Day: December 24, 2015

  • White Latino Racism on the Rise: It’s Time for a Serious Conversation on Euro-Diasporic Whiteness Latino Rebels 2015-12-21 Wiliam Garcia A common misconnection that exists today rests on the notion that there are no racial hierarchies in Latin American countries or within the Latino communities in the United States. In other words, Latino (or Hispanic)…

  • 17 Of The Most Powerful Things Latinos Said In 2015 That Got Us Thinking The Huffington Post 2015-12-22 Carolina Moreno, Latino Voices Editor Diversity, immigration, feminism and more — these celebrities covered it all. Latinos gave us plenty to think about in 2015, and it’s time to revisit some of the best mic drop moments…

  • At UNLV, a north-south divide over rebel mascot — but it’s not what you think The Los Angeles Times 2015-12-02 Nigel Duara, Contact Reporter The University of Nevada Las Vegas mascot, Hey Reb! (exclamation mark included), warms up the crowd before a basketball game. (Isaac Brekken / Associated Press) He is all bushy mustache and…

  • UNLV President Len Jessup says keep Rebel nickname; research concludes no roots in Confederacy U.S. News & World Report 2015-11-30 Michelle Rindels, Politics Reporter The Associated Press FILE – In this Feb. 1, 2014, file photo, UNLV mascot Hey Reb warms up the crowd before an NCAA college basketball game in Las Vegas. UNLV President…

  • Philosophy of race meets population genetics Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences Volume 52, August 2015 pages 46–55 Genomics and Philosophy of Race DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsc.2015.04.003 Quayshawn Spencer, Assistant Professor of Philosophy University of Pennsylvania Highlights I discuss the recent human population-genetic research…

  • A Radical Solution to the Race Problem Philosophy of Science Volume 81, Number 5 (December 2014) pages 1025-1038 DOI: 10.1086/677694 Quayshawn Spencer, Assistant Professor of Philosophy University of Pennsylvania It has become customary among philosophers and biologists to claim that folk racial classification has no biological basis. This paper attempts to debunk that view. In…

  • What ‘biological racial realism’ should mean Philosophical Studies June 2012, Volume 159, Issue 2 pages 181-204 DOI: 10.1007/s11098-011-9697-2 Quayshawn Spencer, Assistant Professor of Philosophy University of Pennsylvania A curious ambiguity has arisen in the race debate in recent years. That ambiguity is what is actually meant by ‘biological racial realism’. Some philosophers mean that ‘race…