Tag: Debra Dickerson

  • Colorblind Salon 2007-01-22 Debra J. Dickerson Barack Obama would be the great black hope in the next presidential race — if he were actually black. I am confident that I have held out longer than any other pundit to weigh in on both the phenomenon that is Barack Obama and the question of whether race…

  • The Autobiography of an Ex-White Woman: Bliss Broyard’s One Drop Mother Jones 2007-11-09 Debra J. Dickerson Suddenly, white people are fascinated by race. Good for them. Good for all of us? If you haven’t read Bliss Broyard’s One Drop: My Father’s Hidden Life—A Story of Race and Family Secrets, you must. No matter how well…