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  • Trevor Noah Blasts Ben Carson for Claiming President Obama Was ‘Raised White’

    Trevor Noah Blasts Ben Carson for Claiming President Obama Was ‘Raised White’ The Daily Beast 2016-02-25 Matt Wilstein, Entertainment Writer ‘The Daily Show’ host hits back at the low-in-the-polls neurosurgeon for claiming Obama can’t relate to the ‘experience of black Americans.’ Believe it or not, Ben Carson is still running for president. And this week,…

  • America Is Obsessed With Identity. Thanks, Obama?

    America Is Obsessed With Identity. Thanks, Obama? Code Switch: Frontiers of Race, Culture and Ethnicity National Public Radio 2016-02-17 Alicia Montgomery Annette Elizabeth Allen for NPR When Barack Obama won the presidency in 2008, there was a lot of talk about “The Obama Effect”: how the nation’s first black president signaled a new era of…

  • Michigan in Color: Authenticity

    In an article for the National Review late last year, senior editor Jonah Goldberg discussed the (now former) popularity of Ben Carson amongst the GOP. He said “ … most analysis of Carson’s popularity from pundits focuses on his likable personality and his sincere Christian faith. But it’s intriguingly rare to hear people talk about…

  • Fracture: Barack Obama, the Clintons, and the Racial Divide

    Fracture: Barack Obama, the Clintons, and the Racial Divide William Morrow (an imprint of HarperCollins) 2015-09-08 384 pages Trimsize: 6 in (w) x 9 in (h) x 1.21 in (d) Hardcover ISBN: 9780062305251 Paperback ISBN: 9780062305268 E-book ISBN: 9780062305275 Joy-Ann Reid Barack Obama’s speech on the Edmund Pettus Bridge to mark the fiftieth anniversary of…

  • This photo of Obama and a little visitor at a Black History Month celebration is remarkable

    This photo of Obama and a little visitor at a Black History Month celebration is remarkable The Washington Post 2016-02-20 Janell Ross Clark Reynolds, 3, is greeted by President Obama during a Black History Month Celebration held Feb.18, 2016, at the White House in Washington, D.C. (Pete Souza/White House) For 3-year-old Clark Reynolds, Thursday began…

  • I sat beside Obama at the Black Lives Matter meeting. This was no political show

    I sat beside Obama at the Black Lives Matter meeting. This was no political show The Guardian 2016-02-20 Brittany Packnett The author sits beside Barack Obama’s in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on 18 February. Photograph: Carolyn Kaster/AP Some political meetings devolve into theater. Not this one: we all spoke direct truth to…

  • The Black Presidency: Barack Obama and the Politics of Race in America

    The Black Presidency: Barack Obama and the Politics of Race in America Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2016-02-02 368 pages 6 x 1.2 x 9 inches Hardcover ISBN: 9780544387669 eBook ISBN: 9780544386426 Paperback ISBN: 9780544811805 Michael Eric Dyson, Professor of Sociology Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. Michael Eric Dyson explores the powerful, surprising way the politics of race…

  • Mixed-Race Youth and Schooling: The Fifth Minority

    Mixed-Race Youth and Schooling: The Fifth Minority Routledge 2016-02-26 256 pages 10 B/W Illus. Hardback ISBN: 978-1-13-802191-4 Paperback ISBN: 978-1-13-802193-8 Sandra Winn Tutwiler, Professor of Education Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas This timely, in-depth examination of the educational experiences and needs of mixed-race children (“the fifth minority”) focuses on the four contexts that primarily influence learning…

  • Black Lives Matter Activist Says Obama Meeting Was Positive

    Black Lives Matter Activist Says Obama Meeting Was Positive TIME 2016-02-18 Maya Rhodan WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 18: U.S. President Barack Obama (C) speaks about race relations while flanked by Brittany Packnett (L), and Rep. John Lewis (D-GA), in the Roosevelt Room at the White House, February 18, 2016 in Washington, DC. President Obama met…

  • Mixed marriages are changing the way we think about our race

    Mixed marriages are changing the way we think about our race The Washington Post 2016-02-17 Jeff Guo For all the talk about immigrants refusing to embrace American ways — a defining controversy of this GOP presidential race — the evidence has been scant. The National Academies of Sciences deflated most of the myths in a…