Ukraine star seeks African roots BBC News Olga Betko from the BBC World Service writes about travelling to Nigeria with Ukraine’s famous television presenter Myroslav Kuvaldin in search of his […]
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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!
Jews as Multiracial Whites
EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK: Brando’s Jews July 9, 2004 The Forward is a major Jewish newspaper in New York City The death of Marlon Brando last week revived painful memories of the […]
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An African view of Obama
OBAMA: AN AUDACITY OF HOPE? Nigeriaworld by Rudolf Ogoo Okonkwo Jan Schakowsky, an Illinois Congress woman, recently visited the White House with a congressional delegation. Making her way out, she […]
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America’s label game misses diversity of race
America’s label game misses diversity of race: The term “African-American” does less to define blacks than divide communities. But some hope one man of mixed heritage can ease the tensions. […]
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A Cosby Makeover
August 02, 2004, 8:44 a.m. A Cosby Makeover: The NAACP should dedicate itself to more than just institutional preservation. By Ward Connerly When President George W. Bush declined to speak […]
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College restricts course section to minorities
College restricts course section to minorities By Valerie Richardson THE WASHINGTON TIMES Published August 3, 2004 DENVER — Students at the University of Colorado at Boulder can take the popular […]
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Breaking the Silence
Breaking the Silence The New York Times August 1, 2004 By HENRY LOUIS GATES JR. “Go into any inner-city neighborhood,” Barack Obama said in his keynote address to the Democratic […]
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An Appeal Beyond Race
An Appeal Beyond Race The New York Times August 1, 2004 By SCOTT L. MALCOMSON ON Tuesday, at about 9 p.m., Barack Obama was an Illinois state legislator running for […]
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Young Japanese-Americans Honor Ethnic Roots
Young Japanese-Americans Honor Ethnic Roots The New York Times August 2, 2004 By MIREYA NAVARRO The daughter of a Japanese-American mother and a white American father, Ms. Cherry, 24, said […]
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Oppression of Italians in Wartime U.S.
Thriller Draws on Oppression of Italians in Wartime U.S. The New York Times August 2, 2004 By BILL TONELLI A dying father summons his daughter, a lawyer, to reveal a […]
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