Category: Politics/Public Policy

  • No longer your father’s electorate The Los Angeles Times 2012-11-08 Paul West, Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — Even more than the election that made Barack Obama the first black president, the one that returned him to office sent an unmistakable signal that the hegemony of the straight white male in America is over. The long drive…

  • Eric Garcetti invokes Latino-Jewish ancestry in mayor’s race The Los Angeles Times 2013-01-02 Michael Finnegan Working a recent breakfast gathering of business owners in Northridge, Los Angeles mayoral contender Eric Garcetti introduced himself in Hindi when a Sikh businessman approached. A few hours later, Garcetti donned a colorful Peruvian headpiece with ear flaps as he…

  • In a 1943 letter to local registrars, clerks, and legislators, Plecker asserted, “[T]here does not exist today a descendant of Virginia ancestors claiming to be an Indian who is unmixed with negro blood.”

  • The Election of Barack Obama: How He Won Palgrave Macmillan August 2010 178 pages DOI: 10.1057/9780230111790 ebook ISBN: 9780230111790 Paperback ISBN: 9780230103511 Hardback ISBN: 9780230314603 Baodong Liu, Associate Professor of Political Science University of Utah This book examines the historical election of Barack Obama as the first African-American president from the perspective of racial relations.…

  • Political Attitudes and Ideologies of Multiracial Americans: The Implications of Mixed Race in the United States Political Research Quarterly Volume 61, Number 2 (2008) pp. 253-267 DOI: 10.1177/1065912907313209 Natalie Masuoka, Assistant Professor of Political Science Tufts University A contemporary rise in multiracial self-identification provokes a number of questions about the significance that this racial identity…

  • Is There Colorism on the Campaign Trail? The Root 2012-12-13 Keli Goff, Political Correspondent Experts weighed in on when skin tone matters in politics and society. (The Root) — The latest installment of CNN’s docuseries Black in America asked the question “Who Is Black in America?” and examined the issue of colorism: bias based not…

  • Olsen: A multiracial, multiethnic future Salt Lake Tribune Salt Lake City, Utah 2012-12-28 Erica Olsen Recent political analysis has focused on the decline of the white vote, and a corresponding rise in the number of minority voters. According to exit polls in November, President Barack Obama won the votes of about 93 percent of African…

  • Inter-Marriage of Whites and Negroes Less Common than Formerly—The Plan of Despotism a Failure—Progress of the Colored Race.

  • On adoption, race does matter The Guardian 2012-12-21 Oona King Like Michael Gove, I used to believe a loving family was all. But I’ve heard from too many black adoptees who are struggling with their identity “My social worker is racist,” said a softly-spoken 10-year-old white boy. “She says I shouldn’t stay with my foster…

  • Medicating Race: Heart Disease and Durable Preoccupations with Difference Duke University Press October 2012 280 pages 5 illustrations Paperback ISBN: 978-0-8223-5344-7 Cloth ISBN: 978-0-8223-5329-4 Anne Pollock, Assistant Professor of Science, Technology and Culture Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia In Medicating Race, Anne Pollock traces the intersecting discourses of race, pharmaceuticals, and heart disease in…