{"id":21638,"date":"2012-03-24T01:13:24","date_gmt":"2012-03-24T01:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/wordpress\/?p=21638"},"modified":"2012-03-24T01:44:15","modified_gmt":"2012-03-24T01:44:15","slug":"in-other-words-in-these-contexts-the-term-%e2%80%9cobama%e2%80%9d-itself-has-become-a-new-tool-for-racial-harassment-and-discrimination-as-well-as-a-new-tool-for-denying-the-reality-of-racism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=21638","title":{"rendered":"In other words, in these contexts, the term \u201cObama\u201d itself has become a new tool for racial harassment and discrimination as well as a new tool for denying the reality of racism\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Based in part on our review of discrimination cases in which President Obama\u2019s name has been invoked\u2014in most cases, either to demean minority workers or with an otherwise discriminatory purpose\u2014we conclude that having a biracial, black-white (or self-identified black) president has had a surprising effect on the enforcement of anti-discrimination law. Indeed, we contend that Obama\u2019s campaign and election have, to an extent, had an unusual effect in the work environment. <strong>Rather than revealing that racism is over or that racial discrimination is diminishing in the workplace, Obama\u2019s presence and prominence have developed a specialized meaning that ironically has resulted in an increase in or at the very least a continuation of regular discrimination and harassment within the workplace.<\/strong> In fact, our review of a number of anti-discrimination law cases filed during the political ascendance and election of Obama suggests that, within certain contexts, individuals have made references to Obama in ways that demonstrate racial animus against Blacks and those associated with Blacks or as a means for explaining why offending conduct toward racial minorities does not involve discrimination. <strong>In other words, in these contexts, the term \u201cObama\u201d itself has become a new tool for racial harassment and discrimination as well as a new tool for denying the reality of racism.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Angela Onwuachi-Willig, Mario L. Barnes, \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=21610\" target=\"_blank\">The Obama Effect: Understanding Emerging Meanings of \u201cObama\u201d in Anti-Discrimination Law<\/a>,\u201d <em>Indiana Law Journal<\/em>, Volume 87: Issue1 (Spring 2012): 328.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Based in part on our review of discrimination cases in which President Obama\u2019s name has been invoked\u2014in most cases, either to demean minority workers or with an otherwise discriminatory purpose\u2014we conclude that having a biracial, black-white (or self-identified black) president has had a surprising effect on the enforcement of anti-discrimination law. Indeed, we contend that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63,3,1467],"tags":[863,10119,10118,10117],"class_list":["post-21638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-barack-obama","category-excerpts","category-law","tag-angela-onwuachi-willig","tag-indiana-law-journal","tag-mario-barnes","tag-mario-l-barnes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21638\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}