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  • I’m a person of color from a biracial marriage… I am the son of a black woman who still worries about my safety from the bias and privilege and violence that accompanies it.

    “I’m a person of color from a biracial marriage… I am the son of a black woman who still worries about my safety from the bias and privilege and violence that accompanies it.” —Ismael Ozanne Michael Martinez, “Who is Ismael Ozanne, Wisconsin’s prosecutor in Tony Robinson’s death?,” Cable News Network (CNN), May 12. 2015. http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/12/us/ismael-ozanne-wisconsin-district-attorney-tony-robinson-case/.

  • Who is Ismael Ozanne, Wisconsin’s prosecutor in Tony Robinson’s death?

    Who is Ismael Ozanne, Wisconsin’s prosecutor in Tony Robinson’s death? Cable News Network (CNN) 2015-05-12 Michael Martinez, Newsdesk Editor & Writer (CNN) Ismael Ozanne wiped a handkerchief across his forehead, nervously tapped a stack of papers on the podium and slowly cleared his throat. It wasn’t the first time he’d made history; that happened in…

  • Why mixed-race comic was ‘born a crime’

    Why mixed-race comic was ‘born a crime’ Cable News Network (CNN) 2014-12-04 Jessica Ellis Teo Kermeliotis London (CNN) — When it comes to getting ready for a show, fast-rising South African comedian Trevor Noah has it all figured out. “My ideal setting is I walk from the streets, backstage and straight onto the stage,” says…

  • CNN’s Candy Crowley interviews President Barack Obama

    CNN’s Candy Crowley interviews President Barack Obama Cable News Network (CNN) 2014-12-21 For his last interview of the year, President Obama sat down, exclusively, with CNN’s Candy Crowley to discuss North Korea’s cyber-attack on Sony Pictures, normalizing relations with Cuba, Russia, Iran, race relations in America and Guantanamo Bay. The interview aired Sunday, December 21st,…

  • The new threat: ‘Racism without racists’

    The new threat: ‘Racism without racists’ Cable News Network (CNN) 2014-11-27 John Blake They showed people a photograph of two white men fighting, one unarmed and another holding a knife. Then they showed another photograph, this one of a white man with a knife fighting an unarmed African-American man. When they asked people to identify…

  • It’s her Ferguson — and it’s not all black and white

    It’s her Ferguson — and it’s not all black and white Cable News Network (CNN) 2014-11-17 Moni Basu Ferguson, Missouri (CNN) — Stefannie Wheat carried a yard sign all the way from her Midwestern town to the nation’s capital. She visited the White House and tucked it into the guard rail. “I Love Ferguson,” it…

  • Am I ‘black enough’?

    Am I ‘black enough’? Cable News Network (CNN) 2014-10-27 Gene Seymour Editor’s note: Gene Seymour is a film critic who has written about music, movies and culture for The New York Times, Newsday, Entertainment Weekly and The Washington Post. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the writer. (CNN) — I am…

  • How Ferguson could be America’s future

    How Ferguson could be America’s future Cable News Network (CNN) 2014-08-23 John Blake (CNN) — The protests in Ferguson, Missouri, have been described as a mirror into contemporary America, but they are also something else: A crystal ball. Look past the headlines — the debates over race and police militarization that have surfaced after the…

  • Opinion: Supreme Court ruling upholds America’s mixed view

    Opinion: Supreme Court ruling upholds America’s mixed view Cable News Network (CNN) 2014-04-24 Martha S. Jones, Arthur F Thurnau Professor, Associate Professor of History and Afroamerican and African Studies University of Michigan (CNN) — I didn’t expect to find the specter of the mixed-race person making an appearance in Tuesday’s Supreme Court decision that upheld…

  • What’s in a name? ‘Mixed,’ ‘biracial,’ ‘black’

    What’s in a name? ‘Mixed,’ ‘biracial,’ ‘black’ Cable News Network (CNN) 2014-02-19 Martha S. Jones, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, Associate Professor of History University of Michigan (CNN) — When the census listed Negro as a race option in 2010, a controversy erupted. My students at the University of Michigan were eager to denounce the term’s…