Month: October 2014

  • Human genetic research, race, ethnicity and the labeling of populations: recommendations based on an interdisciplinary workshop in Japan BMC Medical Ethics Volume 15, Issue 1, December 2014 DOI: 10.1186/1472-6939-15-33 Yasuko Takezawa, Kazuto Kato, Hiroki Oota, Timothy Caulfield, Akihiro Fujimoto, Shunwa Honda, Naoyuki Kamatani, Shoji Kawamura, Kohei Kawashima, Ryosuke Kimura, Hiromi Matsumae, Ayako Saito, Patrick E…

  • Census Bureau Names 10 New Members to National Advisory Committee United States Census Bureau Release Number: CB14-186 2014-10-06 Public Information Office 301-763-3030 The U.S. Census Bureau today announced 10 new members to serve on the Census Bureau’s National Advisory Committee on Racial, Ethnic and Other Populations. The National Advisory Committee advises the Census Bureau on…

  • Winner of the Vic Premier’s Award for Indigenous Writing.The story of an urban-based high achieving Aboriginal woman working to break down stereotypes and build bridges between black and white Australia.

  • DANCE/CHANGE: The Mixed-Race Polynesian Body in Settler and Indigenous Performance University of California, Riverside 900 University Avenue Riverside, California 92521 Athletics & Dance Building Dance Studio Theatre, ATHD 102 Tuesday, 2014-10-21, 16:10-18-00 PDT (Local Time) Maile Arvin, UC President’s Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Ethnic Studies University of California, Riverside The Mixed-Race Polynesian Body in Settler…

  • Student Blog: Why questioning the existence of Afro-Mexicans is problematic Baker Institute Blog Insight and analysis from the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy at Rice University 2014-08-25 Sharae DeWitt Rice University, Houston, Texas Race has been closely tied to Mexican identity since the Mexican Revolution in 1910. The national ideology is centered…

  • Black and Belgian: Navigating Multiracial Identities in Ghent, Belguim Afropean: Adventures in Afro Europe 2014-10-01 Walter Thompson-Hernandez Introduction What does it mean to be Black and multiracial in Belgium? How does sub-Saharan African culture and experiences impact the lives of multiracial people or Afropeans in Belgium? How influential is the U.S. Black experience in the…

  • Afro-Nordic Landscapes: Equality and Race in Northern Europe Routledge 2014-04-02 264 pages Hardback ISBN: 978-0-415-89743-3 Edited by: Michael McEachrane Foreword by: Paul Gilroy, Professor of American and English Literature King’s College, London Afro-Nordic Landscapes: Equality and Race in Northern Europe challenges a view of Nordic societies as homogenously white, and as human rights champions that…

  • The 10 stuff-ups we all make when interpreting research The Conversation: Academic rigour, journalistic flair 2014-10-02 Will J. Grant, Researcher/Lecturer, Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science Australian National University Rod Lamberts, Deputy Director, Australian National Centre for Public Awareness of Science Australian National University UNDERSTANDING RESEARCH: What do we actually mean by…

  • What if you were told you were white All In with Chris Hayes MSNBC 2014-10-02 Chris Hayes, Host Lacey Schwartz, Filmaker “Little White Lie” But it turns out you’re not. Chris Hayes talks to filmmaker Lacey Schwartz about growing up believing she was white, when in fact, she’s not. Watch the video here.

  • More Like Us: How Religious Service Attendance Hinders Interracial Romance Sociology of Religion Volume 75, Issue 3 (August 2014) pages 442-462 DOI: 10.1093/socrel/sru041 Samuel L. Perry Department of Sociology University of Chicago Religious service attendance is a consistently strong predictor of aversion to interracial romance, but intervening social mechanisms at work in this relationship have…