Date: Sunday, June 23, 2002 4:34 PM From: A.D. Powell Subject: "One drop" on PBS The recent PBS program on blood, "Red Gold," describes Dr. Charles Drew as "African American" […]
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Links, summaries and snappy commentaries on news and media by author A.D. Powell.
Study examines Melungeon heredity
Date: Sunday, June 23, 2002 2:34 PM From: A.D. Powell Subject: KnoxNews: A.D. Powell suggests you read this. More and more Southern "whites" are acknowledging mixed ancestry. The Melungeons are […]
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Race and Place in Global Perspective Conference
Date: Thursday, February 28, 2002 1:32 AMFrom: A.D. PowellSubject: Race and Place in Global Perspective Conference The History Department at the University of Alabama is pleased to present “Race and […]
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McDonald’s endorses hypodescent
Date: Thursday, February 28, 2002 1:11 AMFrom: A.D. PowellSubject: McDonald’s endorses hypodescent McDonald’s, in its misguided attempt to be a good liberal corporate citizen, is promoting a web site for […]
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The Nation makes a hero of Huey Freeman
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 08:38:25 -0800 (PST)From: A.D. PowellSubject: “The Nation” makes a “hero” of “Huey Freeman” The January 28 edition of the liberal weekly magazine, “The Nation” has […]
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Schools can take diversity too far
Schools can take diversity too far
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FrontPage Magazine: Are You a Hate Criminal?
Date: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 2:01 AMFrom: A.D. PowellSubject: FrontPage Magazine | Are You a Hate Criminal? Richard Poe – Are You a Hate Criminal?
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Promotion tests MBTA race policy
Here's another "white" guy who is declaring himself "black" for affirmative action goodies. However, this time neither "blacks" nor "whites" are supportive of him. Promotion tests MBTA race policy
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Research Projects on “Race”
It seems that the vast majority of the scholars who want to study "interracial" people or relationships do not challenge official definitions of "interracial." Scholars, try researching these topics for […]
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STI News: The man who would be white
This author has no European ancestry at all and he's turning up his nose at Anatole Broyard – calling him a "black" who lived "a lie" and "passed himself off […]
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