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  • Every term the Census has used to describe America’s racial and ethnic groups since 1790

    Every term the Census has used to describe America’s racial and ethnic groups since 1790 The Washington Post 2015-11-04 Laris Karklis, Deputy Graphics Director Emily Badger, Urban Policy Writer This chart is based on an interactive the Census Bureau published this week tracing the history of these changes, from the proliferation of new racial and…

  • The day my daughter realized she isn’t white

    The day my daughter realized she isn’t white The Washington Post 2015-11-03 Lisa Papademetriou “Mama,” my 4-year-old daughter said. “Did you know that darks and lights didn’t used to be able to go to the same places?” “What?” I asked. It was bedtime, and I was tired. I wondered vaguely how Zara knew so much…

  • Obama has vastly changed the face of the federal bureaucracy

    Obama has vastly changed the face of the federal bureaucracy The Washington Post 2015-09-20 Juliet Eilperin, White House Bureau Chief Friday afternoon announcements in Washington are usually aimed at attracting as little attention as possible, but last Friday was different. President Obama’s decision to nominate Eric Fanning — an openly gay man — to head…

  • Obama and hip-hop: a breakup song

    Obama and hip-hop: a breakup song The Washington Post 2015-09-25 Erik Nielson, Assistant Professor of Liberal Arts University of Richmond Travis L. Gosa, Assistant Professor of Africana Studies Cornell University, Ithaca, New York Erik Nielson is an assistant professor of liberal arts at the University of Richmond. Travis L. Gosa is an assistant professor of…

  • Born that way? ‘Scientific’ racism is creeping back into our thinking. Here’s what to watch out for.

    Born that way? ‘Scientific’ racism is creeping back into our thinking. Here’s what to watch out for. The Washington Post 2015-09-28 W. Carson Byrd, Assistant Professor of Pan-African Studies University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky Matthew W. Hughey, Professor of Sociology University of Connecticut This month, Jennifer Cramblett lost her “wrongful birth” lawsuit, which centered on…

  • An Ohio town where races have mixed freely for more than 200 years

    An Ohio town where races have mixed freely for more than 200 years The Washington Post 2015-09-26 Kevin Williams Connor Keiser, 22, left, shows his album of historic photos of Longtown to James Jett, 90 at Bethel Long Wesleyan Church. (Maddie McGarvey/For The Washington Post) Amid the corn and soybean fields of western Ohio lies…

  • A Place in Between

    A Place in Between The Washington Post 2008-08-25 Kevin Merida, Managing Editor Will Jawando sat on a Capitol Hill park bench admiring an unseasonably breezy August afternoon as he told his story of being half black and half white, “kind of a double outsider” in a nation still struggling with difference. His story could easily be…

  • The term [Hispanic] is a U.S. invention…

    If all ethnic identities are created, imagined or negotiated to some degree, American Hispanics provide an especially stark example. As part of an effort in the 1970s to better measure who was using what kind of social services, the federal government established the word “Hispanic” to denote anyone with ancestry traced to Spain or Latin…

  • Jews in America struggled for decades to become white. Now we must give up whiteness to fight racism.

    Jews in America struggled for decades to become white. Now we must give up whiteness to fight racism. The Washington Post 2015-09-22 Gil Steinlauf, Senior Rabbi Adas Israel Congregation, Washington, D.C. Let’s teach our children that we are, in fact, not white, but simply Jewish. Adapted from a Rosh Hashanah sermon delivered at Adas Israel…

  • Here’s why Equal Protection may not protect everyone equally

    Here’s why Equal Protection may not protect everyone equally The Washington Post 2015-09-23 Lauren Sudeall Lucas, Assistant Professor of Law Georgia State University Intersectionality is the acknowledgment that different forms of identity-based discrimination can combine to give rise to unique brands of injustice. For example, although women may generally face certain challenges in the workplace…