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  • Obama’s census mark reveals race views

    Obama’s census mark reveals race views The Washington Times 2010-04-30 Joseph Curl America’s first black president has deliberately shied away from spurring a national discussion on race, most recently by checking only “African-American” on his U.S. census form without offering a word of explanation about his choice. The studied silence from the bully pulpit held…

  • Stop the finger-wagging about Obama’s Census form

    Stop the finger-wagging about Obama’s Census form The Washington Post 2010-04-29 Kevin Huffman It’s tough being president. In the last year, pretty much every constituency has expressed disappointment in some facet of Barack Obama’s work or play. Now, apparently, the president is even letting down biracial children with his choice of Census categories. Elizabeth Chang…

  • Why Obama should not have checked ‘black’ on his census form

    Why Obama should not have checked ‘black’ on his census form The Washington Post 2010-04-29 Elizabeth Chang, Sunday Magazine Editor I have always considered Barack Obama to be biracial, and I had hoped that his election would help our country move beyond the tired concept of race. Unfortunately, the president is not getting with my…

  • Obama Makes It Official: He’s African-American

    Obama Makes It Official: He’s African-American The Huffington Post 2010-04-05 Earl Ofari Hutchinson, Political Analyst and Social Issues Commentator President Obama unequivocally and unhesitatingly made it official: he’s African-American. That may sound silly and facile to say that but his checking the box “African-American” on his census form did two things. It made meaningless the…

  • Chosing Racial Sides… American Society Forces Its Children To Make Tough Choices

    Chosing Racial Sides… American Society Forces Its Children To Make Tough Choices USARiseUp.com 2010-02-20 Cassandra Franklin-Barbajosa When Jolanda Williams looks in a mirror, the image she sees is a warm peach complexion framed in dark silky hair, high cheekbones beneath almond eyes, and full lips that slip into an easy, radiant smile. She has a…

  • Everyday Practice of Race in America: Ambiguous Privilege

    Everyday Practice of Race in America: Ambiguous Privilege Routledge 2010-04-13 128 pages Hardback ISBN: 978-0-203-85266-8 Paperback ISBN: 978-0-415-78055-1 E-Book ISBN: 978-0-203-85266-8 Utz McKnight, Assistant Professor of Political Science University of Alabama An original contribution to political theory and cultural studies this work argues for a reinterpretation of how race is described in US society. McKnight…

  • For some, question #9 is number one

    For some, question #9 is number one Nguoi Viet 2 Online 2010-04-02 Denise L. Poon LASpot.Us When she fills out her 2010 Census form, Mei-Ling Malone is looking forward to answering Question #9 “the race question.” She’s adamant about documenting her multiracial background. Malone, who studied multiracial politics at UC Irvine and is now pursuing…

  • The controversial connection between race, genetics and medicine

    The controversial connection between race, genetics and medicine Minnesota Public Radio News Midmorning Broadcast: 2010-02-03, 09:06 CST Kerri Miller, Host Dorothy Roberts, George A. Weiss University Professor of Law and Sociology; Raymond Pace and Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander Professor of Civil Rights University of Pennsylvania David Goldstein, Professor of Genetics and Director of the Institute…

  • Audio: History professor discusses census

    Audio: History professor discusses census The Daily Collegian Published Independently by the students at Penn State 2010-04-09 Eddie Lau Interview with Grace Delgado, Assistant Professor of History Pennsylvania State University Associate Professor of History Grace Delgado, who specializes in Chicano history, said the U.S. census is not sensitive enough to mix-raced residents. She said having…

  • Black by Choice

    Black by Choice The Nation 2010-04-15 Melissa Harris-Lacewell, Associate Professor of Politics and African American Studies Princeton University The first black president has created a definitional crisis for whiteness. President Obama created a bit of a stir in early April when he completed his Census form. In response to the question about racial identity the…