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  • Race and the Obama Phenomenon: The Vision of a More Perfect Multiracial Union

    Race and the Obama Phenomenon: The Vision of a More Perfect Multiracial Union University Press of Mississippi 2014-07-17 432 pages 6 X 9 inches 3 B&W photographs Hardcover ISBN: 9781628460216 Edited by: G. Reginald Daniel, Professor of Sociology University of California, Santa Barbara Hettie V. Williams, Lecturer of African American History Monmouth University, West Long…

  • Attorney General Holder is right: Racial animus plays role in Obama opposition

    Attorney General Holder is right: Racial animus plays role in Obama opposition Southern Poverty Law Center 2014-07-16 Morris Dees, Founder, Chief Trial Attorney Right-wing pundits are jumping all over Attorney General Eric Holder for daring to suggest on Sunday that “racial animus” plays a role in the “level of vehemence” that’s been directed at President…

  • On My Upcoming Trip to Indian Country

    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…

  • Beyond the One-Drop Rule: Views of Obama’s Race and Voting Intention in 2008

      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…

  • Witnesses to History: Children’s Views of Race and the 2008 United States Presidential Election

    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

    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…

  • Americans Say Obama’s Not Black? How Pew Got This Wrong

    Americans Say Obama’s Not Black? How Pew Got This Wrong The Root 2014-04-14 Jenée Desmond-Harris, Senior Staff Writer and White House Correspondent Saying “Yes, Obama is mixed race” is not the same as saying “No, he’s not black.” Racial Identity 101: You can be both. Twenty-seven percent of Americans say President Barack Obama is black,…

  • Forget Policy—Americans Can’t Even Agree on Whether Obama Is Black

    Forget Policy—Americans Can’t Even Agree on Whether Obama Is Black TakePart 2014-04-15 Liz Dwyer, Staff Writer A Pew Research Center study finds that whites and Latinos identify the commander-in-chief as ‘mixed race.’ If you thought the United States had achieved the significant historic milestone of electing its first African American president, think again. According to…

  • After first-term caution, Obama dives deeper on race

    After first-term caution, Obama dives deeper on race USA Today 2014-02-27 Aamer Madhani, White House Correspondent WASHINGTON — During his first term, President Obama waded gingerly into the issue of race, mindful of the historic nature of his presidency while at the same time downplaying its significance. With a couple of exceptions — criticizing a…

  • President Obama calls for minority youth outreach programme

    President Obama calls for minority youth outreach programme BBC News 2014-02-27 US President Barack Obama has called for a national campaign to improve opportunities for black and Hispanic boys and young men. Called My Brother’s Keeper, his new initiative aims to overcome the socioeconomic conditions keeping such youth from thriving. The White House said businesses…