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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Category: A.D. Powell
Links, summaries and snappy commentaries on news and media by author A.D. Powell.
Amount of Negro and Other Colored Blood Illegal in Various States for Marriage to Whites: 1929
Walter A. Plecker: Amount of Negro and Other Colored Blood Illegal in Various States for Marriage to Whites: 1929 Walter Ashby Plecker was the head of Virginia’s Bureau of Vital […]
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Racial “Handicaps” and a Great Sprint Forward
Racial “Handicaps” and a Great Sprint Forward The New York Times September 8, 2004 By JIM YARDLEY He is now nicknamed “the Yellow Bullet.” His gold medal is said to […]
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The American Indian Option
Is Tucker Carlson copying from Charles Michael Byrd? Racial Diversity at the RNC All week here at the Republican National Convention in New York, I have heard Republicans brag about […]
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Bridget McCain and the Woods versus Singh skin color issue
It is generally conceded that calling someone “black” when he or she does not identify as “black” is an insult. Only black ODR supporters and their allies try to confuse […]
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White Racial Identity, Racial Mixture, and the “One Drop Rule”
White Racial Identity, Racial Mixture, and the "One Drop Rule" by A.D. PowellSeptember-November 2004
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Lawsuit to proceed for Connerly’s group
Lawsuit to proceed for Connerly’s group The Fair Political Practices Commission can sue University of California Regent Ward Connerly’s American Civil Rights Coalition for failing to disclose its major financial […]
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The National Association for the Advancement of Caucasian Latinos (NAACL)
The National Association for the Advancement of Caucasian Latinos (NAACL) The History Before the “Hispanic” Era Sadly, most people born after the mid 1960’s would likely think that the Hispanic […]
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Hispanics and “Race”
Hispanics and “Race” Going Beyond Black And White, Hispanics In Census Pick ‘Other’ http://www.puertorico-herald.org/issues/2004/vol8n02/GoingBeyond.shtml Technical issues: measuring race among Hispanics http://mumford1.dyndns.org/cen2000/BlackLatinoReport/BlackLatino02.htm Race Divides Hispanics, Report Says http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A51282-2003Jul13?language=printer The National Association […]
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Interesting links on mixed-race issues
Taking a Closer Look at the “One Drop Rule”: An Interview with Frank Sweet http://mulattonationtimes.tripod.com/articles/OneDrop.htm Project R.A.C.E. http://www.projectrace.com/ Association of MultiEthnic Americans, Inc. http://www.ameasite.org/ Mavin Magazine http://www.mavinmag.com/ The Multiracial Activist […]
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