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  • Why Affirmative Action Remains Essential in the Age of Obama

    Why Affirmative Action Remains Essential in the Age of Obama Campbell Law Review Volume 31, Issue 3 (2009) pages 503-533 Reginald T. Shuford, Senior Staff Attorney, Racial Justice Program American Civil Liberties Union Foundation With the election of Barack Obama to the most powerful position in the world, the presidency of the United States of…

  • Young Barry Wins

    Young Barry Wins The New York Review of Books 2012-08-16 Darryl Pinckney Barack Obama: The Story. By David Maraniss. Simon and Schuster, 641 pp. A white friend told me recently that he heard someone complain that he’d voted for the black guy last time around, did he have to do it again—as if Obama’s election…

  • Elections division turns aside Obama nomination challenge

    Elections division turns aside Obama nomination challenge KTOO News: Public Radio at 104.3 Juneau, Alaska 2012-03-06 Matt Miller The state Division of Elections has turned down a challenge of President Barack Obama’s qualifications to be on the election ballot in Alaska. The challenge was filed by a Juneau resident who says the Democratic candidate is…

  • Obama Talks Race, Calls Himself a ‘Mixed Kid From Hawaii’

    Obama Talks Race, Calls Himself a ‘Mixed Kid From Hawaii’ ColorLines: News for Action 2012-09-13 Jorge Rivas, Multimedia Editor / Pop Culture Blogger Los Angeles, California Lately it’s been a rare occurrence when President Obama talks race but at a campaign stop in Colorado Wednesday he mentioned it and even identified himself as mixed-raced. “Education…

  • Claims of Anti-Obama Racism Create Anger, Frustration

    Claims of Anti-Obama Racism Create Anger, Frustration The Associated Press 2012-09-09 Jesse Washington, National Writer, Race and Ethnicity Is it because he’s black? The question of whether race fuels opposition to President Barack Obama has become one of the most divisive topics of the election. It is sowing anger and frustration among conservatives who are…

  • Obama’s race still has bearing on media coverage

    Obama’s race still has bearing on media coverage The Louisiana Weekly 2012-09-04 Nadra Kareem Nittle, Contributing Writer (Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from the Maynard Institute) – Long before a little-known Illinois politician ran for president, the mainstream media focused on his race. When he flourished as a presidential candidate four years ago,…

  • PARADE Exclusive: A Conversation With the Obamas

    PARADE Exclusive: A Conversation With the Obamas Parade Magazine 2012-09-12 Lynn Sherr, Contributor Maggie Murphy, Editor in Chief President and Mrs. Obama photographed in the White House Map Room on Aug. 10. [Photo: Ben Baker] You hear him before you see him. After a hearty hello to the men and women working on the ground…

  • Is Obama still black?

    Is Obama still black? Aljazeera 2012-09-06 Harvey Young, Associate Professor of Theatre, Performance Studies; African American Studies; Radio/Television/Film Studies Northwestern University (also Fellow at the Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History at Harvard University) Barack Obama, to many, is not “as noticeably” or, perhaps, “meaningfully black as he once was”, writes Young. Race…

  • Rep. Mike Honda: Obama is First Asian-American President

    Rep. Mike Honda: Obama is First Asian-American President U.S. News & World Report 2012-09-05 Lauren Fox, Political Reporter The details of Bill Clinton’s youth, along with a number of his hobbies while in the White House, often led some people to call Clinton “America’s first black president.” Now that the country’s actual first black president…

  • Four years later, Barack Obama still a mystery in some ways

    Four years later, Barack Obama still a mystery in some ways The Dallas Morning News 2012-09-01 From staff and wire reports File: The welcome in Austin in 2007 was warm and Texan for presidential candidate Barack Obama. Still somewhat unknown Even after four years as president, Barack Hussein Obama remains unknown in some ways. He…