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  • Cheerios stands by TV ad showing mixed-race family

    Cheerios stands by TV ad showing mixed-race family Associated Press 2013-06-05 Leanne Italie, Entertainment and Lifestyles Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A mom sits at her kitchen table when her grade schooler saunters up with a big box of Cheerios. “Mom,” says the girl. “Dad told me Cheerios is good for your heart. Is that…

  • In a first, black voter turnout rate passes whites

    In a first, black voter turnout rate passes whites Associated Press 2013-04-29 Hope Yen WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s blacks voted at a higher rate than other minority groups in 2012 and by most measures surpassed the white turnout for the first time, reflecting a deeply polarized presidential election in which blacks strongly supported Barack Obama…

  • Tries to Marry Quadroon

    Tries to Marry Quadroon Los Angeles Herald Volume 35, Number 31 (1907-11-02) page 2, column 6 Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection By Associated Press YUMA, Ariz,, Nov. 1-M. G. Graff, aged 21 years, white, of Riverside, Cal., and Addle Burkhart, aged 20, were refused the office of marriage by Probate Judge Godfrey here today and…

  • Race, Religion Collide in 2012 Campaign

    Race, Religion Collide in 2012 Campaign The Associated Press 2012-05-05 Jesse Washington, National Writer, Race and Ethnicity Rachel Zoll, National Religion Writer How unthinkable it was, not so long ago, that a presidential election would pit a candidate fathered by an African against another condemned as un-Christian. And yet, here it is: Barack Obama vs.…

  • In Brazil, a mix of racial openness and exclusion

    In Brazil, a mix of racial openness and exclusion Nordonia Hills News-Leader Kent, Ohio 2013-03-14 Jenny Barchfield Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Many Brazilians cast their country as racial democracy where people of different groups long have intermarried, resulting in a large mixed-race population. But you need only turn on the TV, open…

  • US stopping use of term ‘Negro’ for census surveys

    US stopping use of term ‘Negro’ for census surveys The Associated Press 2013-02-25 Hope Yen WASHINGTON (AP) — After more than a century, the Census Bureau is dropping its use of the word “Negro” to describe black Americans in surveys. Instead of the term that came into use during the Jim Crow era of racial…

  • Black Pride, Democratic Politics: Can They Be Separated in Blacks’ Support of Obama?

    Black Pride, Democratic Politics: Can They Be Separated in Blacks’ Support of Obama? The Associated Press 2012-10-13 Jesse Washington, National Writer, Race and Ethnicity Surviving slavery, segregation and discrimination has forged a special pride in African-Americans. Now some are saying this hard-earned pride has become prejudice in the form of blind loyalty to President Barack…

  • Brazil Approves University Affirmative Action Bill

    Brazil Approves University Affirmative Action Bill Associated Press 2012-08-08 Stan Lehman San Paulo—The Brazilian Senate has approved an affirmative action bill that reserves half the spots in federal universities for high school graduates of public schools, and distributes them according to the racial makeup of each state. The Senate’s news agency says the bill that…

  • Black or biracial? Census forces a choice for some

    There were 784,764 U.S. residents who described their race as white and black in the last census. But that number didn’t include Laura Martin, whose father is black and mother is white. “I’ve always just checked black on my form,” said Martin, a 29-year-old university employee in Las Vegas. She grew up surrounded by black…

  • Affirmative action backed in largely black Brazil

    Affirmative action backed in largely black Brazil Associated Press 2012-05-04 Bradley Brooks SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s top court has backed sweeping affirmative action programs used in more than 1,000 universities across this nation, which has more blacks than any country outside Africa yet where a severe gap in education equality between races persists. The…