Day: May 6, 2013

  • How to update census’ race question The Chicago Tribune 2013-05-05 Clarence Page Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Clarence Page prefers an America where diversity and unique ethnicities are celebrated, not homogenized. A notable example of how Americans fall through the cracks in census data-gathering caught my eye recently. It appeared on the black-oriented TheRoot.com website under this…

  • Mixed Relations: Asian-Aboriginal Contact in North Australia University of Western Australia Publishing March 2006 384 pages 250 x 170 mm Hardcover ISBN: 9781920694418 Regina Ganter, Professor, School of Humanities Griffith University, Queensland, Australia Awards Won – 2007 NSW Premier’s Awards (Community and Regional History Prize) Won – 2007 Ernest Scott History Prize Australian histories too…

  • Solo Show at UCSB’s MultiCultural Center Examines Notions of Racial Identity Public Affairs & Communications University of California, Santa Barbara News Release 2013-05-01 Contact: Andrea Estrada: 805-893-4620; George Foulsham: 805-893-3071 Multimedia performance is produced by Ben Affleck, Matt Damon and Chay Carter (Santa Barbara, Calif.)—When actress and playwright Fanshen Cox DiGiovanni married the love of…

  • One Drop of Love: A Daughter’s Search for Her Father’s Racial Approval (at University of California, Santa Barbara) University of California, Santa Barbara MultiCultural Center Theater [Directions] [Map] University Center, Room 1504 Tuesday, 2013-05-07, 18:00-20:00 PDT (Local Time) Fanshen Cox DiGiovanni, Playwright, Producer, Actress, Educator Jillian Pagan, Director Produced by: Ben Affleck, Matt Damon and Chay…

  • So, why are we so loyal to a president who is not loyal to us? The Guardian 2013-05-05 Gary Younge, Feature Writer and Columnist Kevin Johnson was pilloried for suggesting Obama has not been good for African Americans. But his question was a good one Back when affirmative action was white, educational institutions were created…