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Authors: Lawrence Hill

Inuit,
200
,
203
,
205
,
213
; Supreme Court case involving,
207

iron,
18
,
24
,
68

Islam,
24
,
26
,
38
,
142
; honour killings of,
81
; in Spain/Iberian Peninsula,
225
,
266
,
288
,
313

“Jack and the Beanstalk,”
250

Jama, Saeed,
176

James (the Greater), Saint,
269

James, Bridie, and Martin Daly,
81

Japan: atomic bombing of,
91
; and attack on Pearl Harbor,
102
,
174
; ritual suicide in,
79
; stem cell clinical trial in,
97

Japanese-Canadians, internment/deportation of,
174

Jefferson, Thomas, and relationship with Sally Hemings,
303
; children born of,
303
,
306
,
307
;
DNA
proof of,
303
,
308
; and Jefferson's anti-slavery stance,
305
; journalist's exposure of,
304

Jeruchim, Simon,
291

Jesus Christ,
11
,
142

Jews: as accused of killing Christians,
265
,
271
; as allowed Israeli citizenship,
173
; “blood purity” of,
154
,
264
,
265
,
288
,
313
; Catholic/Spanish persecution of,
225
,
265
,
313
; as converted to Judaism,
155
; as converting to Christianity,
267
; as Holocaust victims,
229
,
270
; identity of,
152
; matrilineal ancestry of,
152
,
155
; “passing” as black,
287
; “passing” to survive Holocaust,
155
,
289
,
294
; Shylock's case for,
63
.
See also
Judaism

Johns Hopkins University and Hospital,
105

Johnson, Ben,
120
,
130
,
132
; Olympic victory of,
120
,
123
; public shaming of,
121
,
123
; steroid use by,
120
,
123

Johnson, Ira,
301

Jones, Isabella,
301

Jordan, Marc,
149

Juana, Sor (Juana Inés de la Cruz),
235
;
Answer
of,
236
,
237
,
238
; background of,
236
; Catholic Church persecution of,
235
,
238
; and life of letters,
235
,
237
; Paz as biographer of,
235
,
237
,
238
; as poet/playwright,
235
,
237
; and renunciation signed in blood,
235
,
239
; on Spanish Inquisition,
265
; translations of poems by,
237
; as victim of plague,
235
,
239

Judaism,
26
,
84
,
221
; conversion to,
155
; matrilineal ancestry of,
152
,
155
; and menstruation,
39
,
234
; Passover story/tradition of,
11
,
63
.
See also
Jews

Judith and Holofernes,
84
.
See also
Gentileschi, Artemisia

Justice, Daniel Heath,
199

Kahnawake (Québec),
211

kamikaze
pilots,
79

Katzew, Ilona:
Casta Painting
,
188

Keino, Kipchoge,
71

Kennedy, Edward M. (Ted),
149

Kennedy, John F.,
149

Kennedy, Robert F. (Bobby),
149

kidney dialysis,
46
,
58

Kiernan, Ben,
271

Kim Duk-Koo,
246

Kim Il-sung,
150

Kim Jong-il,
150

Kim Jong-un,
150

Kimelman, Edwin,
160
,
161

King, Martin Luther, Jr.,
106

Kleinman, Lida (later Lidia Siciarz),
291

Kobler, William,
114

Koch, Robert,
24

Komagata Maru
incident,
182

Korean War,
33

Kramer, Heinrich:
Malleus Maleficarum
(
The Hammer of Witches
),
226

Krever, Horace, and Commission of Inquiry on the Blood System in Canada,
108

Ku Klux Klan,
301

Landis, Floyd,
116
,
129

Landsteiner, Karl,
31
,
98

Last Supper,
11
,
142

Lawson, Cheryl,
54

leeches, use of,
24

Le Franc, Martin:
Le Champion des Dames
,
225

Lemkin, Raphael,
271

Lennon, John,
149

Lennon, Julian,
149

leukemia,
46
,
90
,
315

leukocytes.
See
white blood cells

Levêque, Auguste:
Bacchanalia
,
223

Leviticus, Book of,
26
,
39
,
234
,
266

Lewis, Carl,
120

Lilith (Judaic demoness),
221

Lilitu (Sumerian demoness),
221

Lincoln University (Pennsylvania),
146

literature: author's career in/works of,
144
,
193
,
277
; “blood purity” theme in,
260
,
262
,
265
; and rhythm of poetry/writing,
12
,
64
,
234
; vampires in,
260
; witches in,
227

Livy,
224

Logan, Lara,
220

London, Jack:
The Call of the Wild
,
244

Louis
XVI
,
255

Louis, Joe,
70

Love, Spencie,
101
,
104

Lown, Bernard,
105

lymphocytes,
15

lymphomas,
46
,
90

Macbeth
(Shakespeare),
282
,
284
,
285

Mackenzie, Ian,
175

Macklin, Audrey,
173
,
177

Madison, Dolley,
306

Madison, James,
306

maenads,
223
,
239

Maimonides,
26

malaria,
47
,
314

Malleus Maleficarum
(Kramer),
226

Malmström, August:
Örvar Odd Informs Ingeborg about Hjalmar's Death
,
166

Mancini, Ray,
246

Manitoba Act,
201

Marie Antoinette,
255

Marius, Raymonde,
53

Martel, Émile:
Écrits profanes: un choix de textes
(translations of poems by Sor Juana),
237

MASH
(Mobile Army Surgical Hospital) units,
33

Mauroy, Antoine,
30

Mayo Clinic,
101

McBride, James:
The Color of Water
,
287

McCarty, Luther,
246

McClintock, Martha,
38

McCulloch, Ernest,
94

McPherson, Tara:
Lilitu
,
222

McPhillips, Albert E.,
183

Medea,
82

megakaryocytes,
16
.
See also
platelets

Mengele, Josef,
229

menstruation,
34
,
142
,
234
; bloodletting and,
25
; as “Curse,”
40
; and lack of cleanliness/purity,
38
,
42
; men and,
40
; poetry slam on,
37
; as proof of inferiority,
36
; as religious taboo,
38
,
234
; safe/effective products for,
42
; synchrony of,
38

The Merchant of Venice
(Shakespeare),
63

Merlet, Agnes:
Artemisia
,
85

Meslin, Eric M.,
25

Métis,
200
; census racialization of,
200
; as considered “half-breeds,”
200
; as defined by blood quantum,
204
; distinct culture/language of,
206
,
212
; and Powley hunting rights case,
203
; and removal/adoption of children,
160
; Riel on proper description of,
201
; as ruled to be “Indians,”
212

Mexico, caste system of,
187
;
casta
paintings of,
188

Meyer, Stephenie,
260

Miles for Millions (walkathon),
71
,
73

Milne, A. A.: “Disobedience,”
13

miscegenation,
188
,
195
; Hitler on,
288
; Jefferson on,
305
,
306

Missouri v. McNeely
(U.S. case),
233

mitochondrial
DNA
,
311

mixed-race people, definition/categorization of,
187
; African ancestry and,
191
,
195
; American Indians and,
195
; under apartheid system,
191
,
193
; author's family and,
3
,
12
,
135
,
186
,
188
; in Canadian census,
199
; First Nations and,
200
,
206
,
207
; Inuit and,
207
; as irrelevant for Aboriginal peoples,
199
,
200
,
206
,
310
; as irrelevant to humanity,
207
,
213
; in Latin American dictionary,
192
; Métis and,
200
,
212
; Mexican caste system and,
187
; Obama and,
213
; and “one-drop” rule,
192
,
213
; terminology of,
144
,
187
,
299
,
307
; Thurmond and,
194

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