Month: January 2015

  • The “Return” of Race in Brazil Japan Sociology 2014-12-16 Chloe Lyu This blog explores life in Japan from a sociological perspective. It is produced by Robert Moorehead and his students at Ritsumeikan University‘s College of International Relations, in Kyoto, Japan. Different from the American white or black model of racial classification, there is a large…

  • Today’s college students see no problem with multiracial relationships College USA Today 2014-01-08 Aja Frost California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Had Kim Kardashian and Kanye West gotten married 48 years ago, they would have probably been met with more policemen than paparazzi. That’s because interracial marriages weren’t legalized in the U.S. until 1967.…

  • The New Creole Movement Jambalaya Magazine & Clothing 2015-01-08 Julia Dumas There is a movement brewing. It is a movement with a mission to reclaim Louisiana Creole culture. Many Louisianians have been scarred by a painful past full of racism and colorism. Darker people were banned from claiming Creole heritage, if unable to pass the…

  • Being Mixed Race in Racially Divided America Japan Sociology 2015-01-08 Lourdes Fritts This blog explores life in Japan from a sociological perspective. It is produced by Robert Moorehead and his students at Ritsumeikan University‘s College of International Relations, in Kyoto, Japan. Much like the way some people do not care about their local sports team,…

  • Hafu in Japan Japan Sociology 2013-05-09 Maki Yoshikawa This blog explores life in Japan from a sociological perspective. It is produced by Robert Moorehead and his students at Ritsumeikan University‘s College of International Relations, in Kyoto, Japan. In Japan, there are a lot of hafu increasing the number year by year. This is because an…

  • Season 2, Episode 11: Writer Thomas Chatterton Williams The Mixed Experience 2015-01-08 Heidi Durrow, Host We continue the second part of the season with writer Thomas Chatterton Williams author of Losing My Cool and the newly published essay in Virginia Quarterly Review “Black and Blue and Blond.” Listen to the episode here. Download the episode…

  • Veterans to Remember: Parker David Robbins We’re History 2014-11-10 Ben Railton, Associate Professor of English and Coordinator of American Studies Fitchburg State University, Fitchburg, Massachusetts Thanks principally to the critical and popular success of the film Glory (1989), our collective memory of the Civil War includes African American soldiers (known in their era as United…

  • The Police, Immigration and the Racial Divide U.S. News & World Report 2015-01-07 Brad Bannon, President Bannon Communications Research Polls on the police treatment of minorities and public approval of Obamacare reflect the ongoing racial split in this country. Sadly, everything old is new again in race relations in America. Tuesday the headquarters of the…

  • Pharmacogenomics and the Biology of Race Myles Jackson, Albert Gallatin Research Excellence Professor of the History of Science New York University The Huffington Post 2015-01-05 The numerous and impassioned responses to Nicholas Wade’s recently published Troublesome Inheritance: Genes, Race and Human History have once again reminded us of the complexity, ambiguity and perils of writing…

  • Gugu Mbatha-Raw to Star Opposite Matthew McConaughey in Gary Ross’ ‘Free State of Jones’ (Exclusive) The Wrap: Covering Hollywood 2014-01-06 Jeff Sneider, Film Reporter Scott Stuber and Jon Kilik are producing the Civil War tale for Robert Simonds’ STX Entertainment Hot off a pair of acclaimed performances in “Beyond the Lights” and “Belle,” Gugu Mbatha-Raw…