Month: February 2016

  • The Brazilian carnival queen deemed ‘too black’ – video The Guardian 2016-02-09 Barney Lankester-Owen, Bruce Douglas, Charlie Phillips and Juliet Riddell Nayara Justino thought her dreams had come true when she was selected as the Globeleza carnival queen in 2013 after a public vote on one of Brazil’s biggest TV shows. But some regarded her…

  • Based upon trends in racial self-classification, one has to be skeptical about the emergence of “majority-minority” America.

  • I Heart Obama University Press of New England 2016-02-09 256 pages 5 1/2 x 8 1/2″ Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-61168-536-7 Ebook IBSN: 978-1-61168-967-9 Erin Aubry Kaplan A personal and cultural exploration of Barack Obama as black president, black icon, and black folk hero In his nearly two terms as president, Barack Obama has solidified his status…

  • What Matters to Me & Why – Allyson Hobbs Stanford University Common Room Center for Inter-Religious Community Learning and Experiences (CIRCLE) at Old Union, 3rd Floor Stanford, California Wednesday, 2016-02-17, 12:00 PST (Local Time) Allyson Hobbs Sponsored by: Office for Religious Life The purpose of What Matters to Me and Why is to encourage reflection…

  • “Somos de tres razas! La blanca, la india, y la negra!” is a cliched response you can almost always count on hearing anytime you bring up race or racism in Puerto Rico or Puerto Rican Diaspora communities. It’s cute, easy to remember, and also a lie.

  • On ‘Jackson Five Nostrils,’ Creole vs. ‘Negro’ and Beefing Over Beyoncé’s ‘Formation’ ColorLines 2016-02-08 Yaba Blay, Dan Blue Endowed Chair & Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina As you know, the video for Beyoncé Knowles’ “Formation” does the most, from invoking police violence, to flashing back to Hurricane…

  • Race, Interracial Families, and Political Advertising in the Obama Era: Experimental Evidence Political Communication Published online: 2016-01-20 DOI: 10.1080/10584609.2015.1106625 Ethan Porter Department of Political Science University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois Thomas J. Wood, Assistant Professor of Political Science Ohio State University Across two studies of race and interracial families in political advertising, this article finds…

  • Yvonne Chouteau, Native American Ballerina, Dies at 86 The New York Times 2016-01-29 Jack Anderson Yvonne Chouteau, one of the five celebrated Oklahoma ballerinas with an American Indian background, in a 1963 photo. Credit Jack Mitchell/Getty Images Yvonne Chouteau, a former principal dancer of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo who emerged as one of…

  • Meet the New Student Activists The New York Times 2016-02-01 As told to Abby Ellin Young African-Americans and their allies are demanding change, leading people of all backgrounds to talk about issues that have lain dormant for decades. What do they want? Inclusion and representation — now. Here, seven students talk about the problems, the…

  • Review ‘A Ballerina’s Tale’ follows Misty Copeland’s incredible rise in the ballet world The Los Angeles Times 2016-02-08 Mary McNamara, Contact Reporter Misty Copeland in the documentary “A Ballerina’s Tale.” (Oskar Landi / Sundance Selects) If you think #OscarsSoWhite, consider the world of elite ballet. And if you want to understand why the current conversation…