Tag: The Washington Post

  • ‘A black president, yay’: 106-year-old finally meets the Obamas, dances like a schoolgirl The Washington Post 2016-02-22 Michael E. Miller, Morning Mix Reporter Virginia McLaurin’s life isn’t easy. Last winter, she battled bedbugs in her D.C. apartment. This year, snowstorm “Snowzilla” trapped her inside for several days. She also happens to be almost 107 years…

  • Who’s the most photographed American man of the 19th Century? HINT: It’s not Lincoln… The Washington Post 2016-03-15 Jennifer Beeson Gregory Born into slavery in 1818, Frederick Douglass would become one of the most well-known abolitionists, orators, and writers of his time. He understood and heralded not only the power of the written or spoken…

  • MSNBC severs ties with Melissa Harris-Perry after host’s critical email The Washington Post 2016-02-28 Paul Farhi, Media Reporter MSNBC has parted ways with host Melissa Harris-Perry after she complained about preemptions of her weekend program and implied that there was a racial aspect to the cable-news network’s treatment, insiders at MSNBC said. Harris-Perry refused to…

  • This photo of Obama and a little visitor at a Black History Month celebration is remarkable The Washington Post 2016-02-20 Janell Ross Clark Reynolds, 3, is greeted by President Obama during a Black History Month Celebration held Feb.18, 2016, at the White House in Washington, D.C. (Pete Souza/White House) For 3-year-old Clark Reynolds, Thursday began…

  • Mixed marriages are changing the way we think about our race The Washington Post 2016-02-17 Jeff Guo For all the talk about immigrants refusing to embrace American ways — a defining controversy of this GOP presidential race — the evidence has been scant. The National Academies of Sciences deflated most of the myths in a…

  • Black like her: Is racial identity a state of mind? The Washington Post 2015-06-16 Amy Ellis Nutt, Reporter While people continue to question the motivations behind former NAACP official Rachel Dolezal’s claiming she is black, scientists say identity, even racial identity, doesn’t arise from any single place in the brain. Individuals contain different selves, often…

  • Obama’s skin looks a little different in these GOP campaign ads The Washington Post 2015-12-29 Max Ehrenfreund A new study shows that negative ads targeting President Obama in 2008 depicted him with very dark skin, and that these images would have appealed to some viewers’ racial biases. The finding reinforces charges that some Republican politicians…

  • Old Dixie Highway renamed President Barack Obama Highway in Florida city The Washington Post 2015-12-19 Elahe Izadi, Reporter Workers install a new sign in Riviera Beach, Fla., on Thursday. (City of Riviera Beach) Old Dixie Highway is no more in Riviera Beach, Fla. Instead, motorists are driving on President Barack Obama Highway. Riviera Beach officials…

  • Why I want my interracial son to play with Legos The Washington Post 2015-11-27 Nevin Martell “Come build with me,” says my 2-year-old son Zephyr, beckoning me to join him on the living room floor next to a giant bin full of Lego bricks. He pats the finished wood next to him, smiles widely and…

  • A course originally called ‘The Problem of Whiteness’ returns to Arizona State The Washington Post 2015-11-12 Yanan Wang Freedom of speech. Racial inequality. Student activism. Safe spaces. These are the phrases that have been lobbied about over the past week, in tones both fervent and contemptuous, as University of Missouri students successfully campaigned for the…