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Month: July 2015

  • Mixed Race Okinawans and Their Obscure In-Betweeness

    Mixed Race Okinawans and Their Obscure In-Betweeness Journal of Intercultural Studies Volume 35, Issue 6 (November 2014) pages 646-661 DOI: 10.1080/07256868.2014.963531 Mitzi Uehara Carter While critical mixed race studies and popular discourse of haafu (half) are proliferating in Japan, the case of mixed race people in Okinawa remains obscure within these studies as exceptional cases…

  • Hybrid Identities: Theoretical and Empirical Examinations

    Hybrid Identities: Theoretical and Empirical Examinations Haymarket Books 2009 412 pages Paperback ISBN: 9781608460359 Edited by: Keri E. Iyall Smith, Associate Professor of Sociology Suffolk University, Boston Patricia Leavy Combining theoretical and empirical pieces, this book explores the emerging theoretical work seeking to describe hybrid identities while also illustrating the application of these theories in…

  • Dolezal Controversy Sharpens Focus on Racial Identity

    Dolezal Controversy Sharpens Focus on Racial Identity University of Massachusetts Press 2015-06-26 The recent controversy concerning Rachel Dolezal’s racial identity steered many readers to a 2008 UMass Press book by Baz Dreisinger, Near Black: White-to-Black Passing in American Culture, which explores cases in which legally white individuals are imagined, by themselves or by others, as…

  • Obama sharpens his message on race

    Obama sharpens his message on race The Hill Washington, D.C. 2015-07-01 Mike Lillis President Obama is taking a more aggressive approach to the issue of race, repeatedly offering sharp commentary as he confronts America’s oldest, deepest divide. Black lawmakers, Obama’s strongest allies on Capitol Hill, have cheered the president’s newfound willingness to address race head-on.…

  • Misty Copeland is first black dancer to lead US ballet group

    Misty Copeland is first black dancer to lead US ballet group BBC News 2015-07-01 Misty Copeland has become a breakout star for ballet The American Ballet Theatre has named Misty Copeland its principal dancer – the first time a black ballerina has held the prestigious role. Ms Copeland, 32, made her debut this month, starring…

  • One thing we often forget about that case is that Homer Plessy’s argument was that he was white!

    One thing we often forget about that case is that Homer Plessy’s argument was that he was white! He got bounced from the white section because the conductor said he was black. The question wasn’t that all train passengers should be able to sit together, rather Plessy said, “No, I’m a white person, actually.” The…

  • These experiences led me to suspect that the breathless “post­racial” commentary that attached itself to our current president had as much to do with the fact that he is biracial as with the fact that he is black.

    My choice, if you can call it that, to identify as black is much different from that of, say, my father or even my own sister, whose skin is at least three shades darker than mine. The eagerness with which people gravitate toward me is not shown to many of the other black people I…

  • The Social Construction of Race

    Race is a social fiction imposed by the powerful on those they wish to control.

  • Race in Rhode Island: Is race just an invention?

    Race in Rhode Island: Is race just an invention? The Providence Journal Providence, Rhode Island 2015-06-27 Paul Edward Parker Classifications were created to divide people, say educator, historian. When you ask “What is race?” don’t expect a simple answer. And, when you consider Latinos — Are they a race or an ethnicity? — plus America’s…

  • Hawaii is home to the nation’s largest share of multiracial Americans

    Hawaii is home to the nation’s largest share of multiracial Americans Pew Research Center 2015-06-17 Jens Manuel Krogstad, Writer/Editor, Hispanic Trends Project The number of multiracial Americans is growing nationwide, but in Hawaii, it’s nothing new. The Rainbow State – with its history of attracting immigrants from Asia and other parts of the world to…