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Update

Many thanks to those of you who have followed this blog over the past few years! It’s been a little quiet around here recently, and that’s because I…

Post date 16th May 2018
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The Rules that Rachel Broke

If you have spent time on any social networking or news websites over the past week, in all likelihood you will already know that the Rachel referred to…

Post date 19th June 2015
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Dear White People… Where Can I Leave My Racial Baggage?

Last weekend I went to the cinema to see Justin Simien’s Dear White People, a hip satire on the theme of student “race” relations, set at a fictional Ivy League university in…

Post date 13th April 2015
Post author By Sarah Abel

The Divine Comedy of Liberal Good Intentions

This morning I was sent a slice of internet gold.* The story is of a white American couple, desperate to adopt a baby. An opportunity presents itself in a…

Post date 30th October 2014
Post author By Sarah Abel

What Is ‘Race’?

Last weekend I was asked to give a Community Perspectives talk for Black History Month in Birmingham, entitled Black Beneath the Skin? The idea was to present some themes that intersect with…

Post date 23rd October 2014
Post author By Sarah Abel

Still Holding Out for a Second Opinion: Carlos’s Story II

Back in March, I started a DNA experiment with five friends. I invited each of them to take a genetic ‘ancestry’ test – something that most of them had barely heard…

Post date 15th September 2014
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Nature, Nurture, and Mexicanidad: Tatiana’s Story II

Back in March, I started a DNA experiment with five friends. I invited each of them to take a genetic ‘ancestry’ test – something that most of them had barely heard…

Post date 8th September 2014
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Five DNA Tests, 100% Me, and Back to Square One

Back in March, I started a DNA experiment with five friends. I invited each of them to take a genetic ‘ancestry’ test – something that most of them had barely heard…

Post date 5th September 2014
Post author By Sarah Abel

A Mainer’s Portrait of a Melting Pot: Kate’s Story II

Back in March, I started a DNA experiment with five friends. I invited each of them to take a genetic ‘ancestry’ test – something that most of them had barely heard…

Post date 4th September 2014
Post author By Sarah Abel

Searching for Common Humanity in Dystopia: Evlondo’s Story II

Back in March, I started a DNA experiment with five friends. I invited each of them to take a genetic ‘ancestry’ test – something that most of them had barely heard…

Post date 3rd September 2014
Post author By Sarah Abel

On the Limits of Curiosity: Rodrigo’s Story II

Back in March, I started a DNA experiment with five friends. I invited each of them to take a genetic ‘ancestry’ test – something that most of them had barely heard…

Post date 2nd September 2014
Post author By Sarah Abel

Back to School

Things have been quiet on the blog front recently. This has mainly been for practical reasons: I moved back to Paris from Washington DC at the beginning of the summer,…

Post date 2nd September 2014
Post author By Sarah Abel

Ironies and Oburonis: Navigating Foreignness in Ghana

Ghana began on the plane. It was 1am on my connection from Casablanca to Accra, and I was sitting next to a sleepy-eyed toddler and his mother, who…

Post date 17th May 2014
Post author By Sarah Abel

Podcast: DNA Ancestry Testing and the Legacies of the Transatlantic Slave Trade

To listen again to my discussion with Bernice Bennett about my current study on the social impact of DNA ancestry testing in the Americas, as well as related research into the…

Post date 2nd May 2014
Post author By Sarah Abel