Month: September 2014

  • Between two worlds The Guardian/The Observer 2003-04-05 Geraldine Bedell Britain has one of the fastest-growing mixed-race populations – but many people are still hostile towards interracial couples. We asked some of them how their lives have been affected During the 1991 Gulf war, Richard Littlejohn wrote in the Sun that British women married to Iraqis…

  • Will Brazil elect Marina Silva as the world’s first Green president? The Guardian/The Observer 2014-08-30 Jonathan Watts, Latin America Correspondent Born into a poor, mixed-race Amazon family, Marina Silva is on the verge of a stunning election win after taking over her party It started with the national anthem and ended with a rap. In…

  • Transracial Adoption – No Longer a Black and White Issue Afropean: Adveures in Afro Europe 2014-09-03 Nat Illumine N.b. This article is based on research conducted by the author for an undergraduate dissertation entitled ‘A Political Minefield: Transracial Adoption Policy and the Mixed Race Experience’ (2013) alongside a British Association of Adoption and Fostering conference…

  • Faces of the Democratic Future The American Prospect 2014-09-04 Gabriel Arana, Senior Editor Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux Elaine Teng, Assistant to the Editor The New Republic Young leaders on the future of their party Demographers and political prognosticators like to talk about the rising “Obama electorate.” Majority-minority, more liberal on social and financial issues alike than their…

  • Market-style reforms widen racial divide in Cuba Reuters 2014-09-02 (Reuters) – Cuba’s experiment with free-market reforms has unintentionally widened the communist-led island’s racial divide and allowed white Cubans to regain some of the economic advantages built up over centuries. Under President Raúl Castro, who took over from his brother Fidel Castro in 2008, Cuba has…

  • Mothly Guest Author: Araújo, Emanoel GAM – Global Art and the Museum Karlsruhe, Germany March 2009 This month it is a great pleasure for us to present as our fifth guest author Emanoel Araújo, founder of the Museu AfroBrasil, who was interviewed by Hans Belting on the occasion of the first GAM Platform in São…

  • How the slave trade shaped the Baroque The Art Newspaper Focus, Issue 260, September 2014 Emanoel Araujo, Founder, Head Curator and Director Museu AfroBrasil, São Paulo, Brazil As Catholicism spread across the colonies, slaves and freedmen created a uniquely Brazilian style The Baroque movement that spread across the Portuguese and Spanish colonies has been important…

  • Choose Your Own Race Sunday Book Review The New York Times 2014-08-29 Emily Raboteau ‘Your Face in Mine,’ by Jess Row Do you ever dream of starting again in a new skin? This is the central question of Jess Row’s provocative and intriguing first novel, “Your Face in Mine.” It’s also a tag line of…

  • As noted in the acknowledgements, this compilation of essays, poetry, prose, and personal narratives coalesced over the past two decades from readings for classes taught by the editors. The collection focuses on the intersection of the Black and Latin@ experiences, avoiding the exclusivity of either/or dualities and instead emphasizing the rich history and diversity found…

  • The Michael Brown Tragedy: A Christian of Color Perspective Jesus for Revolutionaries: A Blog About Race, Social Justice, and Christianity 2014-08-25 Robert Chao Romero, Associate Professor of Chicana/o Studies and Asian American Studies University of California, Los Angeles Today is the funeral of Michael Brown. Please join me in praying for comfort for his family.…