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  • Outspoken about Ferguson, Jesse Williams may be this generation’s Harry Belafonte

    Outspoken about Ferguson, Jesse Williams may be this generation’s Harry Belafonte The Washington Post 2014-08-20 Soraya Nadia McDonald Harry Belafonte, left. (NBC via AP) Jesse Williams, right. (Christian Alminana/AP) There are many ways to get celebrity activism wrong when it comes to a situation like the one that has emerged in Ferguson, Mo. Appearing to…

  • Sleeping with the enemy

    Sleeping with the enemy Sick Chickens: A blog for enthusiasts of American history and politics 2014-12-23 James Owen Heath, PhD Candidate University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom I have never been struck by the intelligence of Jon Stewart’s remarks in the past but I have to agree with him that it is indeed possible to…

  • Researchers have been thinking about race all wrong

    Researchers have been thinking about race all wrong Vox 2014-12-15 Jenée Desmond-Harris Studies on race are a dime a dozen: researchers examine its relationship to everything from elementary school test scores to who’s most likely to develop diabetes to which groups are overrepresented in ethnic militias to who Americans vote for, and we read about…

  • Race as a ‘Bundle of Sticks’: Designs that Estimate Effects of Seemingly Immutable Characteristics

    Race as a ‘Bundle of Sticks’: Designs that Estimate Effects of Seemingly Immutable Characteristics Annual Review of Political Science Number 19 (2016) 2014-10-05 49 pages Maya Sen, Assistant Professor Harvard Kennedy School Harvard University Omar Wasow, Assistant Professor Department of Politics Princeton University Although understanding the role of race, ethnicity, and identity is central to…

  • CNN’s Candy Crowley interviews President Barack Obama

    CNN’s Candy Crowley interviews President Barack Obama Cable News Network (CNN) 2014-12-21 For his last interview of the year, President Obama sat down, exclusively, with CNN’s Candy Crowley to discuss North Korea’s cyber-attack on Sony Pictures, normalizing relations with Cuba, Russia, Iran, race relations in America and Guantanamo Bay. The interview aired Sunday, December 21st,…

  • ‘I move back and forth between the racial divides’: President Obama opens up on his mixed-race background and says it helps him recognize that most Americans have good intentions

    ‘I move back and forth between the racial divides’: President Obama opens up on his mixed-race background and says it helps him recognize that most Americans have good intentions The Daily Mail London, United Kingdom 2014-12-21 Francesca Chambers, Political Reporter ‘There’s no doubt that…I move back and forth between the racial divides,’ Obama told CNN…

  • Obama’s message of hope and change is all but lost amid the chaos of Ferguson

    Obama’s message of hope and change is all but lost amid the chaos of Ferguson The Guardian 2014-08-22 Patricia Williams, James L. Dohr Professor of Law Columbia University, New York, New York The president is being pressed to take sides in a personal, political and structural tragedy in a divided nation In 2008, the year…

  • Anti-intellectualism is taking over the US

    Anti-intellectualism is taking over the US The Guardian 2012-05-18 Patricia Williams, James L. Dohr Professor of Law Columbia University, New York, New York The rise in academic book bannings and firings is compounded by the US’s growing disregard for scholarship itself Recently, I found out that my work is mentioned in a book that has…

  • The Obamas: How We Deal with Our Own Racist Experiences

    The Obamas: How We Deal with Our Own Racist Experiences People Magazine 2014-12-17 Sandra Sobieraj Westfall Barack and Michelle Obama (Gillian Laub) The Obamas open up about raising their daughters, the impact of stereotypes, and what’s on the POTUS dance party playlist. The protective bubble that comes with the presidency – the armored limo, the…

  • We Named Our Son Lincoln: A Testimony Against Racial Injustice

    We Named Our Son Lincoln: A Testimony Against Racial Injustice ChicagoNow: The Family Table Chicago, Illinois 2014-12-08 Amy Negussie Lincoln Park, Chicago I have been debating writing about race & Ferguson the few weeks since the announcement was made that Darren Wilson was not indicted. Then came the further blow of the Eric Gardner case.…