Category: Politics/Public Policy

  • Multiracial Identity for the Year 2000 Census C-SPAN 1998-05-30 Panelists discussed the federal government’s recent decision to allow individuals to define their race by more than one category on the 2000 census. They discussed the implications of this decision and its effect on areas such as social program funding and political representation. Panelists also answered media questions.…

  • Bill de Blasio and the Art of Political Image at… the Mermaid Parade The New York Times 2014-06-23 Vanessa Friedman, Chief Fashion Critic Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York with, from left, his son, Dante; his wife, Chirlane McCray; and his daughter, Chiara, at the Coney Island Mermaid Parade on Saturday. [Tina Fineberg/Associated Press]…

  • On My Upcoming Trip to Indian Country Indian Country Today Media Network 2014-06-05 Barack Obama, President of the United States Six years ago, I made my first trip to Indian country. I visited the Crow Nation in Montana—an experience I’ll never forget. I left with a new Crow name, an adoptive Crow family, and an…

  • An exciting, hugely revealing account of China’s burgeoning presence in Africa—a developing empire already shaping, and reshaping, the future of millions of people.

  •   “MUTT” at Impact Theatre—laughs, topic, and a great cast make it worth it Examinier.com 2014-05-12 John A. McMullen II Oakland Theater Examiner Sometimes a mediocre play jumps to life when you assemble an extraordinary cast with a primo director. Christopher Chen’s “MUTT” at Impact Theatre means to be sardonic and poignant. Some of the…

  •   Beyond the One-Drop Rule: Views of Obama’s Race and Voting Intention in 2008 Sociological Science Volume 1, March 2014 (2014-04-17) pages 70-80 DOI: 10.15195/v1.a6 Simon Cheng, Associate Professor of Sociology University of Connecticut David Weakliem, Professor of Sociology University of Connecticut We use data from a national survey of likely voters conducted before the 2008…

  • G.O.P. Hopeful Finds Tribal Tie Cuts Both Ways The New York Times 2014-05-03 Jonathan Martin, National Political Correspondent BARTLESVILLE, Okla. — T. W. Shannon will be Oklahoma’s first black senator if he wins the Republican nomination and is elected this November, but the quiet campaign stirring here about Mr. Shannon’s racial loyalties is not aimed…

  • On race, the US is not as improved as some would have us believe The Guardian 2014-04-20 Gary Younge Despite the legacy of civil rights, some doors remain firmly closed. And across the US, schools are resegregating At the march on Washington in August 1963, where Martin Luther King made his “I have a dream…

  • Witnesses to History: Children’s Views of Race and the 2008 United States Presidential Election Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy Volume 13, Issue 1 (December 2013) pages 186–210 DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-2415.2012.01303.x Meagan M. Patterson, Associate Professor of Psychology University of Kansas Erin Pahlke, Assistant Professor of Psychology Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington Rebecca S. Bigler,…

  • Barack Obama’s Warning to People of Mixed Heritage Eighth Generation 2014-01-22 Louie Gong Back in April 2005, a group of mixed people sponsored by the nonprofit MAVIN had the golden opportunity to sit down with the then-Senator Obama. The conversation, filmed as part of the feature length documentary “Chasing Daybreak,” may be the only interview…