Month: March 2015

  • Dismantling the Racial Paradise Stanford University Press Blog March 2015 Tiffany Joseph, Assistant Professor of Sociology; Affiliated Faculty of Latin American and Caribbean Studies Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York How migration to and from the U.S. is transforming notions of race in Brazil. I still remember my first trip to Brazil—I was amazed…

  • Race on the Move: Brazilian Migrants and the Global Reconstruction of Race Stanford University Press February 2015 240 pages Cloth ISBN: 9780804792202 Paper ISBN: 9780804794350 Digital ISBN: 9780804794398 Tiffany D. Joseph, Assistant Professor of Sociology; Affiliated Faculty of Latin American and Caribbean Studies Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York Race on the Move takes…

  • Black On Black Crime And The Peculiar Responsibility Of Biracial Positionality The Magic Mulatto 2015-03-28 Brett Russell Coleman, Doctoral Student of Community & Prevention Research University of Illinois, Chicago In this piece I am 1) making the argument that anti-blackness is pervasive, and 2) concluding that biracial (black/white) people have a peculiar responsibility to confront…

  • Race In The Jewish Community: A Mischling’s Perspective The Jerusalem Post 2015-03-30 Ella Bennett Introduction As a person of mixed-race black and maternal Jewish heritage, I am a mischling and feel highly motivated to stand equally against racism and anti-Semitism.  When I go out and about in the Jewish community people naturally see my colour…

  • Comedy Central® Names Trevor Noah as Next Host of “The Daily Show” Comedy Central® Press Release 2015-03-30 Press Contact Info: Renata Luczak Eve Kenny 31 Year-Old Comedian to Take the Helm Later This Year NEW YORK, March 30, 2015 – Trevor Noah has been selected to become the next host of the Emmy® and Peabody®…

  • How can I be Jewish when I am black? The Jerusalem Post 2015-02-09 Ella Bennett This is a hypothetical question that I’m always, almost asked by my many Jewish friends, associates and acquaintances. In my haste I’d assumed the answer to be obvious until I discovered the subtlety behind which the real dynamics of the…

  • Kamala Harris, California’s Attorney General, Leaps to Forefront of Senate Race The New York Times 2015-03-27 Adam Nagourney, Los Angeles Bureau Chief CASTAIC, Calif. — When Kamala D. Harris, a Democrat, was the newly elected district attorney of San Francisco in 2004, she walked into a firestorm after deciding not to pursue the death penalty…

  • Trevor Noah to Succeed Jon Stewart on ‘The Daily Show’ The New York Times 2015-03-30 Dave Itzkoff, Culture Reporter In December, Trevor Noah, a 31-year-old comedian, made his debut as an on-air contributor on “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart,” offering his outsider’s perspective, as a biracial South African, on the United States. “I never…

  • Rivas awarded NEH Summer Stipends award to work on book News From Marshall University Huntington, West Virginia 2015-03-25 Dave Wellman, Director of Communications Telephone: (304) 696-7153 HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Dr. Zelideth Maria Rivas, an assistant professor of Japanese in Marshall University’s Department of Modern Languages, has been awarded a “very competitive” National Endowment for the…

  • Homestory Deutschland: Black Biographies in Historical and Present Times Canisius College, Buffalo, New York 2015-03-04 Buffalo, NY – Canisius College will exhibit “Homestory Deutschland: Black Biographies in Historical and Present Times” from Tuesday, March 24 – Sunday, April 12. The exhibit will be on display in Alumni Hall, located between the Andrew L. Bouwhuis Library…