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  • Whiteness in the Age of Obama

    Whiteness in the Age of Obama The Huffington Post 2012-11-26 Jedediah Purdy, Professor of Law Duke University Recall the numbers: 59 percent of white voters supported Romney. More dramatically, 88 percent of his votes came from whites. One simple but plausible analysis suggested that Obama won a majority of white votes only in New England,…

  • but in this racialized society he is seen as a black man.

    Everyone seems to be negating President Barack Obama’s own story. The man himself has said publicly in print that, yes, his mother is white; yes, he is technically bi-racial, mixed race, whatever the language is people choose to use, but in this racialized society he is seen as a black man. And for that reason…

  • ES 3434: Mixed Race Identities

    ES 3434: Mixed Race Identities California State University, East Bay 2012-2013 Examination of mixed race peoples—their legal and social status, U.S. Census designations, and identities from the one-drop rule to President Obama and beyond. The social science complement to ES 3430, Interracial Sex and Marriage.

  • Political Racism in the Age of Obama

    Political Racism in the Age of Obama The New York Times 2012-11-10 Steven Hahn, Roy F. and Jeannette P. Nichols Professor of History University of Pennsylvania The white students at Ole Miss who greeted President Obama’s decisive re-election with racial slurs and nasty disruptions on Tuesday night show that the long shadows of race still…

  • “At This Defining Moment”: Barack Obama’s Presidential Candidacy and the New Politics of Race

    “At This Defining Moment”: Barack Obama’s Presidential Candidacy and the New Politics of Race New York University Press October 2011 229 pages Hardback ISBN: 9780814752975 Paperback ISBN: 9780814752982 Enid Lynette Logan, Associate Professor of Sociology University of Minnesota, Minneapolis In January 2009, Barack Obama became the 44th president of the United States.  In the weeks…

  • A Milestone Election

    A Milestone Election Weekend Reader Hannah Arendt Center Bard College 2012-11-09 Roger Berkowitz, Associate Professor of Political Studies, Human Rights, and Philosophy; Academic Director, Hannah Arendt Center Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York The re-election of Barack Obama is a milestone. Barack Obama will always be remembered as the first black President of the United States.…

  • “Well, It Is Because He’s Black”: A Critical Analysis of the Black President in Film and Television

    “Well, It Is Because He’s Black”: A Critical Analysis of the Black President in Film and Television Bowling Green State University August 2011 183 pages Phillip Lamarr Cunningham Submitted to the Graduate College of Bowling Green State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY With the election of…

  • Parallels to country’s racist past haunt age of Obama

    Parallels to country’s racist past haunt age of Obama Cable News Network In America: You define America. What defines you? 2012-11-01 John Blake, CNN This is the second in an occasional series on issues of race, identity and politics ahead of Election Day, including a look at the optics of politics, a white Southern Democrat…

  • Supreme Court to review key section of Voting Rights Act

    Supreme Court to review key section of Voting Rights Act The Washington Post 2012-11-09 Robert Barnes Aaron C. Davis (contributing) The Supreme Court said Friday it will review a key provision of the Voting Rights Act that has been the federal government’s most forceful tool in protecting minority rights at the polls. The decision ensures…

  • Justices to Revisit Voting Act in View of a Changing South

    Justices to Revisit Voting Act in View of a Changing South The New York Times 2012-11-09 Adam Liptak, Supreme Court Correspondent WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court announced on Friday that it would take a fresh look at the constitutionality of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, one of the signature legacies of the civil rights…