Tag: Enid Logan

  • Parsing Race and Blackness in Mexico Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews Volume 43, Number 6 (November 2014) pages 816-820 DOI: 10.1177/0094306114553216a Enid Logan, Associate Professor of Sociology University of Minnesota Land of the Cosmic Race: Race Mixture, Racism, and Blackness in Mexico, by Christina A. Sue  Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2013. 234pp. $24.95…

  • “At This Defining Moment”: Barack Obama’s Presidential Candidacy and the New Politics of Race New York University Press October 2011 229 pages Hardback ISBN: 9780814752975 Paperback ISBN: 9780814752982 Enid Lynette Logan, Associate Professor of Sociology University of Minnesota, Minneapolis In January 2009, Barack Obama became the 44th president of the United States.  In the weeks…

  • Social Status, Race, and the Timing of Marriage in Cuba’s First Constitutional Era, 1902-1940 Journal of Family History Volume 36, Number 1 (December 2010) pages 52-71 DOI: 10.1177/0363199010389546 Enid Lynette Logan, Associate Professor of Sociology University of Minnesota, Minneapolis This article examines the practice of marriage among whites, mestizos, blacks, Cubans, and Spaniards during the…

  • Good Question: Is Obama The First Black President? WCCO-TV Good Question 2008-11-05 Jason Derush, Reporter You can’t turn on television or read a newspaper without seeing a reference to Sen. Barack Obama, the first black President. But wait a minute, said Naomi Banks, if Obama has a white mother, “My question is… why isn’t he…