Month: January 2016

  • Phoebe Boswell: The Matter of Memory Africanah.org: Arena for Contemporary African, African-American and Caribbean Art Amsterdam, Kingdom of the Netherlands 2015-02-05 Yvette Greslé, Art Historian/Writer Edited by Rob Perrée Phoebe Boswell. ‘The Matter of Memory’, 2013-14. Installation view at Carroll/Fletcher [detail]. Courtesy the artist and Carroll/Fletcher. I settle into an armchair and am surprised by…

  • Pigmentocracies: Ethnicity, Race, and Color in Latin America [Brunsma Review] Ethnic and Racial Studies Volume 39, Issue 3, 2016 pages 492-494 DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2015.1095308 David L. Brunsma, Professor of Sociology Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia Pigmentocracies: Ethnicity, Race, and Color in Latin America, by Edward Telles and the Project on Ethnicity and Race…

  • “Philosophy and the Mixed Race Experience” is a collection of essays by mixed race philosophers about the mixed race experience. Each essay is meant to represent one of three possible things: (1) what the philosopher sees as the philosopher’s best work, (2) evidence of the possible impact of the philosopher’s mixed race experience on the…

  • A Mixed Race Feminist Blog Interview with Isabel Adonis A Mixed Race Feminist Blog 2016-01-15 Nicola Codner Leeds, Yorkshire, United Kingdom About Isabel Adonis I’m a private tutor, artist and writer and I live in Wales. My mother was a white Welsh woman and my father was a black man from Georgetown in Guyana. He…

  • Tío Tomás’s Cabin: Marco Rubio and White Cubanidad Latino Rebels 2016-01-14 Jason Nichols, Lecturer in African American Studies University of Maryland Last semester I had a young man turn in an assignment in which students were instructed to write to a current presidential candidate. This particular student had been outspoken and one of the more…

  • Call For Papers: Encyclopedia of Racism in American Cinema Salvador Jimenez Murguia, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Sociology Akita International University, Akita City, Akita Prefecture, Japan 2016-01-11 The volume Encyclopedia of Racism in American Cinema, takes up the topic of racism in American Cinema from its early days of film production to the present. Covering over…

  • The Other Obama Legacy The New York Times 2016-01-14 Charles M. Blow On Tuesday, I spoke to a room full of beaming high school and middle school boys — about 150, a vast majority of whom were black — at the St. Petersburg College Allstate Center in St. Petersburg, Fla. The talk was sponsored by…

  • The Forgotten Era of Punjabi-Mexicans OZY 2016-01-13 Nick Fouriezos, Reporter/Researcher Like a good comedian, Mary Singh Rai picked from her three identities to best suit her listener. “When I’m with Americans, I like to think of myself as one,” the native of Yuba City, California, said in a 2012 interview. But in some ways, the…

  • Musician Chi-chi Nwanoku discussing her life and work on Talking Africa BlackRook Media 2015-05-12 Musician Chi-chi Nwanoku has been discussing her life and work on Talking Africa. Chi-Chi is a passionate advocate of music and particularly the double bass. She is a Principal Double Bass and founder member of the Orchestra of the Age of…

  • Hundreds gather over Maggie Walker statue controversy WWBT, NBC 12 Richmond, Virginia 2016-01-12 Ashley Monfort, Henrico Reporter RICHMOND, VA (WWBT) – Discussion about plans to build a statue of Maggie Walker in downtown Richmond drew a lot of opinions on both sides. Hundreds of residents gathered at the Richmond Public Library Tuesday to have their…