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Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Gender Essentialism & American Law: Why and How to Sever the Connection
By Tracy Thomas
Melina Constantine Bell, Gender Essentialism and American Law: Why and How to Sever the ConnectionAmerican law presumes that all persons are born either female or male, and rests a surprising number…
The Right Coast
You re just going to love Rachel Dolezal s new name « Hot Air
Nkechi Diallo? I m not even going to take a guess as to how that s pronounced but the translation is pretty clear. The meaning in Nigerian is apparently, gift…
ImmigrationProf Blog
From the Bookshelves: Mestizos Come Home! Making and Claiming Mexican American Identity By: Robert Con Davis-Undiano
Mestizos Come Home!Making and Claiming Mexican American IdentityBy Robert Con Davis-UndianoUruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano has described U.S. and Latin American culture as continually hobbled by amnesia—unable, or unwilling, to remember…
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A whole new Jew: The antisemite who turned out to be one of the Jews he despised – Diaspora – Jerusalem Post
Every Friday morning, Szegedi, an erstwhile anti-Semite who discovered he was a Jew by descent in 2012, comes to study with Oberlander to learn about Jews and Judaism for an…
The Right Coast
When Trump s America Doesn t Feel Like Home Anymore — Science of Us
But for Xavier Torres de Janon, 22, surrounding himself with like-minded people in the days after the election wasn t enough to shake the feeling that he no longer belonged…
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Why this man decided to become a goat | New York Post
But why did Thwaites want to become a goat?In 2014, the 33-year-old British freelance graphic designer was in debt, living with his father, and sending out résumés to no avail.…
Race and the Law Prof Blog
Professor Tanya Washington – Response to “A Progressive Defense of Respectability Politics” Online Symposium
In the respectability argument I hear echoes of Bill Cosby's criticism of black youth who wear saggy pants and speak Ebonics. He conveniently forgot the language used by the characters…
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People Who Identify as Vampires Shouldn’t Be Judged, Study Says | National Review Online
Most vampires believe they were born that way; they don t choose this, said Dr. D. J. Williams, the study s lead researcher and the director of sociology at Idaho…
ImmigrationProf Blog
At the Movies: “White People,” a documentary by Jose Antonio Vargas
Get More: MTV Shows“White People,” a groundbreaking documentary on race that aims to answer the question, “What does it mean to be white?” from the viewpoint of young white people…
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Woman Who Thought She Was Black Finds Out After 70 Years She s White « CBS Houston
CONVERSE, Texas (CBS Houston) A woman who thought she was black found out after 70 years that she was actually white.via houston.cbslocal.comShe looks kind of cross eyed in the photo.