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  • Brazil in Black and White

    Brazil in Black and White Wide Angle Public Broadcasting Service 2007-09-04 About the Issue As one of the most racially diverse nations in the world, Brazil has long considered itself a colorblind “racial democracy.” But deep disparities in income, education and employment between lighter and darker-skinned Brazilians have prompted a civil rights movement advocating equal…

  • Which Italian American player for the Brooklyn Dodgers once hit 40 home runs in a season?

    My favorite trivia question in baseball is, “Which Italian American player for the Brooklyn Dodgers once hit 40 home runs in a season?” Nobody ever gets it right, because the answer is Roy Campanella, who was as Italian as he was black. He had an Italian father and a black mother, but he’s always classified…

  • Q&A with Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. About Black Experience in Latin America

    Q&A with Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. About Black Experience in Latin America Black in Latin America Public Broadcasting Service April 2011 Gates discusses his new project in this interview from the PBS site. First, could you talk a little bit about this project? I conceived of this as a trilogy of documentary series that…

  • PBS series explores black culture in Latin America

    PBS series explores black culture in Latin America 2011-04-18 Jennifer Kay Associated Press MIAMI—On a street in a seaside city in Brazil, four men describe themselves to Henry Louis Gates Jr. as black. Flabbergasted, the Harvard scholar insists they compare their skin tones with his. In a jumble, their forearms form a mocha spectrum. Oh,…