Category: Politics/Public Policy

  • Chosen by Mississippi Democrats, Shy Trucker Is at a Crossroad The New York Times 2015-09-07 Campbell Robertson, Southern Correspondent Robert Gray (Photo source: WLBT-TV) JACKSON, Miss. — Only three people who had ever met this man, Robert Gray, knew that he was running in the primary for governor of Mississippi. There were the two volunteers…

  • The post-racial illusion: racial politics and inequality in the age of Obama Revue de Recherche en Civilisation Américaine Number 3 (March 2012): Post-racial America? Olivier Richomme l’université de Lyon II-Lumière Contents 1. The 2008 election as an exception a-The circumstances b-A post-racial election? 2. The state of the racial divide a-Economic well-being b-Health c-Housing d-Education…

  • Barack Obama and the Third Wave: the syntaxes of whiteness and articulating difference in the post-identity era Politics, Groups, and Identities Volume 2, Issue 4, 2014 pages 573-588 DOI: 10.1080/21565503.2014.969739 Melanye T. Price, Assistant Professor Africana Studies and Political Science Departments Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Emerging critiques of Third Wave Feminism and…

  • Politics, Opinion and Reality in Black and White: Conceptualizing Postracialism at the Beginning of the 21st Century Revue de Recherche en Civilisation Américaine Number 3 (March 2012): Post-racial America? Lisa Veroni-Paccher, MCF, Civilisation américaine Université Bordeaux Montaigne With the election of the first black president, commentators and pundits said that Americans could now believe that…

  • The Politics of Race and Class in the Age of Obama Revue de Recherche en Civilisation Américaine Number 3 (March 2012): Post-racial America? Myra Mendible, Professor of English and Department Chair for Language and Literature Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, Florida This essay explores the revival and misappropriation of identity politics in the age…

  • In Conversation: Quentin Tarantino Vulture 2015-08-23 Lane Brown, Culture Editor Midway through postproduction on his eighth movie, the Western THE HATEFUL EIGHT — about a band of outlaws trapped in a saloon during a blizzard — the director discusses the country’s legacy of white supremacy, Obama, and why he doesn’t worry about a Transformers future.…

  • Conservatives Are Missing the Point of Black Lives Matter The Atlantic 2015-08-26 Adrienne Green, Editorial Fellow Courtesy of Shaun King Those that questioned Shaun King about his race think that it’s relevant to the movement. They’re wrong. Shaun King, a prominent figure in the Black Lives Matter movement, responded last week to accusations published by…

  • In “Wrongs of the Right,” Matthew W. Hughey and Gregory S. Parks set postracial claims into relief against a background of pre- and post-election racial animus directed at Obama, his administration, and African Americans.

  • Hispanic Or Latino? A Guide For The U.S. Presidential Campaign National Public Radio 2015-08-27 Lulu Garcia-Navarro, South America Correspondent My parents are Cuban and Panamanian. I grew up in Miami. I travel broadly in Latin America but reside in Brazil, which speaks Portuguese, not Spanish. So what am I? This may seem an irrelevant question…

  • The Race Draft Fails, Again Ebony 2015-08-26 Damon Young, Writer (left) Barack Obama, Mariah Carey and Shawn King Damon Young says a recent campaign questioning Shaun King’s ethnicity is the latest in a string of attempts to take good Blacks out the gene pool We should have seen it coming. All the signs were there.…