Month: October 2013

  • Biracial Costa Ricans worse off than black Ticos, says UNPD report The Tico Times San José, Costa Rica 2013-10-30 Zach Dyer Fewer than 10 percent of Ticos with one white and one black parent attend university, compared to more than 17 percent of self-identified black Costa Ricans. Biracial Costa Ricans struggle with higher rates of…

  • Dr. Yaba Blay on shifting the lens on race Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane WHYY 90.9 FM Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2013-10-30 Who is black? And who is not? “Mixed/Jamerian,” “Black/Latina,” “Appalachian African American” are examples of how some people of color describe themselves. Drexel University Africana Studies professor Dr. Yaba Blay explores the nuances of the…

  • Living in Ambiguity: The Mixed Race Experience at Colorado State University Colorado State University Fall 2012 77 pages Carl Izumi Olsen In partial fulfillment of the requirements For the Degree of Master of Arts Colorado State University, Fort Collins This study analyzes the experiences of mixed race students at Colorado State University by using semi-structured…

  • Unbecoming blackness: the diaspora cultures of Afro-Cuban America [Review] Ethnic and Racial Studies Volume 37, Issue 5, 2014 pages 889-890 DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2013.847200 Nora Gámez Torres, Visiting scholar Cuban Research Institute Florida International University, Miami Unbecoming Blackness: The Diaspora cultures of Afro-Cuban America, by Antonio López, New York, New York University Press, 2012, xi + 272…

  • Loving v. Virginia (No. 395): 206 Va. 924, 147 S.E.2d 78, reversed. Waren, C.J., Opinion of the Court, SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES 388 U.S. 1, Loving v. Virginia Appeal from the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia No. 395 Argued: April 10, 1967 Decided: June 12, 1967 Source: Legal Information Institute, Cornell University…

  • TEDxHampshireCollege–Jay Smooth: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Discussing Race TEDx Hampshire College, Amherst, Massachusetts 2011-11-15 Jay Smooth is host of New York’s longest running hip-hop radio show, the Underground Railroad on WBAI 99.5 FM in NY, and is an acclaimed commentator on politics and culture. In this talk, he discusses the sometimes…

  • Who is Black? The Final Call 2001-07-10 Rosa Clemente, Guest Columnist Rosa Clemente Yesterday, an interesting thing happened to me. I was told I am not Black. The kicker for me was when my friend stated that the island of Puerto Rico was not a part of the African Diaspora. I wanted to go back…

  • The Five Stages of Being Biracial (If You’re Me) The Toast 2013-10-21 Jaya Saxena 1. Denial It wasn’t that the idea of being biracial frustrated me, it was just that I didn’t think I was it. Yes, I finally learned to write “Jaya Saxena,” but to a blank-slate of a five-year-old that combination of letters…

  • Is It Time to Do Away With The ‘One-Drop’ Rule? Clutch 2013-07-10 Britni Danielle Los Angeles Conversations about race in America can lead to never-ending discussions, hurt feelings, and sometimes even breakthroughs. Blame it on our complicated past of slavery, racism, and legalized prejudice, but even approaching a frank discussion about race in this country…

  • Phil “Pompey” Fixicio To Speak on a Post Show Panel Exploring African American and Native American Spirituality Los Angeles Theater Center 514 South Spring Street Los Angeles, California 90013 Telephone: 213.489.0994 Sunday, 2013-11-03, 15:00 PST (Local Time) On Sunday November 3rd, in honor of the new play on the Seminole people, the road weeps, the well…