Month: March 2016

  • Book Review: The ‘R’ Word by Kurt Barling The LSE Review of Books London School of Economics, London, United Kingdom 2016-03-04 Amal Shahid As the newest edition to the Provocations series from Biteback Publishing, The ‘R’ Word challenges the idea that we have entered a ‘post-racial’ society in which race no longer represents a significant…

  • WELL! WELL! Goldsboro Weekly Argus Goldsboro, North Carolina Thursday, 1895-02-28 (Volume XVI, Number 67) page 1, column 3 Source: Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. United States Library of Congress. Well, well, well! “Where are we at?” The sudden death of Frederick Douglas, the foremost negro in America, not by deserts but by the combination of…

  • Who is Black? Who is Indian? State/Federal Acknowledgment and the Politics of Racial Purity Arizona State University West Hall, Room 135 Tempe, Arizona 2016-03-21, 16:30-18:00 MST (Local Time) Arica Coleman, adjunct lecturer, Center for African Studies, Johns Hopkins University African and African American History, Widener University, will discuss the politics of racial purity in state…

  • The ‘R’ Word Biteback Publishing 2015-11-27 224 pages Hardback ISBN: 9781849549424 eBook ISBN: 9781785900099 Kurt Barling, Professor of Journalism Middlesex University, London, United Kingdom Race and racism remain an inescapable part of the lives of black people. Daily slights, often rooted in fears and misperceptions of the ‘other’, still damage lives. But does race matter…

  • Raquel Cepeda is a fighter. The renowned writer, journalist and filmmaker is clad in light blue patterned tights and a gray crop top, with her hair pulled back in a ponytail— she is furiously jabbing a black Everlast bag. On this chilly Friday afternoon, we’re at Mendez Boxing where Cepeda spends a good amount of…

  • Fr. Virgilio Elizondo Takes His Own Life The Rivard Report: Urban. Independent. All About San Antonio. San Antonio, Texas 2016-03-14 Robert Rivard, Director Fr. Virgilio Elizondo, one of San Antonio’s most accomplished and beloved Catholic priests whose work brought him recognition in Latin America and Europe and an esteemed faculty position at the University of…

  • Allyson Hobbs, A Chosen Exile, in conversation with Helena Brantley Kepler’s Books 1010 El Camino Real Menlo Park, California 94025 Tuesday, 2016-03-15, 19:30 PDT (Local Time) Presented by Peninsula Arts & Letters and Kepler’s Books Join us for a look back at the history of racial passing, and a topical discussion of race and identity…

  • “Race Is Not a Determinative Factor”: Mixed Race Children and Custody Cases in Canada Canadian Journal of Family Law Volume 29, Number 2, 2015 pages 309- Susan B. Boyd, Professor Emerita of Law; Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Peter A. Allard School of Law University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Krisha…

  • The Brain Likes Categories. Where Should It Put Mixed-Race People? Shots: Health News from NPR National Public Radio 2016-03-15 Katherine Du Humans like to place things in categories and can struggle when things can’t easily be categorized. That also applies to people, a study finds, and the brain’s visual biases may play a role in…

  • Is it time to ditch the term ‘black, Asian and minority ethnic’ (BAME)? The Guardian 2015-05-22 Lola Okolosie, Joseph Harker, Leah Green, and Emma Dabiri This week, former chairman of the commission for racial equality Trevor Phillips gave a speech in which he suggested that phrases such as black and minority ethnic (BME) and black,…