Craig Venter claimed, proves that race is a "social concept, not a scientific one." But as Nell Irvin Painter explains in "The History of White People," her exhaustive and fascinating new look at ...

and Scandinavian races being white, does that imply that these races belong to the Aryan race? The old theory concerning the origin of the European races was based upon certain linguistic ...

laws have struggled with the rights of people of mixed race. But in her new book, The History of White People, historian Nell Irvin Painter explores the concept of whiteness — and explains how ...

A series of musical animations, chronicling diverse experiences of how race has helped shape American culture. These shorts provide insight into the unique lived experiences of historical figures ...

Is it one race of people? Were people defined as "white" hundreds of years ago? In her new book, "The History of White People," author Nell Irvin Painter tells the story of what she considers a ...

WORLD Channel, in partnership with PBS’ Independent Lens, presents a new animated musical series about America’s reckoning with race and injustice. The History Of White People In America takes the ...

The suits before the court involve race-based admissions ... Here is a brief history of the laws and practices that created affirmative action for white people. While waiting for his government ...

To close out Black History Month, we decided to dispel some of the mythology around white history by explaining exactly how Black people built ... on the basis of race or former servitude.” ...