Tag: Los Angeles Times

  • ‘A Dreadful Deceit’ argues against a ‘racial’ past The Los Angeles Times 2013-12-20 Robin D.G. Kelley, Distinguished Professor of History University of California, Los Angeles Jacqueline Jones in ‘A Dreadful Deceit’ aims to debunk the ‘myth of race’ and the ‘American creation story’ but for the most part is unconvincing in her argument. Jacqueline Jones, A…

  • Landmark ’49 Film About Family Passing for White Recalled The Los Angeles Times 1989-07-25 Margaret Lillard The Associated Press KEENE, N.H. — For 12 years, Dr. Albert Johnston and his wife had a secret–a secret they kept from friends, neighbors, even their children. But in 1941, their secret came out–each was part black. The fair-skinned…

  • Whites think race equality is nearer than blacks do, study finds The Los Angeles Times 2013-08-22 Emily Alpert Nearly half a century after Martin Luther King Jr. described his dream that someday people would be judged not by their race but by their character, whites think a colorblind society is much closer to reality than…

  • Capturing the Spirit World on Film: Albert Chong’s artistic recipe blends Jamaica, Catholicism, Santeria and America in an eclectic artistic stew The Los Angeles Times 1993-10-10 Leah Ollman When photographer and installation artist Albert Chong was about 6 years old, his parents bought a new house in Kingston, Jamaica. Chong’s father invited a Catholic priest…

  • More Americans consider themselves multiracial The Los Angeles Times 2013-06-12 Emily Alpert The number of mixed or multiracial people in the United States jumped 6.6% between 2010 and 2012, according to the Census Bureau. Their ranks will only continue to grow, experts say. The number of Americans who consider themselves multiracial has grown faster than…

  • Differences give mixed-heritage students a common bond The Los Angeles Times 2013-05-27 Larry Gordon Increasing numbers of college campus clubs give voice to those who don’t fit into the traditional perceptions of race. No matter what their ancestry or their skin color, many members of UCLA’s Mixed Student Union say they have repeatedly been asked…

  • Demographic Demagoguery: Gregory Rodriguez’s views on race and the census just don’t add up MixedRaceStudies.org 2011-04-08 Steven F. Riley Gregory Rodriguez’s editorial titled “President Obama: Black and more so” or “President Obama: At odds with clear demographic trends toward multiracial pride” in the April 4, 2011 edition of the Los Angeles Times reveals the destructive hubris…

  • President Obama: Black and more so Los Angeles Times 2011-04-04 Gregory Rodriguez By checking ‘black’ as his race on the census form, President Obama is at odds with clear demographic trends toward multiracial pride. The number of Americans identifying as both white and black jumped 134% in 10 years. It could have been a historic…

  • Essie Mae Washington-Williams dies at 87; black daughter of segregationist Strom Thurmond The Los Angeles Times 2013-02-04 Elaine Woo In 2003 the retired L.A. schoolteacher unburdened herself of a secret: Her father was Sen. Strom Thurmond, the legendary South Carolina politician who had built a career as a champion of segregation. A week before Christmas…

  • In short and simple ceremony, Obama starts his second term The Los Angeles Times 2013-01-20 Kathleen Hennessey WASHINGTON — With a quick and simple swearing-in ceremony at the White House, President Obama formally ended his first term in office Sunday and embarked on another four years leading a nation hobbled by a weak economy and…