Month: May 2013

  • Checking More Than One Box: A Growing Multiracial Nation All Things Considered National Public Radio 2013-05-12 Arun Rath, Host [Note from Steven F. Riley: My wife and I live in the White Oak neighborhood of Silver Spring, Maryland, USA.] Larry Bright holds his 3-year-old son’s hand while the boy steps through a leafy playground in…

  • Latino Racial Reporting in the US: To Be or Not To Be Sociology Compass Volume 7, Issue 5 (May 2013) pages 390-403 DOI: 10.1111/soc4.12032 Clara E. Rodríguez, Professor of Sociology Fordham University Michael H. Miyawaki Fordham University Grigoris Argeros, Assistant Professor of Sociology Mississippi State University This review focuses on how Latinos report their race.…

  • Changing Race: Latinos, the Census and the History of Ethnicity New York University Press July 2000 283 pages Paperback ISBN: 9780814775479 Clara E. Rodríguez, Professor of Sociology Fordham University Latinos are the fastest growing population group in the United States. Through their language and popular music Latinos are making their mark on American culture as…

  • White ancestry in perceptions of Black/White biracial individuals: implications for affirmative-action contexts Journal of Applied Social Psychology Published online: 2013-05-09 DOI: 10.1111/jasp.12020 Jessica J. Good, Assistant Professor of Psychology Davidson College, Davidson, North Carolina Diana T. Sanchez, Associate Professor of Psychology Rutgers University George F. Chavez Department of Psychology Rutgers University The present studies examine…

  • Are You Ready for the Census? Sacramento Daily Union Volume 19, Number 2862 (1860-05-29) page 1, column 4 Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection On the first of June, Friday next, the various Deputy Marshals in the different portions of the State will commence their labors in taking the census of the United States, which mast…

  • ‘The River Between Us’: A story of survival and transformation The Kansas City Star 2013-04-12 Edward M. Eveld It’s the eve of the Civil War in Richard Peck’s novel “The River Between Us,” and the country is rearranging itself for the coming conflict. A prelude to the convulsion plays even in the tiny river-landing town…

  • The River Between Us Puffin 2005-04-21 176 pages 5.06 x 7.75 in 8 – 12 years Paperback ISBN: 9780142403105 Richard Peck Awards National Book Award: Finalist Scott O’Dell Award ALA Notable Book ALA Best Book for Young Adults Riverbank Review Children’s Books of Distinction Booklist Editor’s Choice NYPL’s 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing IRA…

  • Paul Marchand, F.M.C. University Press of Mississippi 1998 184 pages Paper ISBN: 978-1-57806-798-5 Charles W. Chesnutt (1858-1932) Never before published, a 1920s novel disputes prevailing attitudes on racial character and identity Chesnutt wrote this novel at the beginning of the Harlem Renaissance, but set it in a time and place favored by George Washington Cable.…

  • The Reading Life: Authors Emily Clark, Bill Loehfelm And Dennis Formento The Reading Life WWNO 89.9FM University of New Orleans 2013-04-23 Susan Larson, Host Emily Clark, Clement Chambers Benenson Professor of American Colonial History; Associate Professor of History Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana Emily Clark This week on The Reading Life, Susan talks with Tulane…

  • ‘Yokohama Yankee’: a family’s lineage in both Japan and America The Seattle Times Books 2013-04-01 David Takami, Special to The Seattle Times ‘Yokohama Yankee: My Family’s Five Generations as Outsiders in Japan’ by Leslie Helm Chin Music Press, 360 pp. Leslie Helm’s remarkable family memoir begins at a point of personal distress. At a memorial…