Hispanics Resist Racial Grouping by Census
Hispanics Resist Racial Grouping by Census The New York Times October 24, 2004 By RACHEL L. SWARNS SILVER SPRING, Md., Oct. 23 – The music was blaring, the hair dryers humming and the hair...
Author: A.D. Powell
Dropping “Other Race” from the U.S. Census
Census officials claim that forcing Hispanics and other mixed people into the official “racial” categories will “improve the accuracy of the nation’s racial data…” It sounds like a case of trying to ignore reality....
No Longer Just Nordic
No Longer Just Nordic: Growing Role of Immigrant Communities Is Changing What It Means to Be a Swede By Keith B. Richburg Washington Post Foreign Service Friday, October 22, 2004; Page A01 MALMO, Sweden...
Senate debate gets personal
Senate debate gets personal: Obama, Keyes exchange fighting words on morals, race, religion By John Chase and Liam Ford Tribune staff reporters October 22, 2004 In a discussion of the significance of race in...
Different views on succeeding in America
CONGRESSIONAL POLITICS Dallas, TX: Frost’s appeal to Jews offends some Democrat Martin Frost believes that when Republicans tried to slam the door on his 26-year congressional career, they mistakenly opened a window. In destroying...
“One Drop” in Britain
Note how loosely “black” is defined here. http://www.100greatblackbritons.com/list.html I knew that Queen Charlotte was being claimed as “black,” but this one is news and even more ridiculous: http://www.100greatblackbritons.com/bios/queen_phillipa.html
Against Their Will: North Carolina’s Sterilization Program
Against Their Will: North Carolina’s Sterilization Program http://againsttheirwill.journalnow.com/