Month: June 2015

  • Allyson Hobbs Morris Educational Foundation Morristown, New Jersey 2015-05-04 Each issue, we are pleased to circle back with one of our Morristown High School esteemed alumni and catch up. This spring we caught up with Allyson Hobbs, MHS Class of ’93… Allyson Hobbs, MHS Class of 1993, Author & Assistant Professor at Stanford University After…

  • The election of Barack Obama sent ripples of hope throughout the United States and the international community and seeded the notion that the country had transformed itself into a postracial utopia. Meanwhile, race itself, and racism, permeated political and social arenas nationwide as the American public grappled with the question of why and how much…

  • Multicultural Perspectives on Race, Ethnicity, and Identity NASW Press 2015 224 pages ISBN: 978-0-87101-460-3 Edited by: Elizabeth Pathy Salett, MSW Diane R. Koslow, PhD In the past 30 years, the United States has undergone an unprecedented and accelerated growth in the diversity of its population. These changes affect all elements of our society, underscoring the…

  • Mark Duggan’s family lead call for a public inquiry into UK policing The Guardian 2015-06-07 Damien Gayle, Live Desk Reporter Carole Duggan, Duggan’s aunt, said her family had ‘ample evidence’ that police had misled an inquest into his death. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/the Guardian Campaigners say there are deep problems with Operation Trident, which investigates gun…

  • Why Media Representation Matters To Biracial And Multiracial People Blue Nation Review 2015-06-04 John Paul Brammer, Identity Editor “So, you’re sort of nothing then.” I’ve only heard this once. Someone asked me what my race was because they were curious. I explained to them that I was mixed, that I had both indigenous and European…

  • 4th Annual “What Are You?” with Lacey Schwartz’s “Little White Lie” Brooklyn Historical Society 128 Pierrepont Street Brooklyn, New York 11201 Monday, 2015-06-08, 18:30-21:00 EDT (Local Time) A BHS “Crossing Borders, Bridging Generations” program. Top: Lacey Schwartz, photo by Michael Hill; Bottom: Lise Funderburg, photo by Tigist Tsegie On the week of Loving Day 2015,…

  • The Multiracial/Ethnic Counseling Concerns (MRECC) Interest Network of the American Counseling Association has developed the following competencies in order to promote the development of sound professional counseling practices to competently and effectively attend to the diverse needs of the multiple heritage population.

  • Racism under a Friendly Guise Joy Huang Stoffers: Writer and Novelist Saturday, 2015-05-09 Joy Huang Stoffers racism, n. A belief that one’s own racial or ethnic group is superior, or that other such groups represent a threat to one’s cultural identity, racial integrity, or economic well-being; (also) a belief that the members of different racial…

  • The Color Conversation-Healthy Identity Happy Kids: Fostering Positive Racial Identity in Mixed Youth Multiracial Americans of Southern California (MASC) World City Center 3911 W. Adams Blvd. Los Angeles, California 90018 Saturday, 2015-06-20, 13:00-16:00 PDT (Local Time) Join our 3rd parenting seminar where we focus on issues relating to adolescence – specifically, racial identity. Hear a…

  • ‘Loving Day,’ by Mat Johnson Sunday Book Review The New York Times 2015-06-01 Baz Dreisinger, Associate Professor of English John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York “A house divided against itself cannot stand,” Abraham Lincoln declared in his 1858 speech presaging the Civil War. Such a house sits at the heart…