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Month: December 2014

  • In Memoriam: María Elena Martínez-López, 47

    In Memoriam: María Elena Martínez-López, 47 University of Southern California News 2014-11-20 Susan Bell, Senior Writer (213) 740-7894 María Elena Martínez-López, associate professor of history and American studies and ethnicity at USC Dornsife and a leading scholar of colonial Latin America has died. She was 47. Martínez-López died at home in Los Angeles, surrounded by…

  • The Talk: After Ferguson, a Shaded Conversation About Race

    The Talk: After Ferguson, a Shaded Conversation About Race The New York Times 2014-12-13 Dana Canedy, Senior Editor LIKE so many African-American parents, I had rehearsed “the talk,” that nausea-inducing discussion I needed to have with my son about how to conduct himself in the presence of the police. I was prepared for his questions,…

  • Mr. Obama Considers the Nationwide Protests From Three Points of View

    Mr. Obama Considers the Nationwide Protests From Three Points of View The New York Times 2014-12-12 Brent Staples, Editorial Writer Barack Obama understood when he sought the presidency that a black candidate who spoke candidly about racism would never attract enough white support to win. He avoided using race as a platform for grievance, kept…

  • Take Your Choice: Separation or Mongrelization

    The incontrovertible truths of this book and its sincere warnings are respectfully inscribed to every white man and woman, regardless of nationality, who is a bona fide citizen of the United States of America.

  • Pope Francis Prays for New Ways of Development in Latin America.

    Pope Francis Prays for New Ways of Development in Latin America. America: The National Catholic Review 2014-12-12 Gerard O’Connell, Associate Editor/Vatican Correspondent The enchanting music and song of the Missa Criolla resounded through St Peter’s Basilica on the evening of December 12 as Francis, the first Latin American pope, celebrated mass on the feast of…

  • “Race”: a Political Weapon

    “Race”: a Political Weapon Counterpunch: Tells the Facts and Names the Names 2014-12-03 Luciana Bohne, Professor Edinboro University, Edinboro, Pennsylvania “The racial categories included in the census questionnaire generally reflect a social definition of race recognized in this country and not an attempt to define race biologically, anthropologically, or genetically.” —US Census According to a…

  • Want to know how the average African-American came to be 65 percent sub-Saharan African, 29 percent European, and 2 percent Native American…

    Want to know how the average African-American came to be 65 percent sub-Saharan African, 29 percent European, and 2 percent Native American (source: Ancestry.com)? Most of America doesn’t want to talk about how the beginnings of “mixed-race utopia” started with slave owners raping slaves. And do you really need me to explain how not-utopic that’s…

  • See How They Love One Another – #BlackLivesMatterSunday

    See How They Love One Another – #BlackLivesMatterSunday Grace Sandra: Always Grace. Always Advocate. Always Hope. 2014-12-13 Frank Robinson, Retired Pastor and author of Letters To A Mixed Race Son Around 260 AD the second of two great plagues killed much of the world. It was estimated two thirds of Alexandria died as result. Frightened…

  • Clean comic standing

    Clean comic standing The Asian Age 2014-12-07 Vishav Having performed for some well-known names including US President Barack Obama, Indian-Japanese comedian Dan Nainan comes to India with some clean comedy He has performed for the US President Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, Steve Wozniak and many others. He has made them all roll with…

  • Letters To a Mixed Race Son

    Letters To a Mixed Race Son CreateSpace 2012-01-06 152 pages 5.5 x 0.4 x 8.5 inches Paperback ISBN-10: 1468184024; ISBN-13: 978-1468184020 Frank E. Robinson, Jr. Foreword by Bishop Charles E. Blake In a world that continues to grapple with notions of race, a loving father writes a series of letters that speak into the life…