Skies and Thunder: Farm Boy, Pilot, Inventor, TSA Officer, and WW II Soldier of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team iUniverse 2009-12-21 296 pages E-Book ISBN: 978-1-44018-258-7 Virgil W. Westdale with Stephanie A. Gerdes In 1942, Virgil Westdale was a successful young flight instructor when the government ousted him from the Air Corps and demoted…

  • A White Face With A Forgotten African Family All Things Considered National Public Radio 2012-11-24 Jacki Lyden, Host Growing up blond-haired and blue-eyed in Southern California, Joe Mozingo always thought his family name was Italian. But as an adult, Mozingo became skeptical of that theory when friends and co-workers began to ask him about his…

  • TEDxNorthwesternU – Rick Kittles – The Biology of Race in the Absence of Biological Races TEDxTalks 2011-01-25 Rick Kittles, Professor of Medicine University of Illinois, Chicago College of Medicine Defining “race” continues to be a nemesis. Knowledge from human genetic research is increasingly challenging the notion that race and biology are inextricably linked, engendering tremendous…

  • The Growing Need for a National Eugenic Program Bios Volume 7, Number 3 (October, 1936) pages 176-187 Sue D. Comer Mississippi Stale College for Women This paper received second award in the 1936 undergraduate competition. There has been much discussion during the past half century concerning Eugenics. This discussion has not been limited to scientists…

  • Nihon NY – Episode 30 – JERO Japan Society NYC 2012-06-18 Pittsburgh-native, Tokyo-based enka superstar JERO made his New York debut at Japan Society earlier this month. With his smooth voice and hip-hop stylings, JERO has breathed new life into this sentimental Japanese music genre often associated with themes of one’s hometown, lost loves and…

  • Backing Barack Because He’s Black: Racially Motivated Voting in the 2008 Election Social Science Quarterly Volume 92, Issue 2, June 2011 pages 423–446 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2011.00776.x Ray Block Jr., Assistant Professor of Political Science/Public Administration University of Wisconsin, La Crosse Objective. If racial considerations influenced the outcome of the 2008 presidential election, then how did they…

  • Loving in Virginia: A teacher’s work brings new life to an old case. University of Virginia College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences Newsletter February 2013 Caroline County, Virginia, 1958. Newlyweds Richard and Mildred Loving wake at 2 a.m. to the sound of their front door being kicked in. Before they are out of…

  • The Mulatto Murders Lily’s Son (1948) Anthurium: A Caribbean Studies Journal Volume 8: Issue 1 (Bahamian Literature) (2011-04-22) Article 9 2 pages Nicolette Bethel, Assistant Professor of Sociology The College of the Bahamas 1. Irvin goes to calm a raging friend Irvin’s fishmeat skin gleamed white despite the dark, despite the shot that hung the…

  • The Rumpus Interview with Joe Mozingo The Rumpus 2013-03-04 Peter Orner I recently finished a powerful book about a journey to find the origin of a name. It’s called the The Fiddler on Pantico Run: An African Warrior, His White Descendants, A Search for Family by Joe Mozingo. The book details Mozingo’s search for the…