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Notions of race

Eric Schickler (UC-Berkeley): New Deal Liberalism and Racial Liberalism in the Mass Public, 1937–1968. Meera E. Deo (Thomas Jefferson): Separate, Unequal, and Seeking Support. Kimani Paul-Emile (Fordham): The Regulation of Race in Science. W. Ralph Eubanks on how DNA ancestry testing can turn our notions of race and ethnicity upside down. Thomas Sowell on intellectuals and race: There is nothing unusual about different racial and ethnic groups having different achievements (and part 2 and part 3 and part 4). Jamelle Bouie on making (and dismantling) racism: Racism was built with policy as much as it was with prejudice. Can an honest conversation about race be inoffensive? The larger the group, the smaller the chance of forming interracial friendships, a new study shows. David Rose on the 5 weirdest things that can cause you to be more racist.