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ATR 57 – Is Barack Obama really black? – 01/29/2007

Carmen is joined by guest co-host Mat Johnson in this episode. Born and raised in Philly, Mat Johnson grew up in the Germantown and Mount Airy sections of the city. As an adult, he has lived elsewhere. His first novel, Drop, was a B&N Discover Great New Writers selection. His second novel, Hunting in Harlem, [...]

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ATR 56 – Asian outmarriage, race and genetics

Carmen is joined by guest co-host Jennifer Fang in this super-sized episode. Jennifer blogs at Reappropriate primarily about issues dealing with Asian American feminism and race activism. She is also the webmaster for APIABlogs.net, a syndicated blog of a number of political Asian American blogs.
First up is listener feedback. Then, Jenn, Carmen and sociologist C.N. [...]

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ATR 55 – Oprah on inner-city kids and Toys R Us immigration controversy – 01/15/2007

Carmen is joined by guest co-host Jae Ran Kim in this episode. Jae Ran is a writer, teacher and social worker. She was born in 1968 in South Korea and was adopted to Minnesota in 1971. Her most recent essay can be found in the new anthology “Outsiders Within: Racial Crossings and Adoption Politics.” [...]

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In case you missed it…

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
Every Friday afternoon we sum up the week’s best posts from New Demographic’s various projects. Here we go!
ANTI-RACIST PARENT
a blog for parents who are committed to raising children with an anti-racist outlook

Calling anti-racist white parents of white kids! I know that there are white parents of white kids who read this blog [...]

No episode this week

Hey everyone, I’m taking a break this week and will be back on Monday with a brand-new episode. Thanks!

In case you missed it…

by Carmen Van Kerckhove
Every Friday afternoon we sum up the week’s best posts from New Demographic’s various projects. But since I fell behind during the holidays, this post will include about two and a half weeks worth of items. Here we go!
ADDICTED TO RACE
a podcast about America’s obsession with race

Episode 52: Carmen is joined by [...]

ATR 54 – Yul’s win on Survivor, report on TV diversity – 01/01/2007 – Voicemail 206-203-3983 – addictedtorace@gmail.com

Carmen is joined by guest co-host Jennifer Fang in this episode. Jennifer blogs at Reappropriate primarily about issues dealing with Asian American feminism and race activism. She is also the webmaster for APIABlogs.net, a syndicated blog of a number of political Asian American blogs.
First up is listener feedback, including an announcement about the 2007 National [...]

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