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  • The Impact of the Obama Presidency on Civil Rights Enforcement in the United States

    The Impact of the Obama Presidency on Civil Rights Enforcement in the United States Indiana Law Journal Volume 87: Issue 1 (Spring 2012) Symposium: “Labor and Employment Under the Obama Administration: A Time for Hope and Change?” Joel Wm. Friedman, Jack M. Gordon Professor of Law Tulane University Law School Panel 6: Employment Law: Antidiscrimination…

  • Using the Mixed-Race Category to Expose the Persistence of Anti-Black Racism: A Response to Thomas Chatterton Williams

    Using the Mixed-Race Category to Expose the Persistence of Anti-Black Racism: A Response to Thomas Chatterton Williams 2012-03-17 Mark S. James, Fulbright Scholar Horlivka State Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages This article [Thomas Chatterton Williams, “As Black as We Wish to Be,” New York Times (March 16, 2012)] stipulates that people of mixed-race parentage do…

  • As Black as We Wish to Be

    As Black as We Wish to Be The New York Times 2012-03-16 Thomas Chatterton Williams My first encounter with my own blackness occurred in the checkout line at the grocery store. I was horsing around with my older brother, as bored children sometimes do. My blond-haired, blue-eyed mother, exasperated and trying hard to count out…

  • Studs Terkel’s study of race in the US: 20 years on

    Studs Terkel’s study of race in the US: 20 years on The Guardian 2012-03-13 Gary Younge What have we learned in the two decades since the oral historian Studs Terkel published his classic book Race? In the introduction to a new edition, Gary Younge weighs up what has changed – and what hasn’t Cultures do…

  • Barack Obama is a White Man

    Barack Obama is a White Man The Language Guy 2008-06-09 Michael Geis, Professor Emeritus in Linguistics Ohio State University I don’t get it. Obama is seen as a Black man. Why not see him as a White man. He is, if I understand his parentage, 50% White and 50% Black. Moreover, he went to Harvard.…

  • Obama and the Biracial Factor: The Battle for a New American Majority

    “Obama and the Biracial Factor” is the first book to explore the significance of mixed-race identity as a key factor in the election of President Obama and examines the sociological and political relationship between race, power, and public policy in the United States with an emphasis on public discourse and ethnic representation in his election.

  • A Textual Analysis of Barack Obama’s Campaign Discourse Regarding His Race

    A Textual Analysis of Barack Obama’s Campaign Discourse Regarding His Race Butler University, Indianapolis, Indiana April 2011 44 pages Andrea Dawn Andrews This study is a textual analysis of Barack Obama’s nine most noteworthy speeches from 2004 to 2009 during his rise to prominence and presidential campaign. Because Obama was considered an inspiring speaker and…

  • Obama & The Biracial Factor Book Release & Roundtable Discussion

    Obama & The Biracial Factor Book Release & Roundtable Discussion Richard Oakes Multicultu​ral Center-SF State Student Center 1650 Holloway Avenue San Francisco, California 2012-04-05, 16:00-18:00 PDT (Local Time) Join book contributors, Dr. Robert Collins, Dr. Wei Ming Dariotis, Dr. Grace Yoo, Dr. Andrew Jolivétte and Cesar Chavez Research Institute Director, Dr. Belinda Reyes in a…

  • Obama Has Shattered America’s Racial Ceiling

    Obama Has Shattered America’s Racial Ceiling San Diego Union-Tribune 2012-02-12 Constance M. Carroll, Chancellor San Diego Community College District If he could visit 21st-century America, Alexis de Tocqueville would be amazed to find Barack Obama, an African-American, as president of the United States. However, he would not be surprised to find that, despite this powerful…

  • Post-Racial? Americans and Race in the Age of Obama

    Post-Racial? Americans and Race in the Age of Obama The Greenlining Institute Berkeley, California November 2011 26 pages Dr. Daniel Byrd, Research Director Bruce Mirken, Media Relations Coordinator Since the election of Barack Obama as the United States’ first African American president, there has been much discussion of whether this means the U.S. has become…