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  • In Wake of Zimmerman Verdict, Obama Makes Extensive Statement on Race in America [with video]

    In Wake of Zimmerman Verdict, Obama Makes Extensive Statement on Race in America [with video] The New York Times 2013-07-19 Mark Landler, White House Correspondent Michael D. Shear, White House Correspondent WASHINGTON — President Obama, making a surprise appearance on Friday in the White House briefing room to address the verdict in the Trayvon Martin…

  • Perceiving a Presidency in Black (and White): Four Years Later

    Perceiving a Presidency in Black (and White): Four Years Later Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy First published online: 2013-06-25 DOI: 10.1111/asap.12018 Sarah E. Gaither Tufts University Leigh S. Wilton Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Danielle M. Young Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey When Barack Obama became the “first Black President”…

  • Obama Made in Kenya: Appropriating the American Dream in Kogelo

    Obama Made in Kenya: Appropriating the American Dream in Kogelo Africa Today Volume 59, Number 4, Summer 2013 pages 68-90 DOI: 10.1353/at.2013.0027 Karin van Bemmel Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium In November 2008, millions of Kenyan citizens expressed their happiness about the election of Barack Obama as President of the United States. Four years later, people…

  • On Martin case, Obama shifts from passion to calm

    On Martin case, Obama shifts from passion to calm Associated Press 2013-07-16 Julie Pace WASHINGTON (AP) – When President Barack Obama first addressed the death of Trayvon Martin last year, he did so passionately, declaring that if he had a son, he would look like the slain 17-year-old. His powerful and personal commentary marked a…

  • The first black president has made it harder to talk about race in America

    The first black president has made it harder to talk about race in America The Washington Post 2012-03-23 Reniqua Allen, Freelance Journalist and Bernard L. Schwartz Fellow New America Foundation A few weeks ago, I was standing outside a posh bar on the Lower East Side of Manhattan with my friends of almost two decades.…

  • He Checked That Box, But How Black is Obama?

    He Checked That Box, But How Black is Obama? Politic365: From Your Point of View 2013-07-12 William Reed, Head The Business Exchange Network “If you had a choice of color, which one would you choose, my brother?” – Curtis Mayfield, 1969 In the official U.S. 2010 head count, President Barack Obama provided one answer to…

  • Fade To Black: Racelessness In The Age of Obama

    Fade To Black: Racelessness In The Age of Obama A. Little Bit of Enlightenment 2009-10-09 Anita Little The new 21st century epithet of racelessness, which most associate with the positive qualities of a post-race society, can actually be a guise for a much more sinister motivation. The tendency of society to assign the quality of…

  • The End of the ‘Postrace’ Myth

    The End of the ‘Postrace’ Myth The Conversation: Online opinion on ideas and higher education The Chronicle of Higher Education 2013-01-14 Pamela Newkirk, Professor of Journalism New York University Over the past four years, it had become increasingly difficult to mount a public discussion about how racial bias continues to permeate our society, North and…

  • Dala or Diaspora? Obama and the Luo Community of Kenya

    Dala or Diaspora? Obama and the Luo Community of Kenya African Affairs Volume 108, Issue 431 (2009) pages 197-219 DOI: 10.1093/afraf/adp002 Matthew Carotenuto, Associate Professor History St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York Katherine Luongo, Assistant Professor of History Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts As members of the ethnic group to which the American President’s paternal family…

  • Obama hails Mandela ‘inspiration’ in South Africa visit

    Obama hails Mandela ‘inspiration’ in South Africa visit BBC News 2013-06-29 US President Barack Obama has praised Nelson Mandela as “an inspiration to the world” while visiting South Africa. The US leader, who was speaking in Pretoria after talks with President Jacob Zuma, does not intend to visit the 94-year-old, who has been critically ill…