Month: November 2013

  • In the narrative about mixed race bodies that Allure weaves, identity is individualized, privatized and depoliticized. The mixed race subject is included in the institution of beauty, but this comes at the cost of others. Here, inclusion of the mixed race subject not only reifies the dominance of whiteness, but also further otherizes blackness. This…

  • The problem here isn’t that we think Richard Cohen gags at the sight of an interracial couple and their children. The problem is that Richard Cohen thinks being repulsed isn’t actually racist, but “conventional” or “culturally conservative.” Obstructing the right of black humans and white humans to form families is a central feature of American…

  • Red: Racism and the American Indian UCLA Law Review Volume 56, Issue 3 (February 2009) pages 591-656 Bethany R. Berger, Thomas F. Gallivan, Jr. Professor of Real Property Law University of Connecticut How does racism work in American Indian law and policy? Scholarship on the subject too often has assumed that racism works for Indians…

  • Beyond Our Hearts: The Ecology of Couple Relationships California Law Review Circuit Volume 4, October 2013 pages 155-164 Holning Lau, Professor of Law University of North Carolina School of Law In his review of Professor Angela Onwuachi-Willig’s book, According to Our Hearts: Rhinelander v. Rhinelander and the Law of the Multiracial Family, Professor Holning Lau…

  • According to Our Hearts: Rhinelander v. Rhinelander and the Law of the Multiracial Family Yale University Press 2013-06-18 344 pages 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 30 b/w illus. Cloth ISBN: 9780300166828 Angela Onwuachi-Willig, Charles M. and Marion J. Kierscht Professor of Law University of Iowa This landmark book looks at what it means to be…

  • What’s Biology Got to Do with It? The Social Life of Genetics Brooklyn Historical Society Crossing Borders, Bridging Generations Saturday, 2013-11-16, 15:00-18:00 EST (Local Time) Part One of the reading series Quantifying Bloodlines What do we learn about ourselves through genetics and genealogy? How does DNA connect with what we know about our family’s ancestry…

  • Soledad O’Brien Explores Racial and Ethnic Identity in Provocative Black in America CNN Press Room Cable News Network (CNN) 2012-12-04 Who is Black in America? Debuts Sunday, Dec. 9 at 8:00 p.m. & 11:00p.m. ET & PT U.S. Encore: Sunday, January 27, 2013,  20:00 p.m. ET, 23:00 p.m ET, and Monday, 02:00 ET International Debut on CNN International:…

  • Brazil in Black and White Wide Angle Public Broadcasting Service 2007-09-04 About the Issue As one of the most racially diverse nations in the world, Brazil has long considered itself a colorblind “racial democracy.” But deep disparities in income, education and employment between lighter and darker-skinned Brazilians have prompted a civil rights movement advocating equal…

  • “Free Negroes” and “Mulattoes” of Gloucester County and the Tidewater Area of Virginia Prior to 1800 Renegade South: histories of unconventional southerners 2013-08-01 The following guest essay by Wayne K. Driver expands upon my own research on the Morris Family of Gloucester County, Virginia. Vikki Bynum, Moderator By Wayne K. Driver Throughout my years of…

  • INDIGO: An Exhibit of Textiles Gandhi Memorial Center 4748 Western Avenue Bethesda, Maryland, 20816 Washington, D.C. Phone: 301-320-6871 Opening Reception: Saturday, 2013-11-16, 14:00-16:00 EST (Local Time) Inaugural Remarks at 14:30 EST INDIGO, an exhibition of textiles by Laura Kina and Shelly Jyoti will be inaugurated at the Gandhi Memorial Center in cooperation with the Embassy…