Month: November 2015

  • Mayor de Blasio Has Lost Support of White New Yorkers, Poll Finds The New York Times 2015-11-18 Michael M. Grynbaum, City Hall Bureau Chief Alexander Burns, Political Correspondent Dalia Sussman, Polling Editor Nearing the midpoint of his term, Mayor Bill de Blasio is confronting a city that is deeply divided about his ability to lead,…

  • Multiracial Girls Celebrate Their Hair as Heritage Women’s eNews 2015-11-12 Karly Smith, Teen Voices at Women’s eNews Washington, D.C. Specialty hair products that cater to girls with mixed-race hair are booming and YouTube videos offer lessons in cheap, DIY recipes. “I love my hair!” says one girl. “It adds its own personality because it can…

  • Interracial Intimacy: The Regulation of Race and Romance. By Rachel F. Moran [Bartholet Review] The Journal of Interdisciplinary History Volume 33, Number 2 (Autumn 2002) pages 320–322 DOI: 10.1162/00221950260209039 Elizabeth Bartholet, Morris Wasserstein Professor of Law Harvard Law School Interracial Intimacy: The Regulation of Race and Romance. By Rachel F. Moran (Chicago, University of Chicago…

  • Who Cares for Health Care? Breaking Through: TEDMED 2015 Palm Springs, California 2015-11-18 through 2015-11-20 Dorothy E. Roberts, George A. Weiss University Professor of Law and Sociology and the Raymond Pace and Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander Professor of Civil Rights University of Pennsylvania Physician, heal thyself … and while you’re at it, how about healing…

  • ‘Mejorar la Raza’: An Example of Racism in Latino Culture Latino Voices Huffington Post 2015-06-15 Maria Alejandra Casale-Hardin University of California, Hastings, Law Class of 2018 Samuel Lange Zambrano portraying a 9-year-old Venezuelan boy obsessed with straightening his hair in the 2013 film Pelo Malo. ‘Mejorar la raza’ is a common phrase used in Latin…

  • From Legend to History to Film: “The Free State of Jones” Renegade South: Histories of Unconventional Southerners 2015-11-17 Vikki Bynum, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History Texas State University, San Marcos The Free State of Jones, the movie Between November 19–22, 2015, the Smithsonian Institute and National Endowment of the Humanities will host a history film…

  • Amber Guild of Collins: Call Out the Elephant in the Room The New York Times 2015-11-14 Adam Bryant, Corner Office Columnist and Deputy Science Editor This interview with Amber Guild, president of Collins, a brand consultancy, was conducted and condensed by Adam Bryant. Q. What were some early influences for you? A. I grew up…

  • Measuring Manhood: Race and the Science of Masculinity, 1830–1934 University of Minnesota Press September 2015 368 pages 32 b&w photos 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 Paper ISBN 978-0-8166-7303-2 Cloth ISBN 978-0-8166-7302-5 Melissa N. Stein, Assistant Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies University of Kentucky From the “gay gene” to the “female brain” and African American…

  • European Others: Queering Ethnicity in Postnational Europe University of Minnesota Press 2011 304 pages 6 b&w photos 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 Paper ISBN 978-0-8166-7016-1 Cloth ISBN 978-0-8166-7015-4 Fatima El-Tayeb, Professor of African-American Literature and Culture University of California, San Diego European Others offers an interrogation into the position of racialized communities in the European…

  • My Face is a Face of Asian America Hapa Mama: Asian Fusion Family and Food 2015-11-14 Candace Kita “Blending in” has never been my strong suit. As a generally shy and rather bookish individual, I have always wished that I could more naturally fit seamlessly into my surroundings. However, my inability to blend into established…