The magic date for the Racial Privacy Initiative is October 7, 2003. This idea has been in the planning stages since November 1998. The anticipation is almost too much to […]
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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!
Watching You, Tagging You, Bagging You
Robert O’Harrow, Jr. of The Washington Post on Surveillance Proposal Expanded – CAPPS II Would Look At More Air Passengers: A passenger-screening system designed to help capture terrorists could also […]
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RPI To Be Decided 10/7/2003
I received the attached press release update on the RPI. We’ll begin the process of removing these vile tools of the slave trade yet: To: From: “Diane Schachterle” Subj: Press […]
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RPI Opponents Get Desparate
Katherine Corcoran of The Mercury News on Ballot measure name dispute: The battle over the so-called racial privacy initiative on the Oct. 7 recall ballot has already started — with […]
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Race-based medicine sparks debate
Race-based medicine sparks debate MSNBC.com In a country that calls itself a melting pot, some researchers say its critical to categorize people by race for some biomedical research — and […]
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NAACP and Old Times
Max Sawicky on GROVELING BEFORE THE NAACP: the NAACP is living in a dream world. The dream is that they provide much in the way of organizational leadership and mobilization […]
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Interviews of Interracial Families
Hello all. My name is Dr. George Yancey. I am an Associate Professor at the University of North Texas. I have just recieved a small grant that will allow me […]
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White Hemings Descendants embrace “one drop”
A Family Get-Together of Historic Proportions The New York Times July 14, 2003 By JAMES DAO Madison Hemings and his siblings were so light-skinned that they were able to blend […]
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Letter to the Editor: Defining Race, a Thorny Issue
Letter to the Editor: Defining Race, a Thorny Issueby Robert Schwartz, M.D. (The New York Times)http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/13/opinion/L13RACE.html (July 13, 2003)
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Wrong Way To Go
The Denver Post on Indian trust vote disgraceful: In the 21st century, Congress should treat American Indians with honesty and respect. Instead, a U.S. House panel took a leap backward […]
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