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  • Race doesn’t fit in a checkbox

    Race doesn’t fit in a checkbox Arkansas Times Little Rock, Arkansas 2013-05-02 Gene Lyons Lamentably, the Boston Marathon bombing re-opened some of the most poisonous arguments in American life. Specifically, are the Tsarnaev brothers “white”? It’s a meaningless question. Some hotheads couldn’t wait to declare all Muslims suspect. Certain thinkers on the left (David Sirota,…

  • So, why are we so loyal to a president who is not loyal to us?

    So, why are we so loyal to a president who is not loyal to us? The Guardian 2013-05-05 Gary Younge, Feature Writer and Columnist Kevin Johnson was pilloried for suggesting Obama has not been good for African Americans. But his question was a good one Back when affirmative action was white, educational institutions were created…

  • The Atlantic Wins Two National Magazine Awards

    The Atlantic Wins Two National Magazine Awards The Atlantic Press Releases 2013-05-02 For media inquiries, please contact: Natalie Raabe at  (202) 266-7533. Washington, D.C. and New York, N.Y. (May 2, 2013)—The Atlantic won two National Magazine Awards, it was announced tonight by the American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME). Atlantic senior editor Ta-Nehisi Coates won in…

  • In a first, black voter turnout rate passes whites

    In a first, black voter turnout rate passes whites Associated Press 2013-04-29 Hope Yen WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s blacks voted at a higher rate than other minority groups in 2012 and by most measures surpassed the white turnout for the first time, reflecting a deeply polarized presidential election in which blacks strongly supported Barack Obama…

  • Black pols stymied in Obama era

    Black pols stymied in Obama era Politico 2013-04-29 Jonathan Martin, Senior Political Reporter More than five years after Barack Obama won the Iowa caucuses and demolished the notion that white voters wouldn’t support a black presidential candidate, progress for other African-American politicians remains elusive. Even as the country elected and reelected Obama, making it seem…

  • Selective Amnesia and Racial Transcendence in News Coverage of President Obama’s Inauguration

    Selective Amnesia and Racial Transcendence in News Coverage of President Obama’s Inauguration Quarterly Journal of Speech Volume 98, Issue 2, 2012 pages 178-202 DOI: 10.1080/00335630.2012.663499 Kristen Hoerl, Associate Professor of Communication Studies Butler University,  Indianapolis, Indiana The mainstream press frequently characterized the election of President Barack Obama the first African American US President as the realization…

  • Ralina Joseph discusses her book Transcending Blackness: From the New Millennium Mulatta to the Exceptional Multiracial

    Ralina Joseph discusses her book Transcending Blackness: From the New Millennium Mulatta to the Exceptional Multiracial Weekday with Steve Scher KUOW.org 94.9 FM Seattle News & Information 2013-04-15 Steve Scher, Host Also this hour: Everett Herald reporter and columnist Jerry Cornfield catches us up on what’s happening this week in Olympia. Then, University of Washington…

  • Backing Barack Because He’s Black: Racially Motivated Voting in the 2008 Election

    Backing Barack Because He’s Black: Racially Motivated Voting in the 2008 Election Social Science Quarterly Volume 92, Issue 2, June 2011 pages 423–446 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2011.00776.x Ray Block Jr., Assistant Professor of Political Science/Public Administration University of Wisconsin, La Crosse Objective. If racial considerations influenced the outcome of the 2008 presidential election, then how did they…

  • The Myths of Transcending Race and Post-Racialism

    The Myths of Transcending Race and Post-Racialism EthicsDaily.com 2008-11-11 Wendell Griffen, Visiting Professor of Law William H. Bowen School of Law University of Arkansas, Little Rock Rather than speaking about a color-blind or “post-racial” society, the pundits and other observers of the Obama election should hope that it marks a society committed to “post-racism.” Barack…

  • Opinion: Why Future Politicians Must Embrace Our Composite Nation

    Opinion: Why Future Politicians Must Embrace Our Composite Nation The Next America: How Demography Shapes the National Agenda National Journal 2012-11-14 Benjamin Todd Jealous, President and CEO National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) America is becoming browner—and the ability to harness the changing electorate has become the gold standard for any aspiring…