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 […]
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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!
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 […]
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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; […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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“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
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Against Their Will: North Carolina’s Sterilization Program
Against Their Will: North Carolina’s Sterilization Program http://againsttheirwill.journalnow.com/
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American Eugenics Movement
American Eugenics Movement http://www.eugenicsarchive.org/eugenics/
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deutschemulatten
For those who read German: http://www.deutschemulatten.de/
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A Research Project on Mixed Race Experiences
From Heather Rigby: A Research Project on Mixed Race ExperiencesDo people constantly ask “What are you?” Do people often guess or make assumptions about your racial/ethnic/cultural identity? Do you live […]
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