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  • U.S. ‘Not Cured’ of Racism, Obama Says, Citing Slavery’s Legacy

    U.S. ‘Not Cured’ of Racism, Obama Says, Citing Slavery’s Legacy The New York Times 2015-06-22 Michael D. Shear, White House Correspondent Christine Hauser, Reporter WASHINGTON — Just days after nine black parishioners were killed in a South Carolina church, President Obama said the legacy of slavery still “casts a long shadow” on American life, and…

  • An open letter to President Obama: This is a moral emergency

    An open letter to President Obama: This is a moral emergency Jewish Journal 2015-06-19 Todd Samuel Presner, Professor and Director, Alan D. Leve Center for Jewish Studies University of California, Los Angeles Dear President Barack Obama, I appreciate your comments on the “heartache and the sadness and the anger” that many Americans are feeling after…

  • Charleston and the Age of Obama

    Charleston and the Age of Obama The New Yorker 2015-06-19 David Remnick, Editor Between 1882 and 1968, the year Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated, three thousand four hundred and forty-six black men, women, and children were lynched in this country—a practice so vicious and frequent that Mark Twain was moved, in 1901, to write…

  • Study illuminates why multiracial Americans almost never call themselves white

    Study illuminates why multiracial Americans almost never call themselves white Vox 2015-06-15 Jenée Desmond-Harris Look up any article about President Obama that focuses on his role as the first black president. Go ahead, do it now. Scroll down to the comments. I promise you, you’ll find earnest inquiries asking why the president is considered black…

  • Obama’s Twitter Debut, @POTUS, Attracts Hate-Filled Posts

    Obama’s Twitter Debut, @POTUS, Attracts Hate-Filled Posts The New York Times 2015-05-21 Julie Hirschfeld Davis, White House Correspondent WASHINGTON — When President Obama sent his inaugural Twitter post from the Oval Office on Monday, the White House heralded the event with fanfare, posting a photograph of him perched on his desk tapping out his message…

  • Obama tweets, and a million follow: ‘It’s Barack. Really!’

    Obama tweets, and a million follow: ‘It’s Barack. Really!’ Reuters 2015-05-18 Roberta Rampton, White House Correspondent President Barack Obama sent his first tweet from his very own account on Twitter on Monday, quickly amassing a million followers in five hours, the latest of many White House efforts to amplify his message with social media. “Hello,…

  • In Twilight of Term, Obama Finds More Urgent Voice on Race

    In Twilight of Term, Obama Finds More Urgent Voice on Race Bloomberg News 2015-05-11 Mike Dorning, White House Correspondent Angela Greiling Keane, White House Correspondent Polls show racial polarization in the U.S. is at the highest in decades. With his time in office waning, President Obama is speaking out on race and poverty in increasingly…

  • The First Black President: Barack Obama, Race, Politics, and the American Dream

    “The First Black President” is a critical and passionate reflection on the political and historical implications of an Obama administration concerning the issue of race in America.

  • In Ferguson, Obama missed his chance to transcend race

    In Ferguson, Obama missed his chance to transcend race The Orlando Sentinal Orlando, Florida 2015-04-29 Charles Michael Byrd, Guest Columnist Pundits habitually wonder what happened to the post-racial America they believed Barack Obama’s election would herald. The president, however, has never indicated his willingness to lead the country out of the race-consciousness wilderness. Many thought…

  • President Obama Condemns Both the Baltimore Riots and the Nation’s ‘Slow-Rolling Crisis’

    President Obama Condemns Both the Baltimore Riots and the Nation’s ‘Slow-Rolling Crisis’ The New York Times 2015-04-28 Julie Hirschfeld Davis, White House Correspondent Matt Apuzzo WASHINGTON — President Obama responded with passion and frustration on Tuesday to the violence that has rocked Baltimore and other cities after the deaths of young black men in confrontations…