Census Bureau turning back the racial clock FIVE CHECK-BOXES WON’T COVER LATINOS’ EXPANSIVE VIEW OF RACE By Joe Rodriguez Mercury News When we were kids, our mother and father teased […]
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Category: A Mixed Blog
Category listings of blog entries. Approximately 1200 blog entries and 500 comments from the old "A Mixed Blog" are in the process of being converted and imported to this section. Stay tuned – the archives will eventually be complete!
Speakers Feud Over Race and Education
Speakers Feud Over Race and Education BY Jennifer Jamall Contribution Writer Thursday, October 28, 2004 About a hundred students and Berkeley residents crammed into an auditorium yesterday at the Boalt […]
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Scientists Debate Race, Genetics, and “Ethnic Medicine”
Scientists Debate Race, Genetics, and “Ethnic Medicine” By Kevin Davies Bio-IT World (online) (10/29/04)—A leading geneticist warned that approval of BiDil, which has been proclaimed as the first “ethnic medicine,†[…]
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Born in America, adopted abroad
Born in America, adopted abroad Byline: Dawn Davenport Contributor to The Christian Science Monitor Date: 10/27/2004 Adrian Stokkeland, a 2-year-old in Canada, dances with his mom to the music of […]
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Articles Highlight Different Views on Genetic Basis of Race
Articles Highlight Different Views on Genetic Basis of Race The New York Times October 27, 2004 By NICHOLAS WADE A difference of opinion about the genetic basis of race has […]
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Georgia Court Throws Out Hate Crimes Law
Georgia Court Throws Out Hate Crimes Law By KRISTEN WYATT ASSOCIATED PRESS ATLANTA (AP) – The Georgia Supreme Court unanimously struck down the state’s hate crimes law Monday, saying the […]
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So what colour was Jesus?
So what colour was Jesus? By Giles Wilson BBC News Online Magazine Jesus has been named the top black icon by the New Nation newspaper. Their assertion that Jesus was […]
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The Skin Game
THE SKIN GAME – The Chicago Tribune DO WHITE VOTERS LIKE BARACK OBAMA BECAUSE `HE’S NOT REALLY BLACK’? By Don Terry October 24, 2004 My father was ahead of his […]
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In a Divided Town, a Question of Hate, or Cash?
In a Divided Town, a Question of Hate, or Cash? The New York Times October 24, 2004 By DAMIEN CAVE Victor DeLeon suffered head wounds and a broken arm, which […]
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Family Ties and Entanglements of Caste
Family Ties and Entanglements of Caste The New York Times October 25, 2004 By JOSEPH BERGER As an Indian immigrant, Dr. Bodh Das faced an excruciating challenge. His three daughters […]
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