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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Category: A.D. Powell
Links, summaries and snappy commentaries on news and media by author A.D. Powell.
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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Hispanics Resist Racial Grouping by Census
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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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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