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  • On Martin case, Obama shifts from passion to calm

    On Martin case, Obama shifts from passion to calm Associated Press 2013-07-16 Julie Pace WASHINGTON (AP) – When President Barack Obama first addressed the death of Trayvon Martin last year, he did so passionately, declaring that if he had a son, he would look like the slain 17-year-old. His powerful and personal commentary marked a…

  • In Florida, a Death Foretold

    In Florida, a Death Foretold The New York Times 2012-03-31 Isabel Wilkerson In the mid-1930s, a Yale anthropologist ventured to an unnamed town in the South to explore the feudal divisions of what we commonly call race but what he preferred to describe with the more layered language of caste. When he arrived — white,…

  • Trayvon Martin, my son, and the Black Male Code

    Trayvon Martin, my son, and the Black Male Code The Associated Press 2012-03-24 Jesse Washington, National Writer/Race and Ethnicity PHILADELPHIA (AP) — I thought my son would be much older before I had to tell him about the Black Male Code. He’s only 12, still sleeping with stuffed animals, still afraid of the dark. But…

  • Of Loving and Zimmerman

    Of Loving and Zimmerman Univision Communications, Inc. 2013-06-26 Carlos Cortés, Professor Emeritus of History University of California, Riverside In my last blog I addressed the question of Latino identity by examining the controversy in “Is the New Pope Latino?” I responded with an emphatic “yes” (in about 500 words). Since then, three separate items relating…

  • Who is George Zimmerman?

    Who is George Zimmerman? The Washington Post 2012-03-23 Manuel Roig-Franzia Tom Jackman Darryl Fears The shooter was once a Catholic altar boy — with a surname that could have been Jewish. His father is white, neighbors say. His mother is Latina. And his family is eager to point out that some of his relatives are…