In the Bible Belt, Acceptance Is Hard-Won The Washington Post by Anne Hull Michael Shackelford slides under his 1988 Chevy Cheyenne. Ratchet in hand, he peers into the truck’s dark […]
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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!
Excerpts from the Inter-American Dialogue’s Race Report 2004
Excerpts from the Inter-American Dialogue’s Race Report 2004: Toward racial equality in the Americas In Latin America, racial inequality is pervasive and takes many forms. Over the past dozen years, […]
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American Indian Hidden Heritage
Circles & Arrows Native American (Hidden) Heritage (pdf) The 2000 census states that approximately 80,000 people in Ohio identify themselves as American Indian or have a mixed American Indian heritage. […]
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Dean: Move away from race quotas
Dean: Move away from race quotas By Victor Garcia Arizona Daily Wildcat Thursday, September 23, 2004 Print this College admissions policies should look beyond race to academic qualifications, said the […]
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The Black & White World of Walter Plecker
The Black & White World of Walter Plecker The obsessions of a state bureaucrat have Virginia’s Native Americans struggling for their identity. by Warren Fiske http://www.styleweekly.com/ http://www.styleweekly.com/feature.asp Walter Ashby Plecker […]
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Accepting a multiracial society
Katie Cristal, writing for the Cavalier Daily, on “Accepting a multiracial society“: Why is it that conservative figures like Newt Gingrich, who long received 0 percent approval ratings on civil […]
Read moreFirst Community MAP Workshop!
FYI – forwarded from Mavin Foundation. From: Matt Kelley Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 12:17:42 -0700 Subj: First Community MAP Workshop! Hey everyone, Sorry for the late notice, but it’s […]
Read moreCreole Family Picnic
FOUNDATION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF CREOLE CULTURAL HERITAGE N E W S L E T T E R First Edition September 21, 2004 Creole Family Picnic – Sept. 5, 2004, […]
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“Melungeon” on Russian Web Site
A definition of “Melungeon” on a Russian web site. Anyone read Russian? http://www.rubricon.com/ann/americana/m/m16531.asp
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Japan Rewrites Its Manchuria Story
Japan Rewrites Its Manchuria Story The New York Times September 19, 2004 By HOWARD W. FRENCH In Japan, the romanticizing of the Manchurian occupation reflects an ascendant conservative view in […]
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