Here's a list of resources I consulted, but in the end didn't cite. Very many of these were thanks to Google Books, which hugely extended the reach of my research; in those cases I'll link directly to them.

btw, I've just finished (skim-) reading Anglo-Chinese Encounters since 1800: War, Trade, Science, and Governance by Wang Gungwen (Cambridge ( Read more... )

The mainstream press here have picked up on the online kerfuffle over KFC's cricket ad, which they've now withdrawn from TV. It must have boggled American minds: what critics see is a white guy, nervous to be surrounded by black people, placating them with fried chicken ( Read more... )

Fer yer interest: I've posted the links I bookmarked while writing the Time, Unincorporated essay over at kateorman - stuff on race and the Beeb, UK history, and US culture, especially the media representation of African American women ( Read more... )

First a moment of seriousness. A shocking statistic in Understanding White Privilege sent me hunting for information about high African American infant mortality, and the research which links the personal experience of racism to maternal stress and lower birthweights. You can find a series of postings about this via my melanin tag at kateorman.

( Torchwood 2009 SPOILERS )

There was only time to read one chapter of The Price of Racial Reconciliation by Ronald W. Walters before I have to take it back tomorrow, but what a chapter: "Barriers to Truth and Reconciliation in America". It wasn't so much that the ideas he presents are new to me, but that he brings together, with great clarity, a bunch of related ideas ( Read more... )

Racism: a very short introduction tipped me off to this: "Social audit studies, which test for discrimination by sending white and non-white applicants with additional qualifications, consistently find that employers are less likely to offer interviews or jobs to non-whites." (p 144 ( Read more... )