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Civil-rights scholar john powell rethinks notions of race for the 21st century in a recently published essay collection, Racing to Justice. In a Q&A with the NewsCenter, powell discusses the book and his ambitious vision for the Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society, which he heads at Berkeley.
Tag: race
New book marks 25th anniversary of classic on race, ethnicity
September 28, 2012:
First published in 1986, Racial Formation in the United States is considered a classic in the literature on race and ethnicity. UC Press has just published Racial Formation in the 21st Century. The new book marks the 25th anniversary of the seminal work by Michael Omi, professor of ethnic studies at Berkeley, and Professor Howard Winant of UC Santa Barbara.
African Americans are more apt to blog than whites and Latinos
April 4, 2012:
The blogging community is more racially diverse than one might think. Internet-connected African Americans are more likely to blog than their white and Hispanic counterparts, according to new research from UC Berkeley.
Goldman School students organize race and policy symposium
April 15, 2011:
A symposium on race and policy will be held next Wednesday (April 20) at UC Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy, focusing on the ways that racism has been institutionalized through public policy and law and how such barriers might be eliminated.
In online dating, blacks more open to romancing whites than vice versa
February 11, 2011:
Has Valentine’s Day become post-racial? Not yet, it seems. New research from UC Berkeley suggests that when it comes to dating, cyberspace is as segregated as the real world. Data gathered from more than 1 million profiles of singles looking for love online show that whites overwhelmingly prefer to date members of their own race, while blacks, especially men, are far more likely to cross the race barrier in hopes of being struck by Cupid’s arrow. (With video)
Immigration studies thrive at Berkeley
December 16, 2010:
Scholarship on the intersection of migration, race, citizenship, and politics has grown rapidly at Berkeley in recent years, along with the demographics of the student population. Faculty member Irene Bloemraad, a sociologist specializing in immigration studies, recently co-led a team of student researchers — to discover whether and how children of immigrants teach their parents about the U.S. political system.
‘Philadelphia Stories’: Exploring literature of race and freedom in early Philadelphia
December 13, 2010:
Antebellum Philadelphia, at the border between North and South, was home to a large and influential “free” African American community, and was viewed as a laboratory in which the possibilities of a future without slavery could be tested. The Townsend Center’s Humanities Lab this month features Philadelphia Stories: Americas Literature of Race and Freedom by Samuel Otter, professor of English at Berkeley.
