"dancing with two left legs, two right legs, two wooden legs, two wire legs, two spring legs - all sorts of legs and no legs - what is this to him?"

great. Could benefit from scaling geographies by population.

on white gentrification in black neighborhoods

Set of interactive maps on urban change in St Louis.

"I’ve heard from 2 different friends with very young children being raised in, ahem, more homogeneous areas of the country who have taken to calling any black strangers Obama."

Mixed black/white/Indian groups in Appalachia. aka tri-racial isolate. Both possibly offensive terms. Also mix of unwritten history and fabulous myth

The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson and the Comedy of Those Extraordinary Twins. text and commentary

This American Life TV show clip. Chicago style hot dogs with racial epiphets. Brie is right, Lincoln Park blows. (the dogs are good, tho)

Yes, virginia, race is a social construct.

Short version: Two of Obama's white ancestors owned slaves, so he's not actually black. Up next: Hillary's not a woman, Edward's not white, and Kerry's still not a veteran. (oh &: AAARRRGGGHHHH) (good response by the Obama campaign, tho)

On the continued/ing practice of segregation.

Ed Dept to allow multiple box-check; will lump '2 or more' together.(32 possible categories under the rules) “It provides them with visibility of students’ mixed heritage, but it renders their specific heritage invisible" {Census 2000: 2.5% chose 2+

"AAVE is often erroneously perceived by by the [white racist establishment] as indicating low intelligence or educational attainment."

"Go back 120 generations (~1000 BCE). Your ancestors include everyone in the world who has descendants living today." (est world pop in 1000BCE = 50m)

"Beulah's usual opening line, "Somebody bawl fo' Beulah??", often provoked a stunned, screeching sort of laughter among the audience; many of whom did not know that Beulah was voiced by a white man rather than an African-American woman."

art proj exploring the cultural & historical landscape of IL/ the USA. Focus on Amer. Indian histories & appropriation of. rilly great.

South'n Rightwingers love racial admixture tests! Blame one-drop rule on NAT TURNER. goal: end (NONwhite) 'race.' wack(y)!: "Backintyme portrays living history at the Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center."

prison & military towns