Month: January 2015

  • Mixed Race People Are Changing The Face Of America Huffington Post Live 2013-10-04 Hosted by: Ahmed Shihab-Eldin Guests: Marvin Russell @marvinrussell (Chicago, IL) CEO of The Ocean Agency Sarah Willie-LeBreton (Swarthmore, PA) Professor of Sociology at Swarthmore College Rabbi Steven Carr Reuben (New York, NY) Author of “There’s an Easter Egg on Your Seder Plate”…

  • U.S. to Collect Genetic Data to Hone Care The New York Times 2015-01-30 Robert Pear, Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON — Saying that “the possibilities are boundless,” President Obama on Friday announced a major biomedical research initiative, including plans to collect genetic data on one million Americans so scientists could develop drugs and treatments tailored to the…

  • Dear Hollywood: Let’s Stop Making Movies Like “Black or White” Forbes 2015-01-30 Rebecca Theodore Halfway through the family drama “Black Or White,” Jeremiah Jeffers (Anthony Mackie) an Ivy-League educated lawyer, chastises his drug addict nephew Reggie (Andre Holland) in the midst of helping him regain custody of his daughter by asking, “Why do you have…

  • The gains and losses of racial “code switching” KALW 91.7 FM San Francisco, California 2015-01-27 Hana Baba, News Reporter/Host On today’s episode of “Crosscurrents,” we are talking about identity. We have heard how people, whether intentionally or not, can “pass” as another race, just by the sound of their voice. Passing can also be a…

  • A Dialogue on Institutional Colorism and Moving Toward Healing with Dr. Yaba Blay For Harriet 2015-01-28 Kimberly Foster, Editor-in-Chief/Publisher For Harriet is nearly five years old, and I’ve learned there are a few topics that are sure to spark contentious debate. Colorism is one of them. Discussions on colorism provoke strong feelings in Black women,…

  • Growing up biracial — the importance of words The Lincoln Journal Star Lincoln, Nebraska 2015-01-25 Cindy Lange-Kubick, Life columnist She is in the breakroom at Walgreens Thursday morning, getting ready for a seven-hour shift. KaDeja Sangoyele is trying not to cry. She gets emotional, she says. It’s that word — half-breed. “My life was horrible…

  • The Multiple Meanings of Coloured Identity in South Africa Africa Insight Volume 42, Number 1 (2012) Theodore Petrus, Lecturer Department of Sociology & Anthropology Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa Wendy Isaacs-Martin, Political & Governmental Studies Fellow Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa In post-1994, South African identity has taken centre…

  • Review: Nuance-Deprived “Race” Movie ‘Black or White’ is Actually About White Frustration (Opens Friday) Shadow and Act: On Cinema Of The African Diaspora 2015-01-27 Zeba Blay “Black or White” opens nationwide this Friday, January 30, via Relativity… Is it any wonder that a movie as lazily titled as “Black or White” fails to actually tackle…

  • “A Spirit that Nursed a Grievance:” William Plomer’s “The Child of Queen Victoria” English in Africa Volume 39, Number 2 (2012) DOI: 10.4314/eia.v39i2.7 M Shum When William Plomer’s The Child of Queen Victoria and Other Stories was published by Jonathan Cape in 1933, his literary reputation was well established: he was the author of two…